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 KICKING.
• Who can tell me what KICKING means?
• We are going to play the following KICKING drills:Frog Kicks & Castle Crashers.
• Here are the three KICKING tips that I want everyone to practice today:

1. Keep your hands up.
2. Bend your knee before and after you kick.
3. Watch where you are kicking.

 

Skill-building drills – 7-minutes

1. 1. Follow My Lead: Students will practice having good KICKING by demonstrating their ability to watch the instructor and try and remember the pattern that was shown to them.
      • Teaching SKILLZ: HEALTHY COMPETITION – Make it a competition to see who can do 5 combinations in a row correctly.
      • Brain SKILLZ: SPEED OF PROCESSING – The student will quickly process the combinations and perform them correctly.

1. 1. Don’t Drop the Cone: In this drill the students will learn how to develop balance while kicking by balancing a cone on their head as they kick the target. This is a great way to teach them how to keep their head up while kicking.
      • Teaching SKILLZ: EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION – If the student doesn’t drop the cone, then the instructor will do 3 push-ups.
      • Brain SKILLZ: DIVIDED ATTENTION – The student will focus on kicking while also not dropping the cone.

Skill stripe test – 5-minutes

• See testing charts

 

 

Passive Stretching: 5-minutes

• Side bends
• Pat your back
• Kneeling reach forward
• Kneeling reach backward

 

 

Game –3-minutes

• Ninja-ninja turtle

 

 

 

End of class announcements – 2-minutes