Fish out of Water is a fairly popular swimming pool

Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

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Rules

To begin the game, one swimmer must be picked as the game's searcher. This swimmer must close his or her eyes when surfacing from under the water, but, at the same time, he or she is allowed to open the eyes when under the water. The purpose of the game is to catch another swimmer when the other swimmer is out of the pool. When a player suspects another of being out of the pool, they exclaim: "Fish out of water!" Then, the swimmer who got caught must become the next searcher.

There are no winners in the game, as the game is played entirely for fun and pool activity.

Popularity

The game is popular mostly with children, pre-teenagers and teenagers during summer time.

Variations

One variant is the game Marco Polo

Marco Polo (game)

The children's game marco is a form of tag played in a swimming pool.One player is chosen as "It". This player closes their eyes so they can't see and tries to tag the other players. The player who is "It" shouts out "Marco" and the other players must respond by shouting "Polo", which "It" uses to...

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