This was the obstacle course set up for week one for training.
Kids start by practing Lunge (arms up by there ears) into hand stand. Next is cartwheels (hands up by your ears) start with favorite leg pointed forward, put your hands on top of hands on red mat. climb across ladder, using hands first, feet follow (no standing because it will fall over) Short purple beams is used for backwards beam walking. Hands out to the side, slowly put one foot behind the other. Large low beam is used for practicing walking forward with hands up by your ears. Balance Forward rolls on cheese. strart with standing on the mat, hands up by our ears, bend knees into forward roll and try to land with feet up under you to stand (reach for the clouds) crawl through the tunnel Finish and start over
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
"It is not only useful for staff who are experienced but a valuable tool for those subject staff who have to take teams."
The variety of sessions across sports - sometimes we steal session ideas from one sport and use them with another.
As we enter the business end of the competition, we take a look at the remaining eight teams and the key talking points surrounding each side.