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Warm-up: The Shakedown

Your teacher will lead you through this warm-up as a class. This warm-up is meant to help move your body. Moving your body helps reduce anxiety and stress and can improve brain function.

Directions

This warm-up is called "The Shakedown". Follow the steps below.

1. Stand up and get into a circle with others in your class.

2. Stand in a circle, facing one another, an arm's length apart.

3. One person leads the exercise while the whole group works together until everyone moves in unison.

4. Everyone will shake their right hand for ten counts, then shake their left hand for ten counts, then their right leg, and finally their left leg, each for ten counts.

5. Repeat the same movements next time for nine counts for each hand and leg

1. example: 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, etc.

6. Continue shaking limbs, each time quicker, as you count down to 1.

Watch the video below to see an example.

Video: Game #1 The Shakedown

Jenny Sauer-Klein. (2015, Jan 20). Game #1 The Shakedown. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/HP5qcA3ty1w?si=MHOnfTAwq9Q8KRZE

Click on the button at the bottom of the video to access the closed captions.