Week 3 Warm-Up

Introduction (always 3 parts)

1. Present yourselves

2. Whistle

1. Owl
2. Pig
3. Whistle

When we hear the whistle, we "stop and listen!"

3. We are sitting on the "Sportball line!"

Sportball Says (3sets)

Week 3, we keep it as simple as possible to build their confidence.

We name 3 to 6 body parts, then we encourage the kids. Repeat two more sets.

Jumps

Always keep it simple for the 2-3, which means they simply jump as high as possible the entire season.

• 5 times for the 2-3 years old

Every week from now on, the jumps can vary for the 4-6 years old such as

• Jumping over the sportball line then behind the Sportball line
• Going skiing and jumping from side to side
• Jumping where the knees touch the palm of your hand
• Jumping on one leg/5 times each leg
• Jumping while turning 90 or 180 degrees
• 10 times for the 4-6 years old

Train

Keep it simple every single week.

Race

For the 2-3 year old:  For the first two weeks, we race everyone together, but starting on week 3, the parents wait for the kids on the Sportball line, as the kids huddle around the coach and on the count of 3, everyone runs to mom and dad to give them a big hug!

For the 4-6 year old: The kids race against the coach, where the coaches looses every week, but wins on week 6.  Every time the coach looses, we ask the kids what we can tell the coach who lost and who is sad.  The kids will normally say, nice try and we make the group repeat a nice thing to the looser of the race.  When the coaches win, it's important to tell them the nice things that they told the coaches in the previous classes, such as "nice try".