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Pre-School Tips and Drills
Pre-School Drills (6)
Line up the kids in a circle, with enough elbow room between.
I use circles on the floor to stand on so that they stay organized.
Take a jump rope and attach a sparring glove at one end, and hold the opposite end.
The instructor stands in the middle of the circle with the "snake" (jump rope.)
Instructor swings the rope in a circle for the kids to jump over.
If the "snake" touches (bites) a student they must go kick a standing bag and then get right back in the circle.
The student must jump over the snake when it comes by them.
Round 2: kids must do a jump kick (without hitting the instructor!) over the snake.
Enjoy!
Line up the kids along a wall about two feet away from the wall, they must keep their hands up in guard position, tiger eyes and focused on the instructor. Use a beach ball, the bigger the better. Throw it at the child who has their guard up the best. They must punch or kick, or elbow it right back to you.
You can have multiple instructors or assistants helping you in this.
Have a volunteer to run and get the stray beach balls.
Great pre-class activity to keep the early students focused.
enjoy!
Get a long rope (jump rope) and stretch it out across your training floor. Have an instructor on each side of the rope. If only 1 instructor pin the rope under heavy bag or tie to a chair. All children line up in lines on one side of the rope. When you say snake" or anything you would like to say the children have to jump over the rope. The trick is that you are moving the rope. Now there are two ways to move the rope. Up and down (they jump for height) or side to side on the ground(jumping for distance). Tell them this is jake the snake!
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