Parkour, Circus Skills, and Fun Exercise: A 16-Week Ongoing High School Fitness PE Class

This class is a Physical Education class that includes learning about Parkour and Circus Skills for an ongoing 16-week middle school fitness class. The course will cover a variety of topics such as how to use your body to move efficiently and creatively, how to balance, and how to use momentum and body control to overcome obstacles. The class will be a combination of lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities that will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to improve their overall fitness and physical literacy.

GOALS:
-Teach students the basics of parkour movement and techniques
-Introduce students to the skills and techniques of circus arts such as balance and juggling
-Help students develop their strength, flexibility, and coordination
-Provide an enjoyable, fun, and challenging physical exercise experience
-Develop sense of creativity and problem-solving skills

CLASS TOPICS:

Week 1 
● Parkour: What is it?
● Foundation of our training as children.
● Where parkour came from.
● Why and where do we train?
● What do we wear?
● Core skills and health benefits.

Week 2
● How to be a well-rounded athlete.
● DOs and DON’Ts.
● Warming up.
● Conditioning.
● Cooling down.

Week 3
● Jumping: Precision techniques. Rolling: Save your legs from impact.
● Different types of jump - precision, running precision, plyo, stride.
● Combining the jumps.
● How to stick a jump.

Week 4
● Safety roll. Why we do it.
● Combining a precision and safety roll.
● Hazards to look out for - e.g. ankle thing.

Week 5 - Vaults: A crash course.
● Most common vaults - speed step/vault, thief and lazy vault, dash, kong.
● Being ambidextrous (learning vaults on both sides).
● Explosive power.
● Hazards to look out for - e.g. wrist pain.

Week 6 - Flow: Combining everything you know.
● Combining precisions with vaults - e.g. plyo to speed step.
● How to connect vaults in a line.
● The importance of steps.

Week 7
● Creating a line.
● Speed and creativity.

Week 8 
 Handstand techniques.
● Warming up the right parts of your body.
● Theory of balance.
● Against the wall.

Week 9
● Tucked handstand.
● Straddle handstand.
● Full handstand demo.

Week 10 - Risk Assessment: Training in public.
● Why it can be dangerous to train in public.
● Private property and getting kicked off.
● Parkour parks.
● Indoor gyms.

Week 11
● Checking your surfaces.
● Safety
● Training responsibly.

Week 12
●Introducing the poi
●How to hold your poi
●How long should my poi be
●Some other types of poi

Week 13
●Single hand tricks to teach planes and control.
●The Basics
●Parallel Time : small circles, planes, big circles, carry turn from forwards... and back again, inward and outward circles
●Reels : shoulder reels, rewind, hip reels, reel turn from forwards... and back again, linking reels, linking using the matching point, continuous turns, hitting yourself and getting tangled.
●Split Time : small circles, big circles, split reels, linking split reels, the windmill, the giant windmill

Week 14
●The Weave : breaking the planes, counting beats not circles, the weave, the giant weave, the backwards weave, developing your style, wave turn from forwards... and back again, non-turning turns
●Opposite Directions : small circles, big circles

Week 15
●The Butterfly : Angel wings inwards, angel wings outward, giant angel wings, 

Week 16
●How to create a show with music using the tricks and props made in the previous classes with a professional demonstration. 

Note: This class requires students to wear comfortable and appropriate clothing for movement, and should be aware that this class may involve some risks inherent in physical activity and will take safety precautions accordingly.

This is the original and only Parkour / Freerunning class on Outschool to teach how to move like a Ninja. This class is only available on Outschool.

The flexible schedule (Flex Class) allows your learners to watch the pre-recorded videos and do them at a time that is FUN for them! You can also spend extra time on the topics your child is most interested in. Since this is a flex class with no live meetings, students can log in at a convenient time to complete the week's lesson. We will be going through each week as a group and I will post the lesson weekly (depending on which day you started).

I will show all the required information needed to understand the best way to perform the tricks. After learning each trick, the student will then film themselves performing the tricks for the homework which will be sent back weekly. These videos will then be commented on by the teacher and used in a discussion for the group. After watching each video and completing the homework assignments, students will be provided with feedback and the specific next steps to make their show even better. The students will then share their videos / projects for the other students to watch and comment on. This will allow the learns to help each other and share ideas and thoughts about each topic. Sharing these projects will allow other students to learn from each other.

Time-frame for the Week:
Saturday - Teacher will post the video for the week.
Sunday - The teacher can answer any questions from the students regarding the tricks in that week lesson.  The students will need to complete the homework and submit the video.
Wednesday - Students need to have all tasks completed and uploaded in the classroom.  
Thursday - I will provide feedback to the students about the homework. Students will also be able to take part in a student to student comments and review on the tricks they learn and video to be able to discuss how they best perform them with each other. 
Friday - I will be available for questions and feedback. 

No required experience or previous knowledge is needed by the learners.

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This class is currently being taught by Jo Reynolds.

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For parents/families who feel their child would benefit from this course, but their budget does not allow for it, I do offer a number of discounts for families of lower income. Please message me with the course, dates and times you are interested in to learn more about the discounts I might be able to offer.