It's called a fun week! It may seem hard to do, but if you plan one every once in a while they would feel like they wanted to come to practice! (I'm just going to base it on a four-day week)
BASICS: This is day one of the fun week. Have the girls pick about 3-4 teams depending on the amount of girls from a grip bag. Saying team 1, 2...There should be 4 or more girls per team, you can do 3 if you only have 2 teams with four girls. Have the girls come up with a team name!!! Pick a theme for every day, like Hawaiian Day and everyone wears flower leos, or Gymnasts on the Prowl, where everyone wears an animal print leo and draws an animal paw on their cheek, you can even go psychadelic! Have the girls on the teams try to plan something special for their team-a cheetah hair ribbon, etc. On the last day, though, have them wear your gyms colors. It seems difficult, but if you plan it out on a piece of paper, it MONDAY-
Warm-up: Play storm watchers. When you say tornado, have them get under a mat, when you say hurricane, have them get on top of the mat, when you say flood, have them on some type of equipment other than a mat, when you say earthquake, have them lie down, when you say avalanche, have them run to a certain color mat. However, its a time limit, and when you say time, and someone isn't there, they get to run for the rest of the game around the floor. So, by the end, everyone has warmed up and ran, but after you get eliminated and have run for 5 min, you sit down and stretch. The people stretching get to call out the disasteer now.
Routines: Have points for routines...1 point for hit routine, 2 points straight legs, 3 points stuck dismount, etc. Whoever has the most points at the end, wins that day, and they get a prize. This way they are working on technique, form, and making the routines.
Conditioning: Relay races!!! Cardio and muscles are working. Have them jump over beams, ten push-ups, crawl thru the pit, etc. The winning team doesn't have to do the second set and gets to stretch.
Fun: End with a handstand contest and a back tuck sticking contest. Whoever wins is the back tuck champion or handstand champion and wins a prize, like a pick one conditioning tom that you don't want to do.
TUESDAY-
Warm-up: Have the groups get together and lead their own stretching/warm-ups. Blast some really funky music and the girls will be pumped.
Routines: Today, it's all about sticking your routines with your team. Each team has to stick a certain number in a row (one girl goes, then the next, if they fall start the counting over) and whichever team wins gets to do one less routine tomorrow than everyone else.
Conditioning: It's a contest again!!! Whichever team member gets the most numbers on their conditioning, goes in the battle against team winners. They battle it out, and whoever wins gets a fake medal.
Fun: If you have an moon walk, use it, the team winners from routines get to go in the longest. If you don't use a parachute or something else. After that, play gym ball. You set up bases in the corners of the floor, and someone throws a piece of pit foam, and the person at "bat" must hit it something. The people in field can't use their hands to pick it up and the person running to the base must do a handstand walk. Tons of fun!!!
WEDNESDAY-
Warm up: Have fun on tramp! Have the girls do jumps, flips, and try to stick off the end. For stretching, have them work their jumps.
Routines: Pick one skill from each event. Have all of the girls do it. Have the girls rotate with their teams. Watch each of the skills and say who's was the best (except don't say it like that! say that their's had the least deductions) this person is crowned the queen. Make sure they get little tiaras!!!
Conditioning: Do some easy conditioning today! It's a race to see which team can finish it in the least amount of time. After that (like 7 minutes) take the rest of the time to really do some stretching. Have them stretch in circles with their teams. Let them chat, but work!
Fun:Tell them that tom is the last day, and that it will be about them! Tell them to bring in any music they want. Have them play chicken on the roof with a partner, but make sure it doesn't get out of hand.
LAST DAY-
Warm-up:Have the girls make up routines with the rest of their team. Let them use whatever they want, like ribbons, hula hoops, etc. Have them try to teach everyone else for about 3-5 min each.
Routines: Have the girls make up routines on all events with new skills or whatever they want. After some time of this, have them make up crazy group routines. For the last 5 minutes of each event, let them do whatever they want.
Conditioning: Only do this if you have a good pit. Have the girls climb to the top. Have them climb halfway down and then drop. This is station one. Do the stations with your team. The second station should be a work-out video. The third station should be a video with cool skills. Hae the girls try to make up some of their own. The fourth station is called roll the die. have them draw a card on what the conditioning is. Do the conditioning and the number.
Fun: Have them come up with a team cheer. Have them play volleyball with a workout ball. And leave the gym open for fun and games!!! At the end, have the girls sit down and talk about the week. Have an ice cream party after, and take silly team pictures. Put these on the bulletin board.
AND YOUR DONE...HOPE IT WAS FUN!