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I would love to learn this "Fire, water, storm" game! that would be awesome :] thank you !!!!!For the first couple of minutes no full speed races (and mind you, kids always do full speed on races) it's not good for heart, lungs and the following training.
My girls have no problem doing the same old warm up routine/dance over and over again, makes it very easy for me. I will still do little games every once in a while to lighten up the mood.
"Fire, water, storm" is my favourite for warm ups since it's no full power game and adjustable to all ages and levels. Are you familiar with the game? If not, I'll describe it later on, I'm in kind of a rush right now.
We also do the first tag game, jumping on either the right or the left leg.
Great ideas ! Going to try the knee tag today! :] Thank you!Relay races or pit races get the kids pretty riled up if you think they can come back down from that to focus.
I love tag games although they don't necessarily work on gymnastics shapes/drills I think it's a fun first couple minutes. An easy one is heads and tails tag. Have half the group start with hands on their head and half the group hands on their bottom. Everyone is it and they try to tag someone who is the opposite. If they get tagged they switch where their hands are and what "team" they are on. It can go on forever.
Another one that can continue forever is knee tag. Everyone is it again. When their hands are on their knees they are safe. They cannot move, be tagged, or get tagged. When they remove their hands from their knees they can run, tag, and be tagged. If they get tagged the freeze and hold up a hand for a high five. When they get a high five they are unfrozen and can reenter the game.
It's not necessarily fun, but always do handstand against the wall (both ways). Many new kids will need a spot to do back to the wall, so be cautious. But mastering this is key. Also on the stomach to the wall when they can hold relatively close to the wall for about 10-20 seconds, they can start to roll out of it by pulling their feet down the wall, which is a safe and easy way to introduce handstand forward roll.]
Thank you so much for all of your help!!!!! :]