(Ages 3 – 4)
Class 2 – Running & Catching
Static Warm-Up – 5 Minutes
- Arms: Hold seal position
- Legs: Hold jack-in-the-box
- Abs: Hold feet out the water
- Core: Hold Spiderman’s
Mat Chat – 3-minutes (Includes Water Break)
- Today we are going to work on RUNNING and CATCHING.
- Who can tell me what RUNNING means?
- Who can tell me what CATCHING means?
- We are going to play the following HOPPING drill: Around the Square
- We are going to play the following ROLLING drill: Ninja Bowl
Skill-Building Drills – 7 Minutes
Around the Square:
The students will practice RUNNING by demonstrating their ability to run facing multiple different directions. This will challenge the students physically by requiring them to run forwards, backwards, and sideways as quickly as they can.- Teaching SKILLZ: TRICKERY – The instructor can say another word that sounds like “go” in order to trick the students, like “gopher” and “ghost”. This will further test their auditory processing, as they have to listen for the whole word and not just the sounds of the word.
- Brain SKILLZ: DIVIDED ATTENTION – The students must be able to run in multiple directions while keeping their chest facing the same way. This works on their ability to do multiple things at one time, as they have to keep their chest and head facing one direction while running in another direction.
Ninja Dash:
The purpose of this drill is to teach good listening skills while reinforcing their ability to catch a ball at different distances.- Teaching SKILLZ: TRICKERY – The instructor can call out words that sound like the word “go” to try and trick the student.
- Brain SKILLZ: AUDITORY PROCESSING – The student must listen for when the instructor says stop, and turn as fast as they can so they can catch the ball.
Skill Stripe Test – 15 Minutes
Passive Stretches: 5-minutes
- Side bends
- Pat your back/li>
- Kneeling reach forward
- Kneeling reach backward
Game – 3-minutes