(Ages 5 – 6)
Skill: WARM UPS
Drill: Static Core Exercise: Beginner Bridge Holds
Equipment needed: None
Instructors needed: Several to monitor
Description: The students will build their core strength by holding their body off the ground using their palms and their feet.
Step 1
  • Have your students sit with their palms on the ground at their side (fingers pointed forward); and their knees up with their feet flat on the floor (toes pointed forward).
Step 2 -Explain the rules:
  • When I say, “go” you will raise your body off the ground with the palms of your hands and your feet, as if you were a table.
  • Try to keep your body parallel to the ground.
  • You will hold the beginner bridge position and count to ten.
Step 3
  • While you are counting, try not to move your body at all.
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