Favorite pe game back in elementary. Difference was we use a soccer/football field which was fun because it had more space to run around and not get tag easily.
The problem is students who get tagged may be put in jail for too long and lose participation and get bored. What I do with my class is if they get caught in order to get back in all they have to do is cross back into their half. That way no students sit out for too long and the game is very free flowing.
This is one of the most requested games at my year-round day camp (second only to Dodge Ball)! Some kids call this version of CTF, "Rocks". We almost always end up playing best 2/3 because they just can't get enough! Thank you so much for the great visuals and clear explanations. (I often send your videos to the parents. They then watch with their kids before camp so they know what's up in advance.)
this was the shit man. bruh we liked it so much we carried this fckin game alllll the way to high school. shit was INTENSE.. we was tacklin people, slamming them on walls just for their damn flags. that sprint to the other side was dangerous💀💀 pe teacher did nothin LMAOO
When I was in school they never let us play capture the flag, kickball or most of the fun games. The government blamed school lunch for obesity. What about excercise if you ban the fun games to play then there's nothing to do.
We played with 4 teams/zones. Each had just 1 flag. The free zone was not surrounding the flag but about midway in the each zone along the wall. The hula hoop surrounding the flag was also "free", and a player could not be tagged if they had 1 foot in the hoop. Jail was sectioned off with cones.
What is drawn on the flags BTW? Idea for 'prisoners' not to be passive too long: When the other team also catched someone the 'prisoners' could be exchanged ... (1) immediately or (2) if one team catches its second prisoner. They could just go back to their field outside the field without being held back. So with this two options of this variation the dynamics of the game could be accelerated and also adjusted. The prisoners have less passive time and the jails only need space for one prisoner in both variants which is good for small spaces to play on. The rule when to exchange 'prisoners' could be ... a. immediately when the 2nd catch occurs (so this 2nd wanna-be prisoner actually doesn't go to jail but directly back) or b. after the 2nd 'prisoner' reaches his jail (a 1 s sentence ;-) or c. after X minutes for the afterwards exchanged 'prisoners' in jail AND (always) d. immediately when a 3rd 'prisoner' is catched who then gets solely to jail and becomes a '1st prisoner' then because the two exchanged ones from both sides left jail. I just made nothing up when the same team catches its 2nd 'prisoner' and the other team has none. Maybe simply when a 3rd 'prisoner' goes to the same jail then the 1st 'prisoner' gets free immediately of this jail without further limitations. How do you like the idea, mates?
Thanks for the video. Very clear, but a few questions: 1. A saved player released from jail and the person releasing them must take a "free walk" to their side of the field or can they go for the flag again? When you do take a "free walk," how do you identify yourself as taking a free walk? Raise hands? 2. How come a player can only be tagged on the opposing side of the field? Wouldn't it be more fun if any player can be tagged at any place on the field?
+kmxtornado 1. players must first go back to their own side before they can get a flag. they could raise hands to identify free pass, but that's not even needed. 2. feel free to try it out where players can get tagged anywhere on the field, and let me know how it goes! I'd think it might be too chaotic though...but who knows. thanks for the comments.
Flag PE ( flag comb not cones) you confusing me again 😭 it's orange in colour can also become a square with a thin handle from the left or a skinny handle
This game can also be a great way to use multiplication, addition, and subtraction. At any given time, I blow my whistle and we count the people in jail and do arithmetic. The student who raises their hand can be captain and guard the flags at a specified spot by me.
This was almost exactly like I remembered back when I was a kid. Really the only a few main differences were that if I was in jail and one of my teammates came to free me from jail, neither of us were safe until we got back to the other side. There also wasn't any cones around the flags for a safe area, and each team had 1 player designated to be the flag guard and another as the jail guard. Granted we had about 25 players per team and used a football field. Oh how I miss being a kid!
@whiteout5643: Yeah, absolutely, if you had a good childhood though which is kinda part of the 'birth lottery' which I 'won', too. That was an easy lifetime filled with simple unguilty pleasure. I can't agree with the part I kinda 'heard between the lines' that it has to be totally over as an adult. For my part I just try to protect the "inner child" in myself, a term which derives from a psychological concept and everyone has an inner child even if it's not conscious or been satisfied which could be damaging like addictions because of lacking basic needs for example. Also it's healthy to protect and satisfy the inner child part in a balanced way which I try and IMHO everyone should. So let's "play" respectively have little 'unguilty' pleasures further on whenever possible. When being a parent your kids will love it. I played "Catch me if you can" on a big stable playground scaffolding with my then 10 yr old son and some unknown kids one time as the only parent of many passive parents only observing their children on this playground. After a good time I "switched" to the parent role again of course in a very controlled way. BTW I never ever saw a parent on a playground scaffolding 'playing childish' which is sad to me. At this point I maybe should mention that happened in Germany, I'm german and there it's not forbidden because of safety reasons or so. It happened only once but I took the chance. I remember this as one of the happiest times being a parent having a little unguilty pleasure with my son. Just do it in your way equal what others think or say. They're just jealous obviously not 'being able' to do it for whatever reason. I'm sure you could find a way that applies to your country, dear adult readers. Of course I took many chances to literally play with my children in a 'childish way' but this one sticks out and I'll never forget it - maybe because I've noticed that all other parents on this playground were just missing to take their chance while looking jealously. Unwise. Now my sons are in their twenties and the time to do this with an own child may be only about 10 yrs long. Tempus fugit. Through my studies I learned that in one psychological interpretation of Genesis 22, 1-19 (Binding of Isaac) according to this concept the Issac figure would represent the "inner child" and Abraham the "inner parent" that initially thinks that he has to 'kill' the "inner child" (Isaac) to fully become an adult. God represents the wise "inner adult". Actually the psychological concept is more complex as there are two different inner children and also two inner parents representing different child/parent aspects. This was one of my Top 10 interesting contents of the theology part I studied for my exam. So, according to this interpretation the conclusion also is to not to kill the inner child to become a "whole person" which the 'ideal believer' represents as the Bible figure Abraham stands for according to genealogist interpreters of the old testament which is another much older fraction of course but kinda melting together in this case which often happens with "good" different interpretations which is kinda approving their solid ground. And also this Bible part is much more complex thinking of "3 days", active/passive parts to carry, the ram, the mountain, descendants etc. In the end the importance to keep a "healthy inner child" is very old "wise truth" thousands of years old and not even christian only. IMHO it applies to every human adult. The animals don't loose it just by nature (think of playing grown dogs, cats, birds, monkeys etc.). PS: Kinda crazy comment to a child's game explanation, isn't it? But I tried to answer your comment's very last sentence, @whiteout5643. Maybe a little too long, but some others missing their childhood also could be interested anyways.
Tried this version at my work. It did not go well lol . Kids wanted to go back to our "old school" way of CtF. I like the idea but maybe I can try it when I have less kids instead of 20+
I was supplying gym classes for a summer camp program and was struggling with the bigger kids (10-12 yrs old). I came across this video and tried out this game today with them and they LOVED it! (I couldn't find flags but I used red and blue plastic party cups and worked just as well) Couple of questions I encountered though: -the kids were complaining that the other team are "monkey guarding" (5/6 people hovering the area) the free zone and the jail zone, making it very difficult for the opponent team to run back to their zone -once a player went over to the opponent team to free a jailed teammate, do they need to continue hold hands or can they escape separate ways running back to their home base? -when a player stepped into the safe zone, instead of getting the opponent flag, can they take back the flag that the opponent captured back to their home base? Thanks!
Hi. Thanks for the comment. 1) you could make a rule where only 1 or 2 guards are allowed, or increase the size of the safe zone and/or jail(s) 2) they don't need to continue to hold hands. I would give them both a FREE walk back to home side 3) Sure you could do it that way. If you used 'flags' (cups) all of the same color then all that matters is for 1 team to just capture all of the flags. ie: color isnt actually important
It’s really up to you, and depends how large your gym area is. Start with 1 or 2 guards per area and see how it goes. I’ve played rounds with no guarding jails, and allowing guarding. Both ways work.
Hi love your videos - haven't seen them all but I am looking for one specific and was wondering if you knew it / heard of it Balls start in middle with teams on four corners - individuals run collecting one ball at a time until balls are finished in middle - then they start "stealing" from teams next door What I cannot remember is how many balls and when is game finished (and anything I have missed out) Can you help?
Tried this version at my work. It did not go well lol . Kids wanted to go back to our "old school" way of CtF. I like the idea but maybe I can try it when I have less kids instead of 20+
Too bad it didn’t go well. It’s definitely in my top 10, probably top 5 games. Have had hours of fun with this one, but it sounds like your group is used to the other version. Depending on your space (if it’s not large enough) 16-20 players would probably be better yep
This sounds good, but I have 29 students, which would give me 14-15 students on each team. I'm thinking this would be pretty crowded. What do you think?
You’d think that it would be crowded, and it might be, but that makes things interesting. Crowded is a good thing, makes scoring a more rewarding experience. Also makes the kids think more since they’ll have to strategize to win. I’ve played 40 on 40 CTF and it was complete chaos, such a fun experience. Very difficult to score. Required a lot of strategy, speed, and jukes.
Thanks for this video my problem is......if a player on the other team is guarding the flag box, isn't really easy just to tag a person coming out with the flag?
Hi, if you make the flag box big enough then it won’t be a problem. When I play, I make the box about 12ft x 12ft and it works even with multiple guards. I could see it being an issue if your flag box was too small (ex 5ft x 5ft)
@@physedgames ok thanks for reply . I am also interested in creating RUclips videos to get sales from my Shopify store. I see you had a lot of success with your RUclips channel. Does it help to drive traffic/sales to your own website
German here: Only in US, I think. Obviously you can use everything. I suppose that's why I never heard of this game while flags are avoided here even while it's allowed of course. "Too" patriotic to be a german kid's game. LOL
It depends... when in a large space like our big gym I allow the puppy guarding (and if a player is tagged half-in-half-out, then they do Rock Paper Scissors to see if the player goes to jail or is safe). In the small gym I allow only 1 ‘guard’ who can stay near the cone area. Hope that helps!
Please help me with my homework this video was the only resource my PE teacher gave us. Discuss the strategies you would use while playing capture the flag. Give two examples of chasing, fleeing, and dodging. Write in complete sentences.
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Favorite pe game back in elementary. Difference was we use a soccer/football field which was fun because it had more space to run around and not get tag easily.
mine was pacman you had to stay on the lines and there were ghosts you couldn't step off
What’s soccer ?
My school only lets you capture one flag and I’m the fast kid in my class
The problem is students who get tagged may be put in jail for too long and lose participation and get bored. What I do with my class is if they get caught in order to get back in all they have to do is cross back into their half. That way no students sit out for too long and the game is very free flowing.
This is one of the most requested games at my year-round day camp (second only to Dodge Ball)! Some kids call this version of CTF, "Rocks". We almost always end up playing best 2/3 because they just can't get enough!
Thank you so much for the great visuals and clear explanations. (I often send your videos to the parents. They then watch with their kids before camp so they know what's up in advance.)
My class love this game!! I've renamed it "capture the egg" and have used a rugby ball instead, incorporated with rugby passing and tackling.
this was the shit man. bruh we liked it so much we carried this fckin game alllll the way to high school. shit was INTENSE.. we was tacklin people, slamming them on walls just for their damn flags. that sprint to the other side was dangerous💀💀 pe teacher did nothin LMAOO
When I was in school they never let us play capture the flag, kickball or most of the fun games. The government blamed school lunch for obesity. What about excercise if you ban the fun games to play then there's nothing to do.
We played all games that’s why I’m watching this 😂
Grade 3-8, just finished playing a game of it in college, was a blast.
We played with 4 teams/zones. Each had just 1 flag. The free zone was not surrounding the flag but about midway in the each zone along the wall. The hula hoop surrounding the flag was also "free", and a player could not be tagged if they had 1 foot in the hoop. Jail was sectioned off with cones.
This may the GOAT of pe games
What is drawn on the flags BTW? Idea for 'prisoners' not to be passive too long: When the other team also catched someone the 'prisoners' could be exchanged ...
(1) immediately or
(2) if one team catches its second prisoner.
They could just go back to their field outside the field without being held back.
So with this two options of this variation the dynamics of the game could be accelerated and also adjusted. The prisoners have less passive time and the jails only need space for one prisoner in both variants which is good for small spaces to play on.
The rule when to exchange 'prisoners' could be ...
a. immediately when the 2nd catch occurs (so this 2nd wanna-be prisoner actually doesn't go to jail but directly back) or
b. after the 2nd 'prisoner' reaches his jail (a 1 s sentence ;-) or
c. after X minutes for the afterwards exchanged 'prisoners' in jail
AND (always)
d. immediately when a 3rd 'prisoner' is catched who then gets solely to jail and becomes a '1st prisoner' then because the two exchanged ones from both sides left jail.
I just made nothing up when the same team catches its 2nd 'prisoner' and the other team has none. Maybe simply when a 3rd 'prisoner' goes to the same jail then the 1st 'prisoner' gets free immediately of this jail without further limitations.
How do you like the idea, mates?
Thanks for the video. Very clear, but a few questions:
1. A saved player released from jail and the person releasing them must take a "free walk" to their side of the field or can they go for the flag again? When you do take a "free walk," how do you identify yourself as taking a free walk? Raise hands?
2. How come a player can only be tagged on the opposing side of the field? Wouldn't it be more fun if any player can be tagged at any place on the field?
+kmxtornado 1. players must first go back to their own side before they can get a flag. they could raise hands to identify free pass, but that's not even needed.
2. feel free to try it out where players can get tagged anywhere on the field, and let me know how it goes! I'd think it might be too chaotic though...but who knows. thanks for the comments.
The best explanation of the game without all the super cringy acting and dumb dad jokes like in other videos. REEEDUUXXXXX!!!!
I am a first year PE teacher and need visual directions! These are amazing..PE central should buy these from you
still teaching PE?!
We didn't have a limit on how many people can be rescued from jail. Resulted in some chaotic jailbreaks.
Sounds like fun and accelerates the game. Rule APPROVED !-)
I like it. I would change the jail to gym mats, so there’s more room.
Just played this at a Summer Camp and it went down really well! Great for all ages - thank you
Flag PE ( flag comb not cones) you confusing me again 😭 it's orange in colour can also become a square with a thin handle from the left or a skinny handle
My class LOVE this game! They ask to play it all the time! Thanks! :)
Cute!! xD
This game can also be a great way to use multiplication, addition, and subtraction. At any given time, I blow my whistle and we count the people in jail and do arithmetic. The student who raises their hand can be captain and guard the flags at a specified spot by me.
No problem, I always enjoy putting new games up :D
greatest game of ALL TIME
This was almost exactly like I remembered back when I was a kid. Really the only a few main differences were that if I was in jail and one of my teammates came to free me from jail, neither of us were safe until we got back to the other side. There also wasn't any cones around the flags for a safe area, and each team had 1 player designated to be the flag guard and another as the jail guard. Granted we had about 25 players per team and used a football field. Oh how I miss being a kid!
@whiteout5643:
Yeah, absolutely, if you had a good childhood though which is kinda part of the 'birth lottery' which I 'won', too. That was an easy lifetime filled with simple unguilty pleasure.
I can't agree with the part I kinda 'heard between the lines' that it has to be totally over as an adult.
For my part I just try to protect the "inner child" in myself, a term which derives from a psychological concept and everyone has an inner child even if it's not conscious or been satisfied which could be damaging like addictions because of lacking basic needs for example.
Also it's healthy to protect and satisfy the inner child part in a balanced way which I try and IMHO everyone should.
So let's "play" respectively have little 'unguilty' pleasures further on whenever possible. When being a parent your kids will love it.
I played "Catch me if you can" on a big stable playground scaffolding with my then 10 yr old son and some unknown kids one time as the only parent of many passive parents only observing their children on this playground. After a good time I "switched" to the parent role again of course in a very controlled way. BTW I never ever saw a parent on a playground scaffolding 'playing childish' which is sad to me.
At this point I maybe should mention that happened in Germany, I'm german and there it's not forbidden because of safety reasons or so.
It happened only once but I took the chance.
I remember this as one of the happiest times being a parent having a little unguilty pleasure with my son.
Just do it in your way equal what others think or say. They're just jealous obviously not 'being able' to do it for whatever reason. I'm sure you could find a way that applies to your country, dear adult readers.
Of course I took many chances to literally play with my children in a 'childish way' but this one sticks out and I'll never forget it - maybe because I've noticed that all other parents on this playground were just missing to take their chance while looking jealously. Unwise.
Now my sons are in their twenties and the time to do this with an own child may be only about 10 yrs long. Tempus fugit.
Through my studies I learned that in one psychological interpretation of Genesis 22, 1-19 (Binding of Isaac) according to this concept the Issac figure would represent the "inner child" and Abraham the "inner parent" that initially thinks that he has to 'kill' the "inner child" (Isaac) to fully become an adult. God represents the wise "inner adult".
Actually the psychological concept is more complex as there are two different inner children and also two inner parents representing different child/parent aspects. This was one of my Top 10 interesting contents of the theology part I studied for my exam.
So, according to this interpretation the conclusion also is to not to kill the inner child to become a "whole person" which the 'ideal believer' represents as the Bible figure Abraham stands for according to genealogist interpreters of the old testament which is another much older fraction of course but kinda melting together in this case which often happens with "good" different interpretations which is kinda approving their solid ground. And also this Bible part is much more complex thinking of "3 days", active/passive parts to carry, the ram, the mountain, descendants etc.
In the end the importance to keep a "healthy inner child" is very old "wise truth" thousands of years old and not even christian only. IMHO it applies to every human adult. The animals don't loose it just by nature (think of playing grown dogs, cats, birds, monkeys etc.).
PS: Kinda crazy comment to a child's game explanation, isn't it? But I tried to answer your comment's very last sentence, @whiteout5643. Maybe a little too long, but some others missing their childhood also could be interested anyways.
Tried this version at my work. It did not go well lol . Kids wanted to go back to our "old school" way of CtF. I like the idea but maybe I can try it when I have less kids instead of 20+
I was supplying gym classes for a summer camp program and was struggling with the bigger kids (10-12 yrs old). I came across this video and tried out this game today with them and they LOVED it! (I couldn't find flags but I used red and blue plastic party cups and worked just as well)
Couple of questions I encountered though:
-the kids were complaining that the other team are "monkey guarding" (5/6 people hovering the area) the free zone and the jail zone, making it very difficult for the opponent team to run back to their zone
-once a player went over to the opponent team to free a jailed teammate, do they need to continue hold hands or can they escape separate ways running back to their home base?
-when a player stepped into the safe zone, instead of getting the opponent flag, can they take back the flag that the opponent captured back to their home base?
Thanks!
Hi. Thanks for the comment.
1) you could make a rule where only 1 or 2 guards are allowed, or increase the size of the safe zone and/or jail(s)
2) they don't need to continue to hold hands. I would give them both a FREE walk back to home side
3) Sure you could do it that way. If you used 'flags' (cups) all of the same color then all that matters is for 1 team to just capture all of the flags. ie: color isnt actually important
The critter idea sounds great, I'll have to try that out with the kids!
Love these games! Was wondering about the website or app that was used in expanding, describing these game?
How many guards can you have outside the cones for the safe area? And, is there a rule for guarding the jails?
It’s really up to you, and depends how large your gym area is. Start with 1 or 2 guards per area and see how it goes. I’ve played rounds with no guarding jails, and allowing guarding. Both ways work.
Ok.🙂
Great explanations. I will be organizing this game next week in my summer camp that's if covid don't shuts us down.
Hi love your videos - haven't seen them all but I am looking for one specific and was wondering if you knew it / heard of it
Balls start in middle with teams on four corners - individuals run collecting one ball at a time until balls are finished in middle - then they start "stealing" from teams next door
What I cannot remember is how many balls and when is game finished (and anything I have missed out)
Can you help?
***** thanks for advice
Tried this version at my work. It did not go well lol . Kids wanted to go back to our "old school" way of CtF. I like the idea but maybe I can try it when I have less kids instead of 20+
Too bad it didn’t go well. It’s definitely in my top 10, probably top 5 games. Have had hours of fun with this one, but it sounds like your group is used to the other version. Depending on your space (if it’s not large enough) 16-20 players would probably be better yep
This sounds good, but I have 29 students, which would give me 14-15 students on each team. I'm thinking this would be pretty crowded. What do you think?
Eric Neumeyer , I would break into 3 teams and use subs.
Yeah, maybe a Y formation rather than a rectangle?
3 teams, one team sits out and plays winners. Make them help ref.
You’d think that it would be crowded, and it might be, but that makes things interesting. Crowded is a good thing, makes scoring a more rewarding experience. Also makes the kids think more since they’ll have to strategize to win.
I’ve played 40 on 40 CTF and it was complete chaos, such a fun experience. Very difficult to score. Required a lot of strategy, speed, and jukes.
wow genius!! thank you so much
New subbie!
We play this the exact same way in my class. Very good game! Intense too!
Players never get tired of this game - major favourite
Thanks for this video my problem is......if a player on the other team is guarding the flag box, isn't really easy just to tag a person coming out with the flag?
Hi, if you make the flag box big enough then it won’t be a problem. When I play, I make the box about 12ft x 12ft and it works even with multiple guards.
I could see it being an issue if your flag box was too small (ex 5ft x 5ft)
@@physedgames ok thanks for reply . I am also interested in creating RUclips videos to get sales from my Shopify store. I see you had a lot of success with your RUclips channel. Does it help to drive traffic/sales to your own website
In my class the jail was in the pylons and the flags were in the other hoops, so no safe zone.
Love the safety zone thing. Too bad it isn't in my school
This was the most helpful explanation!
Why do you need flags for capture?
German here: Only in US, I think. Obviously you can use everything.
I suppose that's why I never heard of this game while flags are avoided here even while it's allowed of course. "Too" patriotic to be a german kid's game. LOL
My Team: *Messing Around And Losing*
Opposing Team: *STRATEGY IS KEY*
Just, Why Me...
Great, straight to the point information! Thank you!
Thanks I have a game day where students make up the game had no idea to do thxs again
Thank you, you are such an amazing help as I am a student teacher and these are so well laid out!
This is channel is fantastic!
What are your rules on guarding the cone area? My students favorite thing to do is puppy guard during any game like this.
It depends... when in a large space like our big gym I allow the puppy guarding (and if a player is tagged half-in-half-out, then they do Rock Paper Scissors to see if the player goes to jail or is safe). In the small gym I allow only 1 ‘guard’ who can stay near the cone area. Hope that helps!
this is the best game in the history but most people take it way to far by holding there flag or pushing each other out of the way
could you plz do one on safety too
Thank you for that on point explanation
Is only 1 person allowed to enter the enemy zone?
Nope. Any amount of players at any time can enter
2:34, Why Is There A Smoke Detector Sounding. He Should Silence It Or Leave
haha I don't remember a fire... was probably the oven. Probably not the worst sound to have gone off while recording!
My students are crazy for it game!
I'm from Brazil, 👨🏫🇧🇷🎉
lol the black player goes to jail
Hue- Man I thought the exact same thing lol
lol I died laughing at that part unintentionally
ummm so did the grey player..and he went first might add....typical trying to make something racist out of nothing
Why does everything gotta be bout race come on fam
@Legless snake so do white people
what program did you use to show how to set up?
+TheFireFox Program is called "Keynote" on Apple/Mac devices
okay thankyou
Df . Classroom ryt
glad to help out!
This game can also by use by multiply and addition and subtract
Thanks
Glad to help you out
Cool
"The Black players go to jail." You may want to re-record this.
🤣
👨🏻🦳-“I think he said that right!”
j'adore sa voix
I wish I had played this
My teacher showed us the video and made us play it and we lost xD
I’m late btw
We're playing capture the flag doge ball
cool
This shit was always lit af
Sounds like technoblade
You need to speak a little louder
Oh i hated this game in school.
I loved it but the banned it at my school and kick ball. Just because there scared they'll get sued.
I play very different
Why is the speaker referring to the players as "he" are girls forbidden to play?
He implies both he and she, game is for everyone.
W vid
Please help me with my homework this video was the only resource my PE teacher gave us.
Discuss the strategies you would use while playing capture the flag. Give two examples of chasing, fleeing, and dodging. Write in complete sentences.
'Sup
9years
no problem, thanks for watching - lots more games to come :D
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