• Inline-skating games provide fun for people of all ages.roller skates image by Aleksandr Ugorenkov from Fotolia.com
  
  Inline skating, or Rollerblading, provides a fun way for kids and adults to get in shape. The skating works your entire body, especially your lower body, and helps with your balance. Before sliding on your skates, it's important to keep yourself safe by wearing the appropriate padding and a helmet. When playing games with children, make sure that the kids wear the proper safety gear. Play inline-skating games at parties and family events for a safe way to have fun.
  
  

Red Light, Green Light

• For the Red Light, Green Light game, you need several players. Create a starting line where all the participants will stand until the game starts. Create a finish line, making it as far away from the starting line as possible. When you shout "green light," the players start skating towards the finish line as fast as they can. When you yell "red light," all players must stop. Players who keep skating after the red light are eliminated from the game. The winner is the first player over the finish line. For younger children, add a Yellow Light stage, which lets the kids know that it's almost time to stop.
  
  

Musical Skaters

• Musical Skaters is similar to Musical Chairs, except that the players wear inline skates. Use small cardboard or poster-board pieces, cutting the pieces into interesting shapes, like hearts or circles. You need one less piece than you have players---for example, if you have six players, you need five pieces. Arrange the pieces around the ground. When the music starts, the players skate around in a circle, making note of the pieces. When the music stops, everyone skates to one of the cardboard pieces and stops. The player not standing on a cardboard piece is eliminated from the game. Remove a cardboard piece each time you eliminate a player, until only one player---the winner---remains.
  
  

Skating Obstacle Course

• Make an obstacle course using features that fit the skill level of each skater. For more advanced skaters, add items for the players to jump over. Less experienced players need items like traffic cones that they can weave through. Divide the players into two teams and make a relay race. As soon as the first player reaches the end of the course, the next player goes. The first team to get all players across the finish line wins. Alternatively, time the players as they go through the obstacle course. The winner is the player with the fastest time.