Coaching Points
Keep your ankles and knees together when you jump, start off with little jumps before you do the big ones!
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Jump 10 times without the ball falling out
Silver Challenge
Jump for 20 seconds with out the ball falling out
Gold Challenge
Jump 5 times your age without the ball falling out
Coaching Points
Place your middle three fingers in the centre of the cones and rest your thumb and pinky finger on the outer edge. As you lift the cones from by your knees to release the ball, try and rotate your pinky fingers up through the midline to thrust the ball up into the air. When catching; keep your eyes on the ball and be ready to move your body and hands to where the ball is going to land. Make a bowl out of the two cones under the ball as it falls and then close it back up to secure the ball once you have caught it.
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Play this game for 5 minutes then discuss how you managed to improve.
Silver Challenge
Drop down onto your knees back to back. Can you complete 10 catches?
Gold Challenge
Can you complete 5 catches without moving your feet?
Coaching Points
Practice keeping your arms (and the rope) low, as you hop over the rope. You can also bring the rope to a complete stop behind the body, then hop over it until you improve the timing to bring it all together into one smooth movement.
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Silver Challenge
Can you double your current personal best score skipping backwards with a hop on your non dominant leg?
Gold Challenge
Can you skip backwards with a hop more than 10 times on 3 different surfaces such as: gravel, sand, carpet, grass, mud, wood etc?