(Ages 5 – 6)
Class 7 – Fitness
Ultimate Warm-Up – 7 Minutes
- Arms: Advanced army crawls up and down the mat
- Legs: Jack in the box walks up and down the mat
- Abs: Donkey kongs up and down the mat
- Core: Forwards cab crawls up and down the mat
Mat Chat – 3-minutes (Includes Water Break)
- Today we are going to work on COORDINATION.
- COORDINATION means your body functions in harmony.
Here are three COORDINATION tips that you will learn today:
1. Having hand eye and foot eye coordination. 2. Knowing how to do two things at one time. 3. Knowing your left and right.Skill-Building Drills – 15 Minutes
Kick What You See!:
In this drill we will be working on foot eye coordination by flashing the clapper pad a specific way. The student must have good coordination by kicking the pad with the correct kick, using the correct part of the foot.- Teaching SKILLZ: TRICKERY – Trick them by holding the pad rally high, or really low.
- Brain SKILLZ: SPEED OF PROCESSING – The student must quickly respond to the command while catching the pad.
Ladder Punches:
In this drill the students will strike the mitts while doing ladder punching. This is a great drill for the students to practice their counting.- Teaching SKILLZ: UP THE REP – Have the students punch harder on each rep.
- Brain SKILLZ: ATTENTION CONTROL – Students will practice attention control by punching while also increasing power and reps.
Skill Stripe Test – 15 Minutes
Partner Stretches: 5-minutes
- Butterfly partner pulls
- Kneeling partner push
- Sitting elbow pull
- Straddle partner pull
Game – 3-minutes
- Bull Dog