(Ages 3 – 4)
Class 5 – Hopping
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 HOPPING.
- Who can tell me what HOPPING means?
Here are the three hopping tips that I want everyone to practice today:
1. Keep your feet together as you hop. 2. Bend your knees before you hop. 3. Keep your head up as you jump.Skill-Building Drills – 15 Minutes
Cat and Mouse:
The students will play a game of chase in a circle while hopping into rings. This is great for building balance, control, gross motor skills, social skills, and spatial awareness.- Teaching SKILLZ: HEALTHY COMPETITION – The students will compete to see who can hop the fastest.
- Brain SKILLZ: DIVIDED ATTENTION – The student will focus on hopping while also being fast enough to not get tagged.
Number Hops:
The students will work on their HOPPING by hopping side to side without stepping on the yellow bar and only doing the number of hops given.- Teaching SKILLZ: EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION – If the student get 5 hopping combos in a row correctly without touching the stick and while keeping feet together, then the instructor will do 3 push-ups.
- Brain SKILLZ: VISUAL PROCESSING – The student will focus on hopping correctly while also not touching the stick.
Skill Stripe Test – 15 Minutes
Passive Stretches: 5-minutes
- Side bends
- Pat your back
- Kneeling reach forward
- Kneeling reach backward
Game – 3-minutes
- Ninja Ninja Turtle