Aquatic limbo is a game with no losers, played with a limbo bar and horizontal water jet. It originated in the Caribbean and is a fun way to develop flexibility for children. No pool is needed, just a lawn, hose, and water source.
On a hot day, aquatic limbo is a game with no losers. Winners win, losers get cold. In recent years, a variety of manufactured devices have come onto the market that combine the standard stanchions and limbo bar with a horizontal jet of water that is automatically dispensed (the Aqua Leisure company manufactures several).
If you like gadgets, you might be tempted to indulge in aquatic limbo. With kids, however, water limbo equipment is much simpler: a lawn, a hose, a water source, and a finger to hold the spout and direct the spray in a straight line.
Originating in the Caribbean, limbo dance has long been a part of popular culture, even spawning a musical subgenre (ChubChecker’s Limbo Rock is perhaps the best known example).
With traditional limbo, dancers are challenged to duck under an adjustable bar while continuing to move their feet. The best practitioners of this art literally double over as they arch their backs and defy gravity.
Most children probably won’t be able to sink to those depths, of course, but the adult holding the tube has the power to adjust the “bar” based on the age and skill level of the participants. Preschoolers can be allowed to duck under the stream of water any way they can without actually crawling.
A number of children’s fitness experts have praised limbo, in any form, as a way to develop flexibility. Parents may want to make sure the ground under the water flow bar doesn’t get too muddy or slippery, as serious injury could not result from a water limbo immersion gone wrong.
There is also a variation of aquatic limbo played in a swimming pool, the bar held just above the surface of the water. In general though, the whole point of the game is that no pool is needed.
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