Synopsis

Twist It

Unfold the mat on a flat surface. It's better used inside, but if it is going to be utilized outdoors, unfold it on the grass and make certain there are no sticks, rocks or additional hard objects underneath it. Weight down the corners with something to keep the wind from blowing it around.

Take off your shoes. Everybody should be barefooted, either with socks on or off. Leaving your socks on lends a tricky challenge! Choose a spinner. This individual will spin the spinner and behave as referee to when 2 individuals reach for the same circle.

Place yourselves on the mat. For a two player game, adversaries face one another on polar ends of the mat (lengthwise) and set one foot on the nearest yellow circle and one foot on the nearest blue. For a three player game, participants align the same as a two player game, but the 3rd stands on the side lined with the red circles and sets each foot on the middle red circles. For a four player game, arrange 2 teams of 2 players each that will stand on polar ends of the mat and put each foot on any colored circle nearest to them.

Begin spinning! The referee makes the beginning spin then calls out the color and body part that's to be moved. All participants must move at the same time and they must go for a vacant circle. If 2 participants go for the same circle, the referee must choose who was there first. If all 6 circles are used up, the referee re-spins. If the body part shouted is already on the color that's called out, the player must move to another circle of that color. In a four player game, circles may be used up by more than one body part.

Hold all hands and feet on the mat. The only time a participant might lift a hand or foot is to leave another participant's body part pass through. In this case, the participant must declare beforehand that they're lifting their hand or foot off the mat, and they must replace it as soon as the other participant has passed across. Failure to declare they're moving results in elimination.

Get rid of any players who fall down, touch the mat with any body part other than a hand or foot that's in play or give up. Keep playing till only one participant is left. In a four player game, when a player falls or touches the mat, both team members are wiped out.

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