Circle Game - Zip Zap

Equipment

None

How to Play

This is another game that is fun to play in a camp and recreational setting or in the last few minutes of a class.  Players stand shoulder to shoulder in a circle with one player in the middle.  The middle player points to anyone in the circle and says “Zip”: that player crouches to the floor and the players on wither side reach over top, say “Zap” and double high five each other.  The middle player quickly continues to “zip” players in the circle.  If a player makes the wrong motion or crouches when they are not supposed to they go to the middle.  Once the group has mastered the “Zip”,  allow the player in the middle to say wither “Zip” or “Zap”.  The players on either side of the “zipped” or “zapped” player must say the opposite.

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Courtesy of  the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association - Ontario

This game is taken from A Round of Circle Games by Andy Raithby

Circle games are easy to monitor, everyone is on equal ground (no front of back of the line), everyone can see and hear each other, and of course they are a lot of fun. Some traditional circle games are included in this resource but most of the games are new and original. Schools, camps, and other group settings are ideal for the many wonderful games found in this resource.

For more information visit the CIRA-Ontario website at www.ciraontario.com