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Fun Tag Game- Tic Tic Boom!

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Are you looking for a fun tag game to energize your team? This game has got to be one of my favorites! It is fast, energetic and easy to set up with very little equipment required.

Tic Tic Boom

To get the gist of the game simple watch the video. You’ll see the kids who live on the Cocos Islands playing this fun tag game under the palm trees and tropical sun!

Tic Tic Boom is suitable for players of any age with group size anywhere from 5 to around 30. Any more than that, it would be better to run two games simultaneously.

Equipment Required to play Tic Tic Boom

The great news is you don’t need a lot of equipment. In fact, it can be played without any! In our video we have marked out a small boundary area using marker cones and we are using a soft gator ball as a tagging tool.

It is not necessary to have a gator ball as a tagging tool. This could be substituted with a pool noodle, a rolled-up sock, a tennis ball, a teddy bear, a sneaker or a football.

The aim of the game

The winner is the last player left in the game. All those who get out, step out of the boundary to watch and to help with the counting.
How to begin this fun tag game

There are no teams, and no one is nominated as the tagger. Simply have all players enter the play area and then toss the tagging tool (ball) in. Play begins as soon as a player picks up the tagging tool and proceeds to chase the other players.

It is a good idea to have an umpire who manages the game; however, this game can be easily played with no umpire.

Fun tag game rules

The tagging tool is tossed into the play area.
As soon as a player picks it up, the count down from 10 begins. Either the game controller calls out the count down, or players themselves can. “10, 9, 8, 7…2, 1, BOOM!”
The player with the tagging tool, must try to tag another player before “BOOM!” is called.
If a player is tagged, they must immediately take the tagging tool and try to tag another player or tag the player who just tagged them.
Time is running out. Players do not want to be holding the tagging tool when “BOOM!” is called out.
The player holding the tagging tool when BOOM is called is out and must leave the play area.
The tagging tool is tossed into the play area where another player will pick it up to continue the game.
Remember the countdown doesn’t begin until a player picks up the tagging tool.
If a player steps out of the play boundary area, then he/she is out.
The game continues until all bar one player is out!

Helpful Tip for this Fun Tag Game

Encourage the players on the sidelines to help with the countdown. It keeps them involved and heightens the energy.

Other ideas for Tic Tic Boom

On a hot day, this game can be played in the swimming pool, or down at the beach in the water. You’ll need a floating tagging tool, and you should allow more time before the Boom.

The game could also be played with players partnering up. Allow partners to pass the ball between themselves. If a player gets out, then their partner is also out.

For very large groups, use two or three tagging tools at once. When BOOM is called, then all those with the tagging tools are out. Once the remaining group size gets smaller, then take away the extra tagging tools.

Final thoughts – fun tag game

Tic Tic Boom is guaranteed to wear your group out! It requires lots of energy to keep up the pace. A perfect game to build fitness and endurance. A great outdoor game for youth camps.

I’ve taught this game to school students, who during their lunch breaks, run the game on their own with their friends. You will love this fun tag game!

5 Epic Tag Games The Kids Will Die For! (Quick Video Demos)

Trevor Energizers, Outdoor Group Games, Tag Games, Youth Camp Games November 19, 2020February 4, 2024Fun Youth Group Games, Group Games for Kids, Tag Games 0 Comment

In English, ‘tag’ most likely comes from the Middle English word tek, meaning ‘touch, slap’. In every culture of the world you’ll find tag games. I have fond memories in junior school of chasing my peers around playing Kiss Chasey. I would likely get a slap in the face if I tried that today!

Here are a few of my favourite Tag Games that you may like to play with your students or youth group.

Snow Ball

Great to play on a large playground with lots of climbing gear.

Have a bucket of tennis balls or bean bags. One player is ‘It’ . He/she gives the others a chance to run off. The player who is ‘It’ takes a tennis ball and chases after the other players.

When players are tagged, they must run to the bucket, get a tennis ball, becoming a tagger as well. The game goes on until all players have been tagged. Then reverse the game with the last player to be tagged, becoming the new tagger. This player returns their ball back to the bucket, then runs off to tag the other players. As other players are tagged, they also put their balls in the bucket and join the tagging team.

Hum Tag

A player is chosen to be ‘It’. He/she stands with their hand in the air and calls out loudly, “1, 2, 3 I am it!”. They then chase players within a boundary.

Escaping players can form a group of three, hold hands, take a deep breath and hum loudly. These three players are safe from being tagged whilst holding hands and humming. As soon as one of them runs out of hum, they must break hands and run off. Any player tagged must stand with their hand in the air and call loudly, “1, 2, 3, I am it!”. Then continue the chase.

Peg Tag

Great youth group game for larger groups. Each player attached three pegs to the back of their T-shirt. The game starts and all players run around and steal pegs from opponents’ backs. Give the tag game a time limit, and then all players count their captured pegs to see who wins. Can also play this game with velcro tail tags instead of pegs. I guess you would have to call the game ‘Tail Tag’ if you did that!

Giants, Wizards and Elves

Set up two teams. Each team has a team meeting and decides if the team is going to be either Elves, Wizards or Giants.

Once decided, teams face off in the middle of the court. Toes must be touching the opponent’s toes. The youth group leader, or teacher, counts down (3, 2, 1), then all players act out (and call out) their chosen character.

The team that has the more powerful character must chase the other team to their end zone, tagging players. Any player tagged must join the team that tagged them.

Then teams have another team meeting and select a character again to repeat the process until one team runs out of players. Giants squash Elves. Elves chew legs of Wizards. Wizards cast spell on Giants.

Dragons’ Tails

Form teams with about 6 players in each team. Each team forms up as a long dragon with the player at the front being the head and the player at the back being the tail (this player tucks a long tail out of their pants). All the players in the team must hold onto the waist of the player in front of them.

The game starts and the dragons move around and try and steal the tails from other teams. If a team loses its tail, it is out of the game. If a team breaks in two, then it is out of the game. The winner is the last dragon left in the game! This is an awesome team building game requiring strategy.

Bonus Tag Game – Tic Tic Boom!

As an added bonus, check out Tic Tic Boom! This is a fast-paced group game suitable for groups of 5 to 30 of any age group. It is a fun tag game!

Wacki App Tag Games

Wacki App has a filter that will find you the perfect tag game for the amount of time you have to play, size group and age of the players. We have over a dozen tag games ready for you to try with your youth. There are plenty more outdoor group games or indoor youth group games on this website.