Swimming Game – Choice Grid

Use your chalkboard, whiteboard, or poster and create a grid on it.

Here is an example grid that you could use. Notice how it is a mix of games, workouts, short distance skill work.

Players start on the first row and can chose a single box from that row.

After they complete that activity, they choose a box from the second row. Indicate their choice by writing their lane # in a corner.

Go through the grid two or three times, and on subsequent times through they cannot make the same choice again (why you mark the box with their lane #).

As an example, the group went through the grid, and did the activities in RED. For the second time down the grid, they would need to choose from each row a box still BLACK.

You can tailor this game for anything you want. It gives swimmers a choice in their workout, but limited by what you put in the boxes. This game instills a sense of personal responsibility because it gives the swimmers the illusion of choice.

The game came can turn into a race, or give surprise awards for Tick, tack, toe’s or Connect 4’s, or Bingos.

Make the game more random and use a die to roll for their choice and assign a # to each box.

Have you played this game? What are some variations you’ve used?

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