Rhythm & Timing

Feet, claps, and ropes that land on the beat.

Jump ropes need space. Start the rope as a snake on the floor for little warriors.

• 1Dragon's Drum MarchSlow BOOM, high-knee march on each beat. Then change the tempo and make them match.

  Set up

  A hand drum or clapped beat.

  Do this

  Slow BOOM, high-knee march on each beat. Then change the tempo and make them match.

  Done when · Knees march on the boom, including one tempo change they actually match. Four beats at the new speed is success.

  Play this drill
• 2Knight's Clap & GallopGallop-gallop-CLAP. Two gallops and a clap on three, around the room.
• 3Samurai's Sword BeatOn 1 and 2, tap the floor left then right. On 3, a controlled overhead strike in the air.
• 4Gladiator's Rope RhythmSwing, jump as it meets the floor. The rhythm is swing-jump.
• 5Viking's Step-and-FreezeDance, march, or skip while it plays. When it stops, freeze a strong pose until it returns.
• 6Ninja's Ladder CadenceCall “In-out-in-out.” Both feet in, both feet out, on the call.
• 7Titan's Echo StompLead a short pattern. The clan echoes it exactly. Grow the pattern.
• 8Ranger's Rhythmic TossRelease the ball only on the beat. Prepare, throw, and catch inside the rhythm.
• 9Champion's Counting JumpsCall a number and a jump. “Three star jumps.” The clan does exactly that many, together.
• 10Hero's Musical HoopsMove on the beat with the skill you name. Music stops, find a hoop.