Some ways to help build a culture of doing include the following ideas.
Create routines. Routines maintain consistency and are essential for athletes. To keep kids focused, try establishing a set of core values or goals with your team, do it as a group, and come up with what's important to the team together. These core values will become the code your team lives by. A fun group session will make the kids feel involved. For example, make a poster with the kids naming 3-5 core values. Post them where they will be seen. Then call upon these when deciding whether or not to do an activity. This will help the kids to stay focused and make decisions based on the group's value system.
A great routine to start is an on hill warm-up. Doug and Kelley Lewis have one ready for you to use.
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It is not too late, the President's week vacation is coming up, and there will be plenty of time to do extra group activities and begin a culture shift.
– Keep it simple - Keep it basic -
Be active with the athletes and be a great role model.
Below is a link to a simple 15-20 min workout for kids:
Quick cardio interval workout ->
this can be done on a treadmill or on the road.
5 min warm up as a slow jog or walk.
3 min faster paced jog, 2 min walk, repeat this 5 x. Finish with a 5 min slow jog. Having to keep time makes the workout fly by. Give it a try.
Having a
basic strength workout
that can be done anywhere and without weights is essential. Something as simple as the following will help maintain strength.
Push ups - 10x
Chair dips- 15x
Forward lunge -15x
Jumping Jacks - 50x
Plank - 1 min
Superman - 30 sec
Burpies - 20x
Lateral lunge - 20x
Slow Squats - 20x
Do these exercises 2x through and keep rest in between to about 30 seconds.
The key is to be creative and innovative when working out on the go.