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Pre-warm up and stretching exercises and drills

  1. Jogging
  2. Running with lifted knee and heels
  3. Running only with lifted left heel then with right heel
  4. Running backward
  5. Running, high  knees or heels at every third beat/rhythm
  6. Running, high knees or heels every fourth beat/rhythm
  7. Running with cross steps
  8. Running while altering kneels and heels
  9. Running twice with high left knee,  it is repeated with the right knee and heel
  10. Exercises 7 and 8 while altering feet
  11. Exercises 7 - 9 with slow start then gradually accelerate smoothly until athletes fall out of rhythm
  12. 1-10 exercises  forward-backward arm swings
  13. Strides 30-60 metres
  14. Front support, kicking, double, triple heel kicks
  15. Running around the curve altering step strides to signals (clapping)
  16. Skipping: A  holds the rubber band at hip level, B tries to touch it with his knees as many times as he/she can within a minute
  17. Eight-run around four markers
  18. Zigzag running forward and backward around five markers  
  19. Running in a triangle. Altering skipping and hopping
  20. Who is left back? Students start sprinting and the ones who is the last will stop running
  21. Partner pushing: one of the members of a pair pushes his/her partner while he/she stands back to back. They should push with full force with high knees
  22.  Static running while leaning against the wall
  23.  Uphill sprints while hitting a faster space
  24.  Start from different positions (with feet apart, Turkish seat, squats, hips up and the body is in the loaded position, etc.)