Skill: PERSEVERANCE
Drill: Chair Jump Challenge
Equipment needed: 4 chairs and 4 slammer pads
Instructors needed: Several to monitor
Description: The students will work on their perseverance in their leg strength by jumping over pads from a chair.
Teaching SKILLZ: Intrinsic Motivation
Students push themselves to complete each jump with good technique, even when their legs get tired, because they want to see how strong they can be.
Brain SKILLZ: Response Inhibition
Students practice staying focused and not getting distracted by fatigue, controlling the urge to stop or lose form as their legs get tired.
Step 1
Divide your students into groups.
Step 2 – Setup the Drill
For each group you will need to set up four chairs staggered apart with a stammer pad a few steps away from each chair.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules
  • You will stand on the chair and jump from the chair to the ground and then over the stammer pad.
  • Make sure you keep your feet together as you jump.
  • You’ll continue through all of the obstacles.
  • Your goal is to have perseverance in your leg strength by not losing technique as you go through the obstacles.
Step 4 – Takeaways
  • Don’t stop Jumping or you will lose momentum.
  • Pick your knees up on every jump.
  • Keep your feet together so you can land strong.
Step 5
  • Continue until the students have at least three turns.
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