Noodle Tag Eggbeater
A deep-water tag game where players move only with eggbeater and sculling, and the tagger tags with the end of a noodle – no hands-on contact.
- Stages
- Water Polo – Stage 9, Water Polo – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Treading Water, Eggbeater, Water Polo Movement
- Equipment
- Noodle
- Age
- 8–16 years
- Group size
- 5–16 swimmers
- Time
- About 5 minutes
- In a lesson
- Introduction / Warm-up, Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- Tags to the shoulder only, never the head; deep water competence required; short rounds with rests.
What it develops
- Eggbeater to stay high and stable
- Keep technique going in short games
How to run it
- Mark a deep-water area; one or two taggers hold a short noodle.
- Everyone moves upright using eggbeater and sculling only – no swimming strokes.
- Taggers gently touch a player's shoulder with the noodle end; that player becomes a tagger.
- Play for one to two minutes, then rest at the wall.
Teaching cues
- Stay upright.
- Move with your legs.
- Gentle tags only.
Make it easier
- Allow head-up breaststroke as well.
Make it harder
- Players must keep one hand out of the water.
Common faults
- Players start swimming face-in.
- Over-enthusiastic noodle tags.
Corrections
- 'Legs only – stay upright.'
- 'Touch, don't hit.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Stay on poolside by the deep corner with a float ready and call 'freeze' if play becomes rough, as agreed with the teacher.