Dibble

by Danielle
(Delaware)

Get a bottle cap (preferably a water bottle cap) and have someone throw it in the water while the other people look away. When the person throws it, the people can turn around. They look for the bottle cap all around the pool and when someone finds it they yell DIBBLE! Then they jump in or dive - whatever you prefer - and if they lost it they have to find it and get out of the pool right away. When someone gets it, they get to throw it into the pool and keep the game going.

Lisa says:

Fun! I love pool games, and I bet the bottle cap is hard to spot, which will make it even more fun and challenging!

If you want to play this with younger kids, you could instead use a floating toy or dive toy.

Play safe in the water and have fun! Danielle - thanks for sharing your idea!


Comments for Dibble

Average Rating starstarstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Jul 23, 2026
Rating
starstarstarstarstar
Dibble! NEW
by: Anonymous

Learned dibble about 60 years ago, we played with a popsicle stick, or any stick with suitable tendency's. We would line up on the dock on the pond and the dibbler would dive in and release the stick somewhere under the brown water using subterfuge.
The dibbler then emerges and heads back to the dock.
When players spot the stick they dive in to grab it, they must hold it and call out "DIBBLE" or it can be stolen.
That player who gets the stick earns a point and becomes the next dibbler. If a player manages to dibble the stick, return to the dock, line up and then dive in to score the dibble, its called a double dibble. Scores are kept for the season and bragging can go on for years. Its actually a moderately dangerous game that's only enjoyable for good swimmers and points can be deducted for injuring someone.
I always felt the name was coined by a lifeguard and had something to do with the famous cave diver Dibble and Jacobs Well.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Water Games.

This site is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Let's Connect!

Lisa
Share this page: