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Gymnastics: key 0 Cooldown

What a fantastic tool. I 've found a few drills that are unfamiliar,...

Wes, Rugby Coach

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Ask the children to walk around the room using tiny steps. Then make the children get slower and slower until they stop. Then ask the children to lie down on the floor - perfectly still and walk round taking an imaginary picture.

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Discuss with children why you have to cool down.

Note childrens ideas for why they feel they have to cool down.

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Put the mats away.

Start the practice off by getting the children to go for a run. Then change you voice to speak s-l-o-w-l-y. The children then have to match their movements with the teachers voice.

The next part of the practice is for children to find a partner and join hands and walk around together using tiny steps.

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Get the children to find some space.

Ask children to touch head / eyes / shoulders / knees. Do this very slowly. Then get the children to name the inital letter of each body part.

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Get the children to walk around the hall and then on the teachers command children should go as small as possible. Then get the children to continue running around before stopping and making themselves as big as possible.

Keep repeating the exercises but vary the speed in which the children travel.

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