This past weekend I worked at the YMCA in the youth swimming program. This week was the last session of a seven week program; therefore, it was 45 minutes of free time. It was extremely interesting to observe these particular children, ages 6-10, interact with one another in an alternative setting, a pool. Some children were extremely physical with their play, hanging all over one another, and hitting each other with toys, splashing around violently and being extremely loud. One particular class there were issues that derived from the rough play, such as a child being injured, their feelings hurt because their toy was taken, etc. Two children that I especially kept an eye, a boy and a girl, at first I thought they were brother and sister due to the way that they were interacting with one another, more rough play rather than subtle play. The play was extremely rough and the girl was hanging all over the boy in the water, flailing her arms all over the place, and hitting the boy with either a noodle or a plastic swim toy. I thought for sure one of the children was going to get injured; yet, it never got to that point. They were warned to an extent to be a little more gentle but they never really lightened up their play. I was shocked that for 45 minutes straight of this kind of play neither child got mad at the other, or frustrated with how the play was going. I feel as though there are few children that could engage in this kind of play without complaining about one another. Overall, I was amused to watch these children interact with each other in an alternative play setting.