I see a lot of elementary school programs during the day.
Typically, when they do PE it is led by someone who is easily 100 pounds overweight. I do not think this person has much of a background in physical education, fitness or even exercise.
The first thing they always do is sit and stretch. They do this even if the class is a kindergarten or first grade class.
Now, I think for the teacher, stretching is probably a good idea. But not for younger kids.
At least not like that.
Now older kids typically do need flexibility work. I know that my 17 year old son is very tight and has some movement problems because of it.
What type of stretching should kids be doing?
Here are my flexibility basics for coaches:
Of course, each point could be an entire article. Which ones do you think are the most important?
I’m going to be coaching high school athletes this year and am looking forward to expanding on this list and seeing what I can add.
I’ve some ideas on teaching movement from the core and have some ideas from Scott Sonnen on ways that it can be taught.
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