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Sahara Hop: Quick Two-Foot Hops Brain Break

Sahara Hop is a 51-second Brain Break for kids: quick two-foot hops.

Difficulty: Beginner
Energy: High energy
Length: 51 seconds
Category: Jumping & Landing

Ages: Ages 4–6

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How to do Sahara Hop

Keep the feet together and make quick, light hops with soft knees.

Why it helps

Builds quick two-foot jumping and light landing control.

What the coach says

The words of this video, from its captions.

Now for warm-up number two, the Sahara Hop. The Sahara Desert is famous for its enormous rolling sand dunes. And if you've ever walked on loose sand, you know it sinks under your feet. So when we move across the dunes, we have to hop quickly and lightly. Two feet together, so we don't sink in. Feet together, knees soft, and we hop forward. Two feet land at the same time, nice and light. We are going for 10 seconds of quick, light hops. Ready? The sand is warm and the dunes are waiting. Let's go. 10, 9, 8, 7, quick, 6, 5, don't sink in, 4, 3, hop, hop, 2, 1. Wonderful. Your legs are warm and ready.

Framework alignment

PLAYfun: Locomotor
SHAPE: Standard 1 — Develops a variety of motor skills
Indicator: 1.2.2

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