This lesson plan focuses on perfecting less-common handstand and cartwheel variations.
Results Statement: By completing this lesson plan, you will effectively accomplish a 30-minute virtual session. All families should be notified in advance what materials they may need (a soft surface, a towel, etc.)
Begin the class by asking the children: “What is your favorite animal”
Make sure you know the names of each child. People can be renamed in Zoom if that helps you to remember.
Teach them how to do video and mute/unmute.
Warm Up:
50 jumping jacks
Straddle Sit
Pike sit
Butterflies
Shoulder
Swim forward
Swim backward
Cherry pickers
Wrist
Blinkers
Neck
Ankles
Bridges:
Bridge rocks x 10
Bridge claps
Bridge tick tock kicks
Backbends:
Standing backbends
Feet together standing backbends
Backbend kickovers
Back walkover
Front walkover
Switchleg BWO
BWO hop
Switchleg FWO
Handstand:
Handstand lunge:
- Lunge, T, Handstand
- Back to lunge, no steps
Handstand half-pirouette
Handstand ½ pirouette on wall
Handstand pike down to knees
Straddle up
Tuck up
Pike up
Back Rolls:
Backwards roll 3 hands or less
Back extension rolls v. step outs
Back extension ½ pirouette
Cartwheel Variations:
Cartwheel
1-handed cartwheel
Switch leg Cartwheel
Aerial Cartwheel
Shaping Drills:
Forearm plank 30 sec
High plank 30 sec
Right side plank 30 sec
Left side plank 30 sec
Lunge 30 sec
Lever 30 sec
30 Needle kicks (Reflects leg strength)
Candlestick to tuck jump
Candlestick bent knees (tuck drill)
Hollow body holds x 3 (15 sec each)
Arch to hollow body snaps x 10
Arch hollow body log rolls x 5
Conditioning:
Diamond jumps x 24
Plyo knee lunges (30 sec each side)
Side plyo knee jumps (30 sec each side)
Sumo squat jumps (30 sec)
Flamingos x 10 each side
Burpees x 15
Swing throughs
Flexibility:
Straddle each side & middle
Pike
Butterfly
Hip flexors (runners’ stretch)
Hamstrings