Skill: KICKING
Drill: Hurdle Jumps w/Kicks
Equipment needed: 2 hurdles and a clapper target (per line)
Instructors needed: One per line
Description: In this drill, the students are going to jump over hurdles that are spread far apart which will build their leg muscles.
Teaching SKILLZ: HEALTHY COMPETITION
  • Whichever line gets back the fastest can get a point for their team; giving the lines silly team names will motivate the students more to work together as a team.
Brain SKILLZ: VISUAL PROCESSING
  • The student must be able to jump over the bars without touching them, or jumping in between them.
Step 1
  • Divide your students into several lines.
Step 2 – Setting up the Drill:
  • Set up 2 hurdles that are spread at least 1 foot apart. Have an instructor on the other side of the hurdles holding a clapper target.
Step 3
  • The first student in each line will jump over the hurdles and then kick the target 10 times alternating legs.
Step 4
  • Continue until each student has a turn.
Step 5
  • Repeat the drill 2 more times and spread the hurdles a little further apart each time.
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