Best Outdoor Team Games for Adults

Here are the best outdoor team games for adults.  You can make certain changes in the game according to your need, such as number of players, time and some rules of the games.  These games are so engaging that we keep your players busy for some time.  Prepare props for games in advance and prizes as well if it is possible 

1. Dodge the ball (Basketball)

All the players are divided into two teams. The first team will form a large circle. The diameter of the circle should be at least 10 meters. One basketball is given to the first team. All the players of the second team will go into the circle. At the start, Players of the first team will try to hit the players in the circle.  if the basketball touches any player in the circle, that player will be out. The team that gets the other team out sooner will be the winner.

 

2. Pass the (ball or stick or rope) between the legs 

There will be two lines,  one for each team, standing parallel. 

Participants of the two teams will stand one behind another in the queue facing the same direction. At the start, the first player will pass the ball to the player immediately behind him and the second player will pass the ball to the third player behind him and this continues till the last player. Then the last player comes running with the ball to the front of the first player and again starts passing the ball.

3. Centipede race

There must be more than two teams. One player from each team will be behind the starting point and the remaining players behind the endpoint. The distance between starting point and endpoint should be more than 10 meters.  The player standing at the starting point runs towards his team and joins the first player and comes running back to the start point. Then both of them run again to the endpoint and join the third player and this continues.  The team that completes the task first wins the game

4. Balloon Race (Bunches of balloons)

There should be at least two teams.  All the players should be standing one behind the other in the line facing the same direction. The first player on each team will be given a bunch of balloons. They have to hold a bunch of balloons between their legs. At the start, the first player has to go jumping holding the balloon between their legs to the endpoint, and then should come back jumping and pass the balloon to the second player of the respective team and then should go behind the line of his team. Then the second players go jumping, touch the endpoint, come back jumping, and pass the balloon to the third player of their respective teams and they go back to the end of the line. This continues till the last players come back.  The team that finishes the task first, wins the game. 

5. Form the human shapes of alphabets, numbers, objects, and shapes

All the players are divided into two teams. They are given certain tasks to perform such as forming shapes of alphabets,  numbers, objects, and shapes, ascending/descending orders, acts or so. Each task has some points allotted to it. Total of 10 to 15 tasks are given to perform and points accordingly to the team that does the task first. The team with maximum points wins the game. 

6. Tug of War

All the players are divided into two teams of equal numbers. They are given a large row. Both the teams have to try to pull the Rope to the other side. 

7. Treasure Hunt 

Teams have to hunt the Treasure with the help of clues. 

8. Pass players between the legs 

Divide all the players into two teams. Both the teams will form two separate queues. Players will be standing one behind the other in the queue facing in the same direction.  They have to stretch their legs wide. What they have to do is, at the start,  the last player of each team crawls between the legs of their respective team to the first player, and stands there, then the second last player crawls between the legs of his team to the first player. The team completing the task first wins the game. 

9. Dog and the Bone. 

All the players are divided into two teams with one captain for each team. The number of players on each team should be the same for each team. Each player on each team is given one number by his captain. Numbers allotted to the players should be from one to the number of total players. Both the teams will stand in queues facing each other. Players of the first team will face the players of the second team. There will be one circle between the two teams where the bone is kept in the middle of the circle. When the referee calls out a number, the players from each team who have been allotted the same number run for the bone.