Skill: Teamwork
Drill: Save the Dolphins
Equipment needed: 1 wavemaster top per line
Instructors needed: 1 per Line
Description: Students will practice TEAMWORK by demonstrating their ability work together to move a bag top across the mat without dropping it.
Teaching SKILLZ:
CHOICES – The instructor can tell the students to all find a partner as quick as they can, so they get to choose who they can work with.
Brain SKILLZ:
DIVIDED ATTENTION The students must be able to carry the pad down the mat together. While doing this, the student has to pay attention to their partner’s speed as they carry the pad down, even if the student in front cannot see their partner.
Step 1
Divide your students into pairs.
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
Have the 1st 2 students stand up and hold the bag over their heads.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
  • When the instructor says “GO” both students will work together to walk the bag down the mat.
  • Once they get to one side they must turn with the bag and come back down the mat.
Step 4 – Takeaways:
  • Talk to your teammates.
  • Don’t go to fast.
  • Try not to drop the bag or someone might get hurt.
Step 5
  • Continue until each pair has 2-3 turns
 
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