{"id":10052,"date":"2019-09-06T09:42:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=10052"},"modified":"2019-09-06T09:46:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T13:46:52","slug":"run-mat-and-wall-crawlers-team-building-warm-up-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/run-mat-and-wall-crawlers-team-building-warm-up-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Mat &#038; Wall Crawlers &#8211; Team Building &#038; Warm-Up Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/run-mat-warmup-physed.png\" alt=\"run mat warmup physed\" width=\"669\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/run-mat-warmup-physed.png 669w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/run-mat-warmup-physed-220x134.png 220w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/run-mat-warmup-physed-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/run-mat-warmup-physed-493x300.png 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PE Teacher Drew Burris shares 2 activities he uses with his PE classes to build skills like team building and climbing. These make great warm-up activities as well!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Activity 1: Run Mat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Run Mat in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/physed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#physed<\/a> today. Ss love this team building activity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSWorldwide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SSWorldwide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4wKkO0pGud\">pic.twitter.com\/4wKkO0pGud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Burris (@projectphysed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/projectphysed\/status\/902339963638964225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">August 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Team Building<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/item\/team-run-mat-W11606\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Run Mat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the beginning of every year, I include team building activities for the students. This way they can meet new people, as well as see where the strengths and weaknesses are. The Run Mat is an excellent tool for team building. I split the class into 4 groups, putting them behind a cone on each side of the gym. From there, two Run Mats will be going down to the other side to pass it off to the other teams. When students are working together and moving as one, it is an awesome sight. Students really get the aspect of team building with it, since everyone has a job inside of it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Activity 2: Wall Climbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wall Climbers today in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/physed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#physed<\/a>. Ss must use both hands\/feet to make it across on the poly spots. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PaYheK8D1k\">pic.twitter.com\/PaYheK8D1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Burris (@projectphysed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/projectphysed\/status\/900104683175522305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill:<\/strong> Climbing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/sports-and-pe\/coach-and-instructor-resources\/flags-cones-and-spot-markers\/cones\/?fp=W13987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>20-30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/sports-and-pe\/coach-and-instructor-resources\/flags-cones-and-spot-markers\/spot-markers\/?fp=W8869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poly spots<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wanted to create something for my K-6th students where they would have a challenge, but also have fun doing it. I was recently watching Spider-Man and thought it would be cool if students could climb like that, but knew there wasn&#8217;t even a possible way, until I thought of another way. Two green cones would be the starting spot with two red cones being the ending spot. I had students use their hands and feet to maneuver across the poly spots. They were able to have more than one foot and hand on a poly spot. We used the big and small spots. Students that were waiting in line were performing Mountain Climbers to prepare for the crawl. When the student in front of them got to the halfway point, they were able to go. When students crossed the red cone, they would head back to the end of the line for another chance to go. This was a great warm-up activity\u00a0for the students. Not only were they engaged in physical activity, but were able to use their hands and feet for a single purpose. Always wanted a rock wall for the gym, but this activity came really close to one. If you want to make the activity really neat, you could film students while laying on your side (where it looks like they are really climbing the wall), and also play the Spider-Man theme song to get them in the spirit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6236 alignleft\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/drew-burris-pe-warm-up-activity.jpg\" alt=\"warmu-up pe activity\" width=\"209\" height=\"318\" \/>About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Drew Burris is in his 7th year of teaching Physical Education at La Monte Elementary in La Monte, MO. He has been published on PE Central Several times, won the 2015 Star of the Classroom, won the 2016 CTA Teacher of the Year, and has presented his ideas at MOAHPERD twice. Drew says the best part of his job is seeing the students learning and also having fun being physically active. Drew has a website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/projectphysed.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">projectphysed.weebly.com<\/a>\u00a0with all his and other physical educators content on it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PE Teacher Drew Burris shares 2 activities he uses with his PE classes to build skills like team building and climbing. These make great warm-up activities as well! Activity 1: Run Mat Run Mat in #physed today. 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