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Activities with limited equipment

SKILLS REVIEW

If you have any of the equipment below (frisbee, ball, jump rope, balloon etc), you can practice reviewing or working on any of the skills that we’ve learned in PE class this year. 

  • Jump Rope: If you have a jump rope, you can review some of the rope tricks we learned in pe this year. (forward, backward, side swing, figure eight swing and jump, rocker, skier, boxer, etc)

 

  • Throwing and Catching:  If you have space in your yard and it’s safe to go outside, try to practice throwing and catching with a family member with a ball or a frisbee.
    • Prek-K: underhand throwing
    • 1st-2nd: underhand and overhand throwing
    • throwing cues
    • How to throw a frisbee
    • frisbee cues

 

  • Striking a Balloon 
    • Blow up a balloon and practice striking it with different items in your house (or different body parts)
    • Play a game of balloon tennis 

 

  • 4 Square
    • If you have a playground ball and a garage or driveway you can play a game of 2 Square with a family member, draw a court with some chalk.​

Plyometric Training- used to help develop quick and powerful movements 

https://www.gophersport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Active@Home_Jumping_XZone2020.pdf?utm_term=Speed%20Training&utm_campaign=S-T%20-%20Gopher%20-%20At%20Home%20Content%20%28PE%20Coords%29%20-%20March%202020&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-TEST-How%20can%20I%20help-_-Speed%20Training

Basketball: here are some basic skills you can work on at home

https://www.gophersport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Active@Home_Sports_Basketball2020.pdf?utm_term=Basketball%20Skills&utm_campaign=S-T%20-%20Gopher%20-%20At%20Home%20Content%20%28PE%20Coords%29%20-%20March%202020&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-TEST-How%20can%20I%20help-_-Basketball%20Skills

Hand eye coordination: Juggling 

https://www.gophersport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Active@Home_HandEye_Scarves2020.pdf?utm_term=Hand-Eye%20Coordination&utm_campaign=S-T%20-%20Gopher%20-%20At%20Home%20Content%20%28PE%20Coords%29%20-%20March%202020&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-TEST-How%20can%20I%20help-_-Hand-Eye%20Coordination