02/11/2026
Football 🏈 Week!
This week, Mini Athletes learned about football
🏈 Fumbles: if the football falls on the ground the other team can get it, so we use our strong muscles 💪 to hold it tight. We have to run in football, so then we practiced no fumbles while running!
🏈Touchdowns: we need to be in bounds to score a touchdown in the end zone-Mini Athletes needed to run 🏃🏃♀️through the middle of 2 cones to score. First, starting with the football in hand, then getting a handle off from the coaches (without fumbling)
🏈 Defense & Offense: there are ✌️teams playing a football game (offense has the ball and wants to score, defensive doesn’t have the ball and tries to stop the offense from scoring). The mini athletes (offense) had to try to get by the coaches (defense), in a kids vs coaches game!
🏈 Quarterback: the player who throws the ball! The quarterback needs to hit their target and throw accurately (we used a hula hoop), then they can practice throwing as far as they can (shown in video)
🏈 Kicking: we can score points in football with touchdowns AND kicking for an extra point or a field goal (shown in video)🏈
🏈 Blocking & Tackling: When we block or tackled, we can use our heads (or punch or kick). First, mini athletes gave a double high five to a push pad and had to push coaches across the field. Then, we tackled tank (as shown in video). We added footballs to our tank drill (no fumbles or throwing it at tank, because that’s called an interception and that’s when the other team can get the ball), and obstacles to go through (jumping 🐰over hurdles, spinning 🌪️ around pads, and snaking 🐍 through cones)
Flag football: We learned that flag football is different from tackle football. In flag football we pull off flags from the other team’s belt, instead of tackling. Coaches put flags on, and the mini athletes had to try to pull off all the flags before time ⏰ ran out in a kids vs coaches game
It’s not too late to join the fun! We offer weekly prorated prices every session. Join us for basketball 🏀 the week of February 24th (Monday’s class is playing football on February 23rd)
*No classes the week of February 16th