Description:
In this drill the students will build their upper body and abdominal strength with a four-man push-up.
Teaching SKILLZ:
EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION – If the students drop from their pushup position and their stomach touches the floor, then the whole team has ten pushups.
Brain SKILLZ:
RESPONSE INHIBITION – The students must be able to hold their pushup position for the whole duration. This works on their ability to complete a task despite distraction, the distraction being their arms shaking or if it becomes hard to hold themselves up because of the extra weight on them.
Step 1
Divide your class into teams of four based on similar height.
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
Each person will lie on their stomachs facing opposite directions close enough to the rest of their team so that their feet rest on the back of the person behind them, as shown in the picture.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
When I say “go” the entire team will push-up so that no part of the teams bodies are touching the ground except for your hands.
You must hold that position for ten seconds.
If anyone falls or touches the ground with any part of their body within the ten seconds (except for your hands), then the entire team must do ten push-ups.
The secret is to keep your stomach as tight as possible to hold your teammate’s body up.
Step 4 – Takeaways:
To work on upper body and abdominal strength
Step 5
On the second round, you will hold for twenty seconds with twenty push-ups if you fall, and on the third round thirty seconds with thirty seconds if you fall.