Equipment: 4 hula hoops, 2-4 mats, 4 deflated or nerf balls

Age group: Grades k-5

Place 2-4 mats together in the center of the gym to form the "island." Place the hula hoops in each corner of the gym. Designate an are for the hospital against a wall with cones or a mat. All players gather on the island. Pick 4 players to be sharks and have them wear a pinnie or some other identifying article (hat, tape on shirt, etc) Place the balls one in each hoop. Sharks guard the small islands (hula hoops) to keep the islanders from stealing the "coconuts" (i.e. ball). Sharks cannot touch the coconuts or go inside the hoops. On signal, the islanders try to steal the coconuts from the sharks. Islanders are safe from sharks when they're on the big island. Sharks can tag the islanders that leave the island and send them to the hospital. Islanders who retrieve a ball without being tagged can go to the hospital and get one person out. They give the coconut to the person who is first in line and that person returns the ball to a shark and then goes back in the game. Islanders with coconuts are safe from sharks.