Drills/training for kids

[shincheckin]

Can you guys give me some ideas for training or drills for very young kids, ages 3-5?

 

[DoctorTaco]

Which sport?

 

[Cole train]

Main thing is to have fun whatever the sport is

Too many potential future good athletes have been ruined by the fact that they are being trained like in soviet olympic wrestling camp at age 5

(Except that even in soviet camp they let kids be kids)

 

[StopDucking]

Train them like this:

 

[shincheckin]

Which sport?

Muay Thai

 

[shincheckin]

Train them like this:

I really like this but training like that won't fly in America with kids, adults, or even men in their prime

 

[DoctorTaco]

Id find gyms, programs and teams with kids programs and fighters you want to develop and then start learning what you can from what they’re doing to inspire your own program.

Patrick Rivera is in Stockton killing the game, for example

 

[Lucas Coradini]

I don't teach kids younger than 12 (by choice), but a drill that I think works for every combat sports and ages/levels is a very classic drill were you need to just tap your partner on the chest and not letting him do the same. You can make rounds were the target is the chest, then the next is shoulders, then next it's the knees and then everything at once. You can add foot stomps, too, whatever. Have the kids do a pushup every time they're touched... or a high jump, burpee, some other movement.

You can make them compete for the most time without being touched, or the ones who the touches the other the most times win. Endless variations...

Can you visualize it? Its almost like partnered shadowboxing

Anyway, I can provide a video if you want