


Make the game more difficult by having plenty of obstacles in the field of play so young people can hide behind them. The player that was tagged must walk back to their team’s base before being back “in play” as per normal. Once they are tagged, the opposition team must return the flag to their base straight away. If a player is carrying the flag, they can be tagged by the opposition team in either half.During covid restrictions you may wish to consider other ways of ‘tagging’ such as throwing soft balls, water bombs, nerf guns or just getting within 2 metres of the other player. The player who was tagged must walk back to return to their team’s home base before they are “in play” again. When a player is in their defensive half, they are able to tag a player from the opposition team.This is achieved by finding the flag and bringing it back to your team’s home base safely. Start the game – the aim for each team is to capture the opposition’s flag.You will also need to mark where halfway between the two bases is. Again this can be a coned area or an object already in your playing area (tree, bench etc). Split your group into two even teams and designate them a home base.This could be marked by cones, or by objects such as trees, benches etc. Set some boundaries, where young people can not go past.However, it can be played in an open field like a park, you may just need to adapt the rules a little and use a larger space. A forest with lots of trees would be idea for this. Capture the flag is a strategic game, all about trying to capture the opposite team’s flag, whilst defending yours from attack.įirstly you will need to find a location, ideally with a number of objects scattered around so it’s not completely open.
