Trains and Tunnels

As we become more skillful

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Instructions

Tunnel

  • Hands and feet on the floor showing a wide shape, arms and legs straight; hold the position for the train to move under

Train

  • Use Crawling Soldier to move under your partner

Questions

How long can you make your tunnel?

Further Teaching Points

  • Aim for Angry Cat shape
  • Hands should be flat on the floor
  • Arms straight and shoulder-width apart
  • The train should travel from head to feet

Body Conditioning

Improves

  • Strength of stomach, upper body and arms

Adapting the activity

  • Enable

    • Make the tunnel
    • Standing up (a ‘star’ shape)
    • Make tunnel with bent legs
  • Challenge

    • Make tunnel as high and as wide as you can
    • Figure of eight the train through the tunnel
    • Make a tunnel facing the ceiling