Conditioning Games
Hi, i am not sure if these will work with your age group but here are a few, and they can be used for rec and competitive, even for elite or olympic athletes, we all need some fun in training.
I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY EXPLANATIONS AND IF NOT I WILL HAVE MY STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AND I WILL POST A VIDEO ON HERE.
1.....If you have a spring floor and foam pit ? Take 8 foam cubs and place 2 (one of top of the other) in each corner of the floor. One student in each corner of the floor. When you say "GO" the student picks up the top cube and runs to the corner to their right (i think) and place the cube on top of the cube in the next corner and then runs back to pick up the next cube and continues doing that. I do not know how to draw a picture on the computer. You could also number the corners so that 1 runs to 2 and back to 1, 2 runs to 3 and back to 2, 3 runs to 4 and back to 3, and 4 runs to 1 and back to 4. With this age group only have them do it a few times and then put new gymnasts on the floor. The ultimate object is to have "NO" cubes in your corner.
2.....MAT TAG...Place as many types of mats all over the spring floor being careful you do not put a mat that will cause injury. Each gymnast stands on a mat and one of them is given a foam cube and they are "IT" and they have to chase the other gymnasts. If you step off a mat you are automatically "IT", and you get the cube. When you touch someone with the cube they become "IT". I someone is already it they cannot be tagged again.
3.....LADDERS...The gymnasts sit in pairs on the spring floor with the legs straight and feet touching. The pairs are lined up in a straight line so they are far enough apart that someone can step over their legs. Each pair is numbered. If you call number one both gymnasts stand up and run around the outside of their respective sides to the opposite end of the line and run/step over all the pairs of legs and sit back down in their spot. If yoiu call any other number they stand up and run/step over legs toward number 1 and then turn to the outside and run to the other end and step over legs to get back to their spot and sit back down. *****REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN DO NOT BEND THEIR KNEES OR THEY WILL TRIP THEIR FRIENDS*****
4.....SCORPION TAG....This is great for boys of all ages. Play tag on the floor with the space being relavent to the number of gymnasts you have. One person is designated as the Scorpion. The Scorpion can only tag someone if they do some kind of a roll before the tag. They could do a forward roll and then dive toward someone and tag their ankle, leg, but they must do some kind of roll, fwd, bkwd, sideward, log. Once you are tagged you also become a Scorpion and the game continues.
5.....SPRINKLER GAME.....MUST PLAY MUSIC.....
Four types of sprinklers
#1.....The wave
#2.....Lie on your tummy banging your arms and legs on the floor
#3.....Lie on your back moving your arms and legs randomly in the air
#4.....Stand in a small straddle and tap the back of your head with one hand and the other arm is pointing straight out as if shooting and your make the sshh sshh sshh sound of a sprinkler
Someone starts to play the music and everyone runs randomly around the floor but not in the same direction like a bunch of sheep or cattle. The music is stopped and someone calls out a number and that is the type of sprinkler you do then the music starts again and the random running starts. By the way there are two more types of sprinklers but i cannot remember what they are but i will try to find out.
Have Fun
Don