Tapping, covering and the monkey crawl
Ready when: Judgment, late and advance kho (i1) started.
What you are learning
Chasing skills: tapping (a light, long-arm touch on a runner passing close), covering (rising fast out of the square to cut off a runner) and staying low with sudden turns at the pole.
Words on this card Chaser, Runner, Central lane, Pole, Tapping, Covering, Turn
- Chaser
- A player on the chasing team; the active chaser is the one up and running.
- Runner
- A player on the other team who tries not to be touched.
- Central lane
- The strip down the middle of the court, with the squares, which the chaser may not cross.
- Pole
- The wooden pole at each end of the central lane; the chaser may turn only there.
- Tapping
- A light, long-arm touch on a runner passing close.
- Covering
- A chaser rising fast to cut off a runner.
- Turn
- A team's time chasing or running.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Crouch by the lane; as a runner passes close, reach a long arm and touch lightly.
- Rise in one movement out of the square and sprint to cut the runner off.
- Chase low and turn sharply at the pole.
Your part while they practise
Be a runner.
Step by step
- Tapping: a long-arm light touch on a runner passing the post or the lane.
- Rising fast out of the square to chase.
- Low chasing with sudden turns at the pole.
How much: 8 of each 12 min a session 2 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Covering relay
Two teams take turns to rise and catch a runner who starts 3 m ahead.
Who plays: two teams of 4 against each other; one runner from the other team each time.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- A chaser crouches in a square; the runner stands 3 m ahead
- On "go", the runner runs to the far pole; the chaser rises and chases
- A tap before the pole scores
- Each player chases twice
- Fair play
- A grown-up runner starts 1 m ahead.
- Points
- 1 point for each tap before the pole.
- Fouls
- No point
- A push instead of a tap
- Rising before "go"
- Cutting across the central lane
- Winning
- The team with more points.
- 2 points for 1 star
- 4 points for 2 stars
- 6 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
No runner.
A runner who changes at the pole.
What you will see, and what to say
- the tag is a push
Light touch only
Fingertips are enough. - the rise is slow
Rise and go
One movement up and away.
Self-check
5 of 8 covering starts reach the runner.
Stop and get a coach when
Knee pain.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains chasing skills.
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