Developing Our Locomotor Skills

There are seven main locomotor skills that are important for children to develop that will benefit them later when playing sports. These skills include: running, skipping, hopping, jumping, galloping, side-stepping (sliding), and leaping.

Developing Putting Skills

The key to getting children active and keeping them interested in developing their physical skills, is to keep it fun. According to Golf Digest, the best way to teach children beginning golf skills is through games.

Scarf Juggling for Target-A-Skill Tuesday

A fun way to practice our throwing and catching is through games and fun activities. Scarf Juggling is a simple and fun way to improve our hand-eye coordination, as well as improve our throwing and catching skills.

Dribbling Skills for Target-a-Skill Tuesday

For “Target-a-Skill” Tuesday, we are working on our dribbling. In sports, dribbling is the way players manoeuvre a ball on their own. It is important to learn how to effectively dribble, so you have control of the ball while moving to avoid defenders.

Hockey: Skills, Drills, and Challenges

Hockey is considered the national sport of Canada. Perhaps, it is because Canada’s climate is cold for many months of the year, and since large bodies of water freeze over in winter, Canadians have taken to the sport of skating, hockey, and other ice games.

A Balancing Act for “Targeting a Skill” Tuesday

Developing good balance is an essential skill that is often ignored or overlooked by many.

Jumping Rope for Target a Skill Tuesday

Jumping rope is an excellent cardio workout and has been an activity that children and adults have been enjoying for years.

Kicking Games for Target a Skill Tuesday

Children of all ages love to play ball games. We will be playing some kicking games for today’s “target a skill” Tuesday.

Target Toss for “Teaching a Skill” Tuesday

For today’s, “Teaching a Skill Tuesday” we are going to play a Target Toss game.

Fun Friday: Target Games

Goal: to have FUN while practising aiming and accurately sending an object to a target, different distances away.

Catching Skills for Target-a-Skill Tuesday

The skill of catching is a very useful one for many different games and sports. It helps build hand-eye coordination and timing skills.

Thumbs Up for Hopscotch!

Did you know? Kids have been playing hopscotch since the 1600s! This game is an “oldie”, but a “goodie”.