Skill: Dexterity
Drill: Elevator Basics
Equipment needed: Two slammer targets per line
Instructors needed: One per line
Description: In this drill the student will test their balance and strength of their middle stances while performing their basic techniques by standing on a stack of slammer targets.
Teaching SKILLZ:
The instructor can say things like “ghost” and “gogurt” in order to try and trick the students. This will enhance their auditory processing skills as they have to listen for the whole word, and not just the sounds in the word.
Brain SKILLZ:
WORKING MEMORY – The student has to remember the combination of colors that the instructor calls out, and hop to each color while doing two round kicks in the rings they hop in. This works on their ability to hold onto information while performing a task, as they have to remember the combination the instructor calls out.
Step 1
Divide your students into lines with no more than six per line.
Step 2 – Setting Up the Drill:
For each line, stack two slammer targets on top of each other.
Step 3 – Explain the Rules:
  • The first student in each line will stand on the slammer targets in a middle stance as shown in the picture.
  • The instructor will call out four to ten random basic hand techniques that the student must perform.
  • If the student falls off the slammer targets while they are performing their basics then they must do twenty-five jumping jacks.
  • Repeat the process until every student has a turn.
Step 4 – Takeaways:
  • The student will test their balance and strength of their middle stances
Step 5
  • One the second round, call out basic kicks.
 
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