Learning Coach — Warm Up and Cool Down
Objectives
Students will:
- Identify how to warm up and cool down.
- Recognize the importance of warming up and cooling down.
- Practice locomotor skills.
Keywords
- warm-up
- cool-down
Learning Coach Notes
Remember to have your student warm up before doing any exercise activity and cool down after. This lesson teaches locomotor skills for the next skill check. Be sure to review the directions for each skill with your student and help them as they practice each skill. Most of the skills taught provide tips for how to modify the skill if needed in the lesson. There are a few ways students can modify high knee skipping in order to build up to it. One way is to start by sitting on a bench or chair and bringing up a knee at a time as high as they can. This will help get them to get used to the motion of high knees. After they get used to this, have them try to do high knee skipping as demonstrated in the lesson. Then have them challenge themselves by holding a ball over their head as they do high knee skipping. Be sure to have your student practice the exercises for the Presidential Fitness Test this week, they are the shuttle run, sit and reach, curl-ups, push-ups, and the walk/run.
Hopping and Jumping
Goal:
Goal:
Click through the slides below to learn how to hop and jump.
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Technique:
- Stand with your heels slightly off the ground.
- To get power to jump high or far, you will need to bend down and swing your arms back.
- Throw your arms forward, and push your body into the air with your legs.
- For a smaller jump, you can just use your legs to push your body into the air.

Skill Activities:
- Hop with your feet together.
- Jump as fast as you can in one spot.
- Jump back and forth over a line or a cone.
- Hop on one foot. Switch feet.
- Jump and try to touch something above your head.
- Try to jump for distance (as far as you can).