[hagler]

i am a qualified personal trainer and i have to opportunity to do part time coaching work around schools, i have to go to a assesment in liverpool and deliver a 30 min coaching session on a sport or on general fitness to a group of under 16 year olds. now the training i do is hard core kettlebell,sledgehammers so i know that is out the question, so i was thinking of doing 6 body weight exersices ( jumping jacks, high knee running,burpees,body weight squats ,press ups and sit ups) 20 sec each exercise 6 times so the set would last for 2 mins then 1 min rest between each set . i would repeat this sequence till for 4 sets . i will have 5 mins warm up,mobility, pe-stretch before this, then 5 min core and 5 min warm down after.

5 min warm up
5 min mobility/pre stretch
12 mins ( 4 x sets with 1 mins rest between)
5 min core
5 min warm down + stretch

i really want this job so any constructive criticism and ideas would be welcomed

[Johny Cash]

Just make sure the exercises are scalable for different abilities. Plus what level are the kids some may not be able to do burpees. Also coming from a teaching point of view (Primary), how will you assess the children i.e.

- what are your learning outcomes?
- how will you assess the children's progress against those outcomes?
- how will you use that assessment to further learning in future sessions?

Hope that helps a little.

[hagler]

Johny Cash, on May 25 2009, 04:32 PM, said:

Just make sure the exercises are scalable for different abilities. Plus what level are the kids some may not be able to do burpees. Also coming from a teaching point of view (Primary), how will you assess the children i.e.

- what are your learning outcomes?
- how will you assess the children's progress against those outcomes?
- how will you use that assessment to further learning in future sessions?

Hope that helps a little.

THANKS FOR ADVICE JOHNY WELL ITS ALL UN-CHARTERED WATER FOR ME, ALL I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THEY ARE UNDER 16, SO ALL I WAS THINKING WAS KEEPING IT SIMPLE TO START WITH. I WILL EXPLAIN TO MY ASSESOR THAT I WANT TO DELIVER A CARDIO-VASCULAR SESSION THAT WHATER SPORT THE PUPIL WAS WETHER IT BE RUGBY OR TABLE TENNIS THIS CIRCUIT WOULD BE BENIFICIAL TO THEM. AS FOR EXERCISES LIKE BURPEES BEING TO HARD TO THE PUPIL I WOULD TRY AND GET THEM TO DO A SQUAT THRUST WITH-OUT THE JUMP . PRESS UPS THEY COULD DO OFF THERE KNEES AND EVEN PARTIAL ONES, LIKE I SAID JOHNY ITS ALL NEW TO ME EVEN THOUGH I WAS A COACH AT BOXING CLUB FOR MANY A YEAR, BUT THESE ARE NOT FIGHTER !!! CHEERS FOR ADVICE AGAIN

[greg]

the main thing is to show commitment, and that both you and the kids are enjoying yourselves. Your enthusism should come across naturally.

My friend does something similar, and has taught from young kids, up to people studying to become PTs (though when they asked him how cavemen did bicep curls it almost broke his mind)

With kids it works best if you make it more of a game, ask them questions, get them involved. Also never leave them standing around, if you need time to think, then have them race to a cone and back as fast as they can. Stuff like the traffic light game too, and make them do exercises if they are caught out. There's loads of things you can do.

I think it might also be important to teach them how to do these exercises, e.g. squatting (there's a great video in the CF journal on teaching kids this).

[Johny Cash]

Ideally you want a typed up lesson plan, that way the assessors will see clearly what you have planned, where your assessment opportunities are and what you want the children to achieve by the end. What I'd do is maybe traffic light the objectives by the end green for whole group achieved, orange for half the group etc.

I completely agree about the games element of things, there's so many games to use as warm-ups, workouts etc. I hate seeing kids stood in a circle doing long boring stretches. Get them doing animal walks, foxes and rabits, traffic lights, horse racing etc. In that way their bodies will warm-up quickly and will also be stretching the muscles.

If you need a description of the games let me know.

[greg]

another good warmup is to have them team up in pairs, and pass a water bottle/tennis ball/etc from one person to the other, and have them all running around randomly within a smallish area (so that they have to avoid bumping into each other), looks very chaotic but very fun. You can add progressions in too; turn around and touch the floor with the ball after catching, bounce the ball once to the other person, alternate hands, etc.

it's probably a good idea to adapt the games to the target age group, young kids you want something a bit more fun and easy to learn, older kids may be reluctant to pretend to more like animals etc.