Keeping Kids Active at Home

Ideas for Activity at Home

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Since athletes are not able to play together with class/teammates, we may need to get creative with our home-based environment. Sometimes the easiest skills can be practiced solo and with little to no equipment: stairs can be used for calf raises, sprints, or modified lunges and push-ups; a sidewalk crack can be used to jump over side-to-side for agility training; a brick wall can be used to work on throwing accuracy or for wall-sits. Consider which of these suggested activities would be most fun for you and start moving:

• Running around the block or neighborhood (for endurance training) 

• Interval training with sprints

• Jump Rope

• Ride bikes with your family

• Play catch with your family

• Hit or throw into a net

• Go for a 1 mile power walk

• Fly a kite (and run with it)

• Jumping jacks 

• Push-ups

• Sit-ups

• Wall Sits

• Play wall ball

• Throw a ball or a frisbee for your pet

• Skip to the end of your street and back

• Play hopscotch (improves balance and coordination)

• Yoga or Stretching (increases body flexibility)

• Have your own personal dance party