The person who is "it" must catch items of clothing that are held in the hands of the other players and put them on. This game gets harder as it goes on due to the extra clothes worn. Once the person who is "it" wears all the clothes then it becomes someone else's turn. You can make changes like specifing which hand the piece of clothing is held in, or it must be held between the toes. Set a time limit if you have several players who don't swim as well as the others.

Two teams, the Sharks and the Jets, line up opposite one another in the middle of the shallow end, with 2 meters (7 feet) of open water between them. A referee on the side blows the whistle and yells, "Sharks!" or "Jets!" That team must turn and sprint toward its side of the pool, with the other team in hot pursuit. A player tagged by a pursuing Shark or Jet joins the other team. The referee can let the chase continue all the way to the end of the pool or sound the whistle anytime, shout out the other team's name, and turn the pursuers into the pursued.

You need hooded garments in various colors for this game. One person who is the "catcher" swims to the far end of the pool, faces away from the pool and puts the hood up. All the remaining players chose clothes in different colors and quietly enter the pool.

The catcher continues to face away from the pool and starts calling out various colors. The player whose color is called out tries to swim across the pool quietly without being heard. The catcher when hearing players moving can turn around and try to tag them before they reach the safety of the other poolside.

This is a classic pool game, a variant of the game above. All players need Polo shirts (obviously) and hooded tops (sweat shirts or anoraks) which you can use as blindfolds. Push the hood back in case of trouble. The hood also changes the way you hear the others around you which makes this game more interesting.

In this game one person is "IT" who starts in the middle of the pool and pulls the hood over the eyes as a blindfold. The other players get in the pool away from the person who is "IT".

The object is for the person who is "IT" to touch one of the other players by blindly searching the pool for anyone else. When the person who is "IT" screams "MARCO", the other players HAVE to say "POLO". Then he can try to find the other players by their voices. If he touches another player, that person is now "IT". You can just play for fun, or keep score.

You need at least four different items of clothing per player. Larger sizes will fit all. Put all the clothes onto the other pool side. All players start wearing only minimal swimwear. Think of reverse strip poker.

The quiz master asks a general knowledge question about water safety or something mentioned in the lifesaving manuals. The first one with the right answer enters the pool, swims to the far side, puts on an item of clothing, and swims back to the group, keeping the clothes on.

Ask questions until all the clothes are worn by the players. The winner is the one wearing the most clothes.

Two teams spread out along the deep end. Put two plastic baskets or buckets at the shallow end corners. In the middle of the pool, distribute two of every fruit from the produce department: bananas, apples, oranges, grapefruit, pears, mangoes, and cantaloupes, whatever. At the whistle, both teams collect one of each fruit and deposit it in their basket.

While it may seem a simple game, it presents an intriguing strategic choice: should a team assign each player a specific fruit to collect and carry to the fruit pan? Or should it designate a team member to swim ahead and be in position to catch and dunk fruit tossed and retrieved by teammates?

At any rate, the first team to collect a complete fruit sampler wins; the other team has to prepare fruit salad for lunch.