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🧵 Coaches 🚨 Stop wasting time in warm-ups and try this fun game instead!
Here is an SSG called Pull the Tail. This is a great way to develop various movement solutions, as well as to create energy in the gym for a great practice!
🧵 Coaches 🚨 Stop wasting time in warm-ups and try this fun game instead!
Here is an SSG called Pull the Tail. This is a great way to develop various movement solutions, as well as to create energy in the gym for a great practice!
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How to Run The Game:
1. Players are in groups of 5. Four link arms to form a circle, while the 5th player is the tagger.
2. One player in the circle tucks in a bib as the “tail.”
The tagger’s goal = pull the tail.
The circle’s goal = protect it without breaking hands. 🎥⬇️
How to Run The Game:
1. Players are in groups of 5. Four link arms to form a circle, while the 5th player is the tagger.
2. One player in the circle tucks in a bib as the “tail.”
The tagger’s goal = pull the tail.
The circle’s goal = protect it without breaking hands. 🎥⬇️
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Why it’s a perfect warm-up:
• Players sprint, shuffle, rotate, and adapt their footwork in response to the tagger
• Defenders start to naturally communicate and anticipate where the tagger is going
• Everyone is smiling!
Far better than lines and static stretches. 💡
Why it’s a perfect warm-up:
• Players sprint, shuffle, rotate, and adapt their footwork in response to the tagger
• Defenders start to naturally communicate and anticipate where the tagger is going
• Everyone is smiling!
Far better than lines and static stretches. 💡
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Constraint 1: Hopping only.
Now the tagger and circle defenders must only hop. This is a great way to develop more functional movement solutions while keeping perception and action coupled!
🎥⬇️
Constraint 1: Hopping only.
Now the tagger and circle defenders must only hop. This is a great way to develop more functional movement solutions while keeping perception and action coupled!
🎥⬇️
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Constraint 2: The tagger can go through the middle of the circle.
This forces the tagger to search for possible openings and disguise their intentions. Now, in response to this constraint, the circle defenders must shift together while staying linked and defending as a unit.
🎥⬇️
Constraint 2: The tagger can go through the middle of the circle.
This forces the tagger to search for possible openings and disguise their intentions. Now, in response to this constraint, the circle defenders must shift together while staying linked and defending as a unit.
🎥⬇️
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These constraints are more than “just” frivolous fun. They shape movement solutions, build collaboration, and promote deception in a dynamic context. 🧠
If you want more SSGs just like this grab our free book with 21 different practice activities 👇
transformingbball.com/21-ssgs-for-yo…
These constraints are more than “just” frivolous fun. They shape movement solutions, build collaboration, and promote deception in a dynamic context. 🧠
If you want more SSGs just like this grab our free book with 21 different practice activities 👇
transformingbball.com/21-ssgs-for-yo…
