(Ages 3 – 4)
Class 1 – Kicking
Static Warm-Up – 7 Minutes
- Arms: Hold seal position
- Legs: Hold jack-in-the-box
- Abs: Hold feet out the water
- Core: Hold Spiderman’s
Mat Chat – 3-minutes (Includes Water Break)
- Today we are going to work on KICKING.
- Who can tell me what KICKING means?
Here are the three KICKING tips that I want everyone to practice today:
1. Keep your hands up. 2. Bend your knee before and after you kick. 3. Watch where you are kicking.Skill-Building Drills – 15 Minutes
Follow My Lead:
Students will practice having good KICKING by demonstrating their ability to watch the instructor and try and remember the pattern that was shown to them.- Teaching SKILLZ: HEALTHY COMPETITION – Make it a competition to see who can do 5 combinations in a row correctly.
- Brain SKILLZ: SPEED OF PROCESSING – The student will quickly process the combinations and perform them correctly.
Don’t Drop the Cone:
In this drill the students will learn how to develop balance while kicking by balancing a cone on their head as they kick the target. This is a great way to teach them how to keep their head up while kicking.- Teaching SKILLZ: EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION – If the student doesn’t drop the cone, then the instructor will do 3 push-ups.
- Brain SKILLZ: DIVIDED ATTENTION – The student will focus on kicking while also not dropping the cone.
Skill Stripe Test – 15 Minutes
Passive Stretches: 5-minutes
- Side bends
- Pat your back/li>
- Kneeling reach forward
- Kneeling reach backward
Game – 3-minutes