Skill: FITNESS
Drill: Chop
Equipment needed: One foam sword
Instructors needed: One per group
Description: In this drill the students will build their abdominal muscles. The students will pair up with a partner, one in sit-up position holding a foam sword. The student will do a full sit-up and try to chop their partner’s head as their partner dodges from side to side.
Teaching SKILLZ: INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
The instructor can ask the student as they come up how many they want to do, five, ten, or fifteen, depending on who they want to make proud (Five=instructors, ten=instructors and parents, fifteen=instructors and parents, and blackbelt mindset).
Brain SKILLZ: VISUAL PROCESSING
The student must be able to use the noodle to hit the instructor on the head, without missing.
Step 1
Pair up your students with a partner and give one of them a foam sword.
Step 2 – Setup the drill
Have the student with the foam sword lay in sit-up position with the foam sword above their head; have the other partner hold their feet.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
  • The students in sit-up position with do a full sit-up while trying to tap their partner with the foam sword.
  • The students holding their feet must dodge the sword while not letting go of their feet. The student will alternate dodging on each side throughout the exercise.
  • The student doing the sit-ups will do ten sit-ups.
  • Switch roles.
Step 4
  • Continue until each student has at least two turns.
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