Our 68 Active Team Up Games

Our list of 68 fun active Team Up games are typically for our youngest age groups, however, they can be modified to be suitable for the older age groups too as fun warm up activities. The youngest age groups will engage in more of these games during their sessions, using the story based narrative and imagination to bring the games more to life. Typically they can expect to play around 5 of these games, or a couple followed by a sport, although it can often be more! The skills learnt in these games involve and improve the skills that children will later use in sport. These games are quick and fast paced to keep children's engagement.

A list of the games we provide with a short description can be found below. Don't be surprised if we add more games to this list too!

Angry Gorillas

The zoo keepers must get from one side of the zoo to the other avoiding the bananas being thrown by the angry gorillas in their cages. If the zoo keepers get hit they join the gorilla's team. Who will win, the gorillas or zoo keepers?

Animal Races

A child chooses an animal for the whole group to impersonate and they must all race eachother to the finish line as that anaimal. Who will do the best impression? This is a great movement activity as they will be high, low, crouching and crawling using all body parts to be the best animal! 

Ball Tag

Taggers try to tag others with their ball (no throwing). If they are successful, they pass the ball to that player who then becomes the tagger. New taggers must tag a new player first. Who will survive the round? 

Banana Tag

The Banana Taggers try to turn players into bananas by tagging them. If tagged a player stands still in banana shape (hands together above head) and can be freed if a player peels them (pulls hands down). Which banana tagging team will score the most points in the timelimit?

Bug Party

Children are told a story about the bugs getting ready for their bug party and must act out the actions as the story is being told. After the bug party, they must gather food outside their house for the next days bug party. They must gather the food from the dark forest and try to not be eaten by the spiders! Can the bugs gather enough food for their party without being eaten?

Cat and Mouse

A tag game where the cat team try to take the mice tails whilst the mice try to evade them. Can the mice evade the cats until the game is over? 

Coconut shy

Children will throw their coconuts (dodgeballs/tennis balls) at the coconut shy (dodgeballs on cones) and try to knock them off. Team with the most coconuts knocked over wins. Can anyone knock all the coconuts off?

Bucket+spade and Sandcastle

The Bucket+spade team will try to turn the cones over like a bucket (upside down) and the Sandcastle team will try to turn the cones over like a Sandcastle (right way up). Whcih team will have the most cones like their team and be the winners?

Get out of here!

Players evade being tagged and can enter safe zones to evade capture. Only 1 player can be in a safe zone so 'get out of here' is shouted to be able to enter the area and the other must leave. Taggers outside of the safe zones trying to tag players. If tagged the players must swap roles. Who will remain untagged?

Grandmas Footsteps

Children move slowly towards the coach and must freeze when the coach says so. Anyone that moves after the coach says freeze, must go back to the start and try again. Those that have successfully froze can continue from where they left off. Who will get to the other side first?

Grandmas Keys

Children must creep up to grandma and try to take her keys. If they make too much noise, grandma will turn around and try to see if anyone is moving. If not, they will turn back around and the children will try to get closer again. If grandma sees the children move the children will go back to the start. Who will be spotted moving? Who will take the keys?

Honey bear

The bees are trying to get their honey back from the bears who are guarding it asleep by their cave. The bees must creep up and try to not wake up the bears. If the bears awake they will chase the bees back to their bee hive. If the bees can creep up without waking the bears, they can take 1 piece of honey back with them. Will the bees get their honey back? Will the bears keep some honey?

Hungry Hippos

The hippos must collect as much food from the middle before the food is all gone. Which team will have the most amount of food at the end?

Late for school

Children are told a story about a child getting ready for school and must act out the actions with the coach. Each day when they get to school they find a problem and have to go back to sleep to try to get back to school on time the next day.  Will they ever get to school on time?

Mini- Dodgeball

Children try to dodge out of the way of on-coming balls and aim to throw the ball at their opponents. Children will earn points based on the number times they can hit their opponents, with bonus points for catches and the best dodges! Which team will be the winners?

Mr Men and Little Miss

The coach calls out Mr. Men and Little Miss characters and the children follow the action. E.g Little Miss Tiny, they make themselves as small as possible. Mr.Bounce, they jump up and down. Mr.Jelly, the wobble around the area and so on. Who will make the best Mr Men or Little Miss actions? 

Pirate Adventure!

Children go on a pirate adventure across the seven seas! They will follow the captains by shouting 'aye aye captain' proceeded by acting out the order such as scrubbing the deck, climbing the rigging, preparing the feast, looking out the telescope, being under attack and firing the cannon, walking the plank, swim past the crocodiles, following the map and digging for treasure. Will the pirates capture their treasure and return home safely? 

Popcorn machine

Children in the inner-circle are the popcorn machine team and the children on the outside circle work in the cinema. The popcorn machine throws out the popcorn around the cinema and the other team must collect the popcorn and put it back in the popcorn machine. (inner-circle). Which team will have the least amount of popcorn in their area?

Remote Control

Children move around the area whilst the coach is trying to get his magic remote control to work. When the coach presses the buttons (pause, play, fast forward, rewind, record, change the channel and slow motion) the children will be controlled by it and will follow the actions. Who will react the quickest follow the buttons ther best? 

Rhythm Master

One player is detective and one is the rhythm master. The rhythm master chooses a dance/action and others must copy. When the coach says change, the rhythm master must change their action with the others copying. The detective has 3 guesses to try to catch the rhythm master! Can the detective spot the rhythm master or will they stay undedected?

Robin Hood

Children run to collect as much gold as they can as they steal from the rich to give to the poor. Which team will end with the most gold? 

Shark Attack

Children swim around the sea with sharks not far behind them. When the coach shouts shark attack, the swimmers must get to an island before the sharks eat them for their dinner! If the children are eaten they become sharks for the next round. Who will swim to safety? Will the sharks eat everyone before the time is up?

Sharky Sharky

The fishes try to get past the hungry sharks. The sharks say 'hey fishy fishy, swimming in the sea' with the fishes replying 'hey sharky sharky you can't catch me'. The fishes then try to get past the sharks without being caught. Can the fish swim past the sharks?

Shopping List

The coach will read out their shopping list and the children must run to the relevant shopping aisle to get the food before the shelves are empty! The last child to the aisle will be out. Who will be the winner and collect every item of food on the shopping list?

Snakey snakey

The children must cross the lake without being touched by a snake! The snake allows some to pass and will give them clues as to who can pass each round before others must try to get past the snake. If caught, they join as snakes for the next round. Who will get the furthest? Can the snakes catch everyone?

Stepping stones

The children must use the stepping stones to get from one side of the river to the next. They must try not to fall in the river along the way or the hungry crocodiles and hippos will eat them up! Can be a race or continuos cycle to see how many get through. How quickly can they get to the end? Who will fall in the river?

Ticking Time Bomb

Children are told how long the round will be and then must pass the bomb to each other without dropping it. If they drop it, or are holding the bomb when the time is up they are blown to smithereens! Who will survive the explosion?

Tidy your garden!

Children must get rid of their rubbish by throwing it over the fence into their neighbours garden. Their neighbours will be doing the same, throwing it into theirs. Who will have the tiddiest garden?

Traffic Lights

Children drive their cars on the roads trying not to crash into others. When the traffic light changes, the children must either go or stop. If they drive through a red light they will get caught by the police. Will the cars crash? Who will get to their destination safely?

What's the Time Mr.Wolf?

Classic game where the children will ask the wolf what the time is and then move that number of steps towards the wolf. When the wolf says dinner time, the children must run away and try not to be eaten! How many will the wolf eat?

Yoga shapes

The children try to imitate the yoga positions on the card. Can they do the perfect starfish or snake? Children can try to copy the card or show us a variation of their own! At the end of each shape the coach will call out who has done the best yoga shape. Who will do the best shape?

Trip to the Beach

Coach acts out their day of going on a trip to the beach. First they get ready at home, then pack the car and drive to the beach before having some fun adventures on the beach! What will the children encounter on their day out?

Sand Monster

Mirror Tag

The children run to avoid being tagged. When tagged they must make a shape or movement. They can be freed by a friend who mirrors the action. How many will be tagged? How many will be freed?

The children run around an area. The coach randomly calls out a child's name who then becomes the sand monster for 10 seconds and tries to tag as many friends as possible. When tagged, the child is stuck in quicksand. Only untagged players can be tagged or be the sandmonster. Game continues until all are stuck or time is up. Who can evade the sand monster?

The children on one side have to cross the middle line to get to the other teams side and take the other teams flag wihtout being tagged. Game stops when 1 team has both flags. Game can include more than 2 teams and teams can have more than 1 flag to collect. Which team will capture the flag?

Capture the Flag

Each team has an area and tries to take a ball out of the guarded circle and bring back to their area. Coach tries to stop them but cannot go in circle. When collected they tag their next player in. Varaition is putting their ball into circle without being tagged by the coach. Can they get past the coach?

Gladiators

Shipwrecked from danger island

Children swim to an island before the countdown ends. The coach calls out a colour and this is the danger island. Anyone on that island is shipwrecked. Variation where shipwrecked islanders must swim to another island before the sharks eat them. Who will stay alive? Who will become shipwrecked?

Slalom

Children run around the winding course (ski down the slope) to see who can make the fastest time! Who can beat the slopes to record the best time?

Rock, Paper, Scissors Race

Tic Tac Toe Dash

2 teams, 0 and X. 1st person from each team runs and place their 0 or X on the board. They then run back and hi 5 their team mate who then goes next. This continues until a team have 3 in a row. If all squares are full without a 3 in a row, the next person will either remove a 0 or X or add to a free space when available when it is their turn to do so. Which team will get 3 in a row?

Children hop 1 stepping stone at a time towards their opponent's base. When they meet in the middle the 2 must have a rock, paper, scissors battle. The winner stays and continues to move closer to the opponent. The loser must return to the back of their teams line. Play continues until 1 team gets all the way to the other teams base. Who will conquer in a race to the base?

Snakes in the Grass

Snakes are in a circle (grass) with children moving around the outside. If they go too close to the snakes the snakes can get them and they join the snakes. When the coach calls Release the Snakes! The snakes can leave the grass area and try to catch as many children as they can before the coach calls for the snakes to go back to the grass. Will the snakes get all the children?

Pacman

Taggers start in the circle and must stay on the lines and tag as many children as possible who are also only allowed on the lines. If tagged those children become taggers too. Who can stay on the lines and avoid being tagged?

Rocket Ships

Children visit different planets whilst avoiding the meteors and shooting stars that come their way! Who can get to the final destination in one piece?! Who may encounter the aliens?

Beans on toast!

Coach calls out different types of beans for children to act out. Baked bean- curl up, Jelly bean-wobble, Runner bean-run, Long bean-stretch out tall, Chilli bean-shiver, French bean-bonjour!, Jumping bean-jumps, String bean-make thin line, Beanie baby-act like baby, Mr.Bean-funny dance and Beans on toast-all get together in circle!

Ultimate Tag

Every player is a tagger. If tagged they must crouch down and watch the player that tagged them. If the player that tagged them gets tagged by someone else the original player can get up and run around again. If a tie rock, paper, scissors determins who is seated. Who will end the game standing?

Team Tag

Team captains (wear colour bib and start on coloured cone. Other players start in middle section. Captains try to convert players into their colour by tagging them and saying the colour. Once tagged, the player then can convert other players too. All players other than captains wearing bib colour can be changed. When the time is up, players join their colour team to see who has won. Which team captain will have converted the most children?

Homebase

Children must get to their home base which is being guarded by the guarder with limited time. How many points for the guarder? Who will get back safe?

Home Tag

1 team faces North, the other south (both start on middle line). Each team picks their name. If team A is called, A must run to their home with B turning round to try to tag them before they do. How many will get home safe?

Dodgeball Tag

Players each start with 1 dodgeball in a large area. Players can move anywhere in the area and tag someone by throwing their ball at someone's leg. If tagged the player sits down and leaves their ball on the floor. They can only stand again if a stray ball rolls towards them. Players that are in can also collect a stray ball and have no more than 2. Players standing with a ball at the end win. Can be teams or individuals. Who will be left standing?

Superhero Tag

Hero can free children and villain is the tagger. Each have a special power to help them. How many will the villains tag? How many can the heros free?

Elemental /R.P.S

Fire, water, earth, air (variations like electricity included) play against eachother in dodgeball games or tag games. Elements can only beat or be beaten by certain elements. Most players of certain element left at the end wins. Can do same with Rock, Paper, Scissors variation. Who will win?

Blob Tag

1 blob tagger begins. If they tag someone they blob together. If 4 they can seperate into 2 seperate blobs. of 2 Game continues until everyone has been caught or end of time. Can anyone escape the big blobs?

Chicken, Twin, Hero

Tagger starts in middle. They select a player and ask them Chicken, Twin or Hero. The selected player chooses. If chicken, all must get to end line. If Twin, they choose a friend to get to the line together. If Hero, they must go alone to get to the end to save all others. Anyone tagged joins tagger. Who will survive?

Star Wars

Space cadets must run from start line to finish line (round outer circle) trying to avoid meteors being thrown by the aliens (on inside circle). Can the space cadets get to the planet safely?

Skittles

Children's feet are glued to the floor but they can move body to evade oncoming bowl from the coach. If they are hit they are out. Who will survive?

Sharks and Surfers

Surfers try to ride the waves and get from the sea to one of the 4 islands on the sides without being eaten by the sharks. Can they make it to one of the 4 islands before being eaten by the sharks?

Goldenball

Children must go onto other teams side to collect their golden ball. If they get hit by a dodgeball they are out. Which team will get the golden ball first?

Base Race

Teams start opposite and when their number is called they race to the other teams base. Which team will get the most points and win the base race?

Chameleon Tag

Tagger changes every 10 seconds. Tagger gets points for every different child tagged. If tagged they continue moving. Play until all have been a tagger. Who will tag the most people to become the ultimate chameleon tagger?

Shepherd and Sheep

Shepherds start in their pen around the sides. Sheep are in the field in the middle. When the game starts the shepherds must tag as many sheep as they can. When tagged the sheep go to that colour pen. Any sheep left at the end stay in the field. If there are more in the field than the winning shepherd the sheep win. Who will have the most? Can the sheep evade the shepherds or will the shepherds catch the sheep?

Falling Flamingos

Children must stay on one leg the longest without falling. Variation of Grandmas keys where they must stand on one leg when coach turns around. Who will stand the longest? Which Flamingos will fall first?

Opposite day

If coach says stand, children sit. If coach says clap they catch. If catch they clap. Additional instructions can be added such as stand/sit, jump/hop etc. If they get it wrong they are out. Who will be left standing, or do I mean sitting?

Sleeping Lions

Children find a comfy spot and rest. If they can stay still they stay in the game. Any movement and the Lions awaken. Who will stay asleep the longest? Who will make it to the end?

Colour React

Children start in middle and react to coaches call by touching the colour cone with their hand. Can be setup to be N,S,E,W or scattered in front. Winner gets point for team then next person steps up. Can also vary to bring cone back to team. Who will react the quickest?

Zombie Apocolypse

Children must run to the other street without being infected by the zombies. If they lose 1 tag belt they are infected. If they lose 2 they have become fully infected and have turned into a zombie. Who will survive and get to the hospital to collect the cure to save the world?

Zone Defence

Children in small sided teams inside their zone. They must keep balls out of their zone. Variations- all v all where children put balls into other teams zones. 1 defender team against everyone who can use whole area, not just their zone etc. Who will defend their zone the best?

Numbers

Children given numbers in their teams. When called they try to earn points for their teams. Which number will be called next? Which team will score the most points?

Trick Tag

The taggers stand in the middle. The challengers line up one behind the other. In turns the first person must try to trick the tagger by changing direction and run around them to get to the other line safely. If tagged they join the middle taggers. If the runner succeeds, they rejoin the back of the challengers line and stay in. Who will last to the end?