Skill: COMMUNICATION
Drill: Say the Side
Equipment needed: None
Instructors needed: 1 per Line
Description: The students will practice having good COMMUNICATION by demonstrating their ability to say the correct side of their body that they will be using either the right or the left. This will challenge them intellectually by requiring them be able feel a tap and correlate that with the name of the side that was tapped.
Step 1
Divide your students into lines
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
The 1st student in each line will stand up and face the instructor.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
  • The instructor will then walk behind the student.
  • On round 1 when the instructor taps the students arm they must punch with that side and say whether it was the right or left side.
  • On round 2 the instructor can tap the arms or leg to get the same response.
  • On each round the students will get 3 taps before going to the end of the line.
Step 4 – Takeaways:
  • Say the side so your instructor can hear you.
  • Feel the tap and use that side.
  • Take your time if you need to think about which side is which.
Step 5
  • Continue until each student has 2-3 turns.
 
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