Warming Up Warm Ups

2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS FOR BROCHURE: (limit of 50 words

This session will reawaken the warm up with new ideas that simultaneously educate and prepare the body for activity. Several novel, engaging, and creative ideas will get participants active and new research on dynamic flexibility will be included. Warm ups using audio and video technology will round out this session appropriate for all grade levels.

3. DETAILED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: (300 word limit – this will be

For the past five years, I have supervised student teachers in countless schools and have been fortunate to observe a wide variety of warm-ups. I too often find that warm ups are drudgery using outdated practices where students don’t learn or apply learning. In addition, many simply do not even fulfill the basic intent of preparing the body for activity. Therefore, I will present the best of the best warm ups I have either observed or used myself while teaching K-12 PE. They include but are not limited to the following: line to line (K-3), fitness warm-up (4th and up), low impact activity (K-12), warm-up cards (4-12), individualized warm-ups (4th and up), stations (stations vary by age), dynamic flexibility (6-12), alphabet relay (K-5), music CD’s (K-5), warm-up cube (K-5), and others.

The presentation will be broken into the following segments:

  1. Participants will explore what kind of warm-ups they do currently
  2. Participants will actively engage in several warm-ups via a rotating station approach (each station taught by West Chester University undergraduates or presented on a task card or self-prepared computer video)
  3. Debrief and discuss each station
  4. Technology in warm ups - A brief exploration of how to create some of the technology warm-ups showcased during the activity portion.
  5. Wrap up

To bring:

Digital camera (windows format)

Something that stands up

Simon Says WU

Telescope Tag

3 tiers – King of the Mountain (or varsity, JV freshman)

Q&A: What being done currently

What would an ideal warm up look like?

What would an inappropriate warm up look like?

Types of Warm Ups

Develop your own

Low Intensity Game

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