Warm Up Gymnastics Activities for Year 9

Progressive group balance challenge where teams must get all feet off the ground simultaneously, advancing to more difficult variations including bottoms and then only hands touching

Dynamic warm-up activity where students practice leapfrogging over partners in stable base positions, developing explosive power and safe vaulting technique

Progressive movement circuit including lunge walks, bear walks, flat-footed squats, sumo/duck walks and crocodile/spiderman crawls to prepare body for technical skill work

Dynamic warm-up game where teams collect bean bags from a central area using crab walk technique, then steal from each other's piles to accumulate the most

Partner-based warm-up where students attempt to pull their partner's sock off while keeping their own sock on, building trust, balance, and grip strength