Game: Ship to Shore / Captain's Coming
- 4 boundaries labeled Ship, Shore, Port, Starboard. This could be the 4 walls. (Substitute simpler terms if necessary, such as fore, aft, sea, deck, etc. or use pictures.) Or bow, stern, port, starboard.
To Play:
Leader calls out a command and the girls run to that location.
- Bow - run to the 'front' of the gym.
- Stern - run to the 'back' of the gym.
- Port - facing the 'front' of the gym, port is the left wall. Run to port.
- Starboard - facing the 'front' of the gym, starboard is the right wall. Run to starboard.
- Ladies dancing - girls dance
- Man overboard - lie down and swim
- Submarine - lie on back with one leg up
- Captain coming - stand and salute
- Swab deck - scrub floor
- Man the Lifeboats (find a partner, sit together, and row)