warm up game

[karen]

I need a 10 minute game to warm up and get gymnasts ready for their session, I don't want to do tag etc, anyone have any ideas?

[Sarah (Smudge) Muddimer]

I always try using different ones. You might try the kids prefer one or get too excited with another. Traffic lights is quite simple - red = stand still, amber = jog on the spot or walk, green = jog round in a space.

Beans is also quite popular - runner bean = jog round, jumping bean = jump, broad bean = stand in a wide star, baked bean = curl up in a ball on the floor, french bean = say 'ooh la la'. You can also add your own or change them to suit.

I sometimes do the animals game where you shout out animals and they do the actions, e.g. snake, giraffe (hands on floor straight legs), frog, kangaroo, rabbit etc.