Description:
The students will work on their STEPPING skills by taking two steps and then kicking a pad.
Step 1
Have your students and guardians line up on one side of the mat.
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
Give a quick review of how to kick: Hold your hands up, pick your foot off the ground and snap it out and back in, and bend your knee as much as you can on the snap.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
The student will take two steps and then kick the pad held by the guardian.
As the student steps forward, the guardian will take two steps backwards.
Switch roles when you reach the end of the mat (optional).
Step 4 – Takeaways:
Encourage your student to only take two steps.
Encourage your student to kick properly.
Count for them as they step and kick.
Step 5
Continue as many times as you can until time is called (approximately 2-minutes).