Warming Up Warm Ups
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• King
• Why this presentation
– My background
• What would an ideal warm up include?
• What would an inappropriate warm up
look like?
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Tag Games (K-12)
– Intensity should be walking at first, may
increase intensity later
– Example tag games
Warm Up Options (K  12)
Dry Erase Board (4-12)
– As Ss enter gym, read and execute the
warm-up listed on the dry erase board
• “Square root of 9 laps followed by 20 lunges, 20
crunches and 10 push-ups”
• Laps on outside, exercises in middle
• Can be cross-curricular
– Can also specify what Ss are doing that day
thus eliminating the age old question!
Warm Up Options (K  12)
Line to Line (K-2 or 3)
– Ss sit along a line for attendance.
– Move from line to line and back specified number of times in
specified manner.
– May emphasize concept taught in previous lesson
• “When you hear the music, move three times from line to line. Each time,
use a different pathway.”
– Don’t stretch K-3 students, it’s a waste of time. Good to
have a warm up and call it that; helps to convey its
importance.
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Content Related Game or Activity (K-12)
– Basketball: dribble jog while doing lay ups
– Soccer: dribble knockout (continuous)
– Basketball: aerobic HORSE (jog after taking
a shot)
– Hockey: 4 corners while dribbling
– Football: Help tag with footballs (can’t be
tagged if have football)
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Content Related Game or Activity (K-12)
– Football: flag tag
– Lacrosse: produce junction (3 stages)
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Warm Up Cards (4-12)
– Done individually or with a small group. For
small groups, leader gets the cards.
– Two sources:
• Teacher made cards – often laminated sheets of paper
cardio, muscular strength/ endurance, and flexibility
exercises
• Commercial cards –
purchased from Fitdeck
(www.fitdeck.com),
sportime, and others
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Gym Spots (4-12)
– Ss are assigned squad or attendance spots
(gym spots) where they sit upon entering
gym. Spots are formed by markings on the
floor (under varnish) or painted on wall
(letters on one wall, #’s on another)
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Gym Spots (4-12)
– At the spots, Ss complete stationary cardio
exercises followed by muscular endurance
exercises (discussed later).
• Stationary Cardio Exercises
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Individualized Warm Up (6-12)
– Ss construct individualized warm up based on
Fitnessgram results. Must address all HRF
components and be seven exercises total
– Ts provide handout of suggest activities. SS must
turn in their warm up for a grade
• Assignment, minimal equipment exercises, flexibility
exercises
– Gym is divided into areas for each HRF component
with relevant equipment at each (stretching: mats,
muscular: dyna bands, etc)
– Ss graded partly by their level of involvement (two
samples: 1, 2)
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Stations (4-12)
– Elementary Example:
• 1- jump form hoop to hoop, 2-crawl through the tunnel, 3run and jump off trampoline, 4- roll like a pencil, 5- “jump
rope” inside a hoop, 6 – bosu balls ofr each student. Keep
this warm-up setting for a couple of lessons. Use students
to help with setup and take down (number of squads
equals number of stations.
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Dynamic Flexibility (6-12)
– Using movement to continually bring the
body into a stretched position; the final
position is not held
– Establish a routine for DF
– Sample DF exercises
– Stretching the Truth (NY Times Video)
– DF video
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Alphabet Relay (1-3 or 4)
– Teacher states the word for the day and
students perform exercises corresponding to
each letter of the word. When finished with
one letter, they go to the next
• Example
• Again good cross-curricular
– Book by Karen Voght (2000)
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Music Song or Teacher Audio (K-5)
– There are commercially made CD’s asking
Ss to perform exercises set to fun music
• Animal’s Marching
– Teachers can make their own warm-up CD’s
by adding their voice to their favorite music
tracks via Microsoft Movie Maker
• Instructions
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Video (K-12)
– Produce a video starring you that is edited
using Microsoft Moviemaker (Apple users
use iMovie)
• Example
• Many uses beyond just warm ups
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Warm Up Cube (K-5)
– Use a large foam cube with pockets and
insert pictures of exercises or activities
• Move like an animal
• Bean warm up
– Roll a large foam die and that determines
the number of reps for a teacher determined
exercise
Warm Up Options (K  12)
• Whew!! Your thoughts
Group Ideas
• Playing deck of cards
– Face cards = cardio (jacks=shuffle etc)
– 2 = crunches, 3 = burpees etc
– Sheet equates cards to exercises
• Floor ladders
• Group jump ropes with partners, rotate,
exercises on other side
Avoiding Mistakes
• Follow the warm up, as much as possible
with activity and not sitting for long periods
• Plan ahead for the warm up to prevent
disorganization
• Ideal warm ups have general whole-body
activity followed by flexibility but this can
be difficult with limited class time!!
Q&A
• What are you currently doing for your
warm up that hasn’t been discussed?
• Thanks for attending!!
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Matthew Cummiskey
West Chester University
mcummiskey@wcupa.edu
http://thenewPE.com
• Questions?