Play-Based Warm Up

Play-based goodness.

Often times our training is too medicinal, too sterile, not fun enough. Not engaging enough. We take people through dry preplanned warm-ups and movement prep and hope they engage.

We forget that they are human. We are training humans that are searching for meaning and expression. We are working with humans that are looking for community and communication.

Partner work/play is the ideal situation to create and encourage adaptations and dexterity.

The sample below is super simple to implement. All you need is a yoga block and two willing players.

And although some coaches try to coach their student/athletes to perform bear crawls “correctly”. I would encourage you to allow your student/athletes solve this little movement riddle themselves using a task-based approach as opposed to a shape-based approach.

Enjoy.

If you’d like to experience this approach in person please check out our Play Craft | Physical Creative Live Workshops.