Ball and Body Explorer
Each child explores gentle sole rolls and changes of direction with their own ball, choosing a clear space and a movement they can control.
- 8 min
- 4–8 players
Warm-up · All ages
Dynamic Warm-Up Ladder
A movement-first activation: through the ladder, into a stride, back to the queue — hips, ankles and heart rate ready before any ball work.
- Duration
- 6 min
- Players
- 4–20
- Fitness
- Movement
Setup
Step 1 of 2
Ladder at the start of the lane, a cone twelve metres beyond it, players queued behind.
Coaching points
- Quick feet in the ladder, tall posture — do not look down at your feet.
- Build the stride gradually; the last one is the fastest, not the first.
- Jog the return, do not stop dead at the cone.
- Two full rounds before anyone touches a ball.
Equipment
- Agility ladder · 1 per lane
- Cones · 2 per lane
Progressions
- Harder Add a side-step pattern through the ladder and a change of direction at the cone.
- Easier Walk the ladder pattern and jog the whole lane.
