Foot Ladder Sprints
Skills:
Physical: foot placement while running, agility, lower limb coordination
Cognitive: visual processing, selective attention
Social: understanding of personal space, turn taking (if doing activity with more than one person)
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
agility ladder
Description:
- child runs up and down an agility ladder that is placed on the ground, stepping in each space between the rungs
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment: use a shorter ladder to decrease physical demand
Change the task: have the child hold their arms out for balance to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: have child complete the activity in a noisy room to increase cognitive and social demand
Change the task:
- have the child count out loud while moving through the ladder to increase cognitive demand
- decrease time to complete the ladder to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- I will be able to run up and down the agility ladder within 30 seconds, 3 times in a row while holding the hand of a friend or coach
- I can walk up and down the agility ladder
