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Animal Walks
All of these walks are not actually games. These were taken from a gymnastics class, and were used for conditioning young gymnasts (upper body especially) while having fun at the same time. Although I haven't had the opportunity to coach gymnastics yet, I have used these walks often coaching many other sports; usually for a warm-up. Several of these walks put together can make a super relay race.
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Keeping your chest as close to the floor as possible and elbows high, move forward using opposite hand and foot.
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Walk bent over on all fours. Move right hand and right foot, then left hand and left foot.
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In a squatting position, jump forward onto your hands, push-off the ground, and land on your feet back in the squatting position.
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In a squatting position, grab both heels and waddle.
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Get into a position where you are on your hands and feet with your stomach facing the ceiling. Walk sideways only.
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Starting in a squatting position, jump forward throwing your feet in the air. Assume a vertical pike position and push-off the ground with your hands. Land in the squatting position.
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Standing on all fours, rotate your body so that your left side becomes your right; your stomach facing the floor now faces the ceiling. In gymnastics terms, go from a front support to a bridge. Continue the movement.
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In a squatting position with your fingers in your armpits, waddle.
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Begin by laying flat on your stomach, hands extended past your head. Start walking (legs straight) with your feet keeping your hands on the ground. Once your feet are touching your hands or until you've gone as far as possible, begin walking back down to the ground with your hands.
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In a squatting position, jump forward fully extending your body in the air. Land in a squatting position.
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Walk on any three of your hands and feet keeping the fourth hand or foot in the air at all times.
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Basically, you are walking on your feet and one hand, alternating hands from time to time. Monkeys are known to zip around.
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Keeping your chin as close to floor as possible, run around on all fours.
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With a partner, one gets on his/her hands and feet; the other faces his/her head in the opposite direction and holds onto his/her partner's torso from underneath. The partner starts walking and then rolls over at which point the partner from underneath can now walk while the other holds on.
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In the squatting position with your hands up near your chest, hop around.
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With your feet pointing out, drag yourself around the floor with your arms. Inverted seal is when your stomach faces the ceiling.
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Lying on your back, push with your feet to move forward. A variation is, lying on your stomach bring your legs closer to your body by flexing your stomach, then let your upper body move forward as you relax you stomach. The movement is similar to how a snail moves.
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With four people, position yourselves so that your head rests on a teammate's stomach. Once in position, push against the floor with your feet until the group is off the ground. Try to walk around.
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With a partner, lock arms back to back. Once in position try to hop back and forth; side to side.
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Begin in a raised prone position. (Stomach towards the floor, feet pointing out, arms pushing your upper body off the floor) Pike to get your feet closer and move your hands forward to reposition yourself.
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Standing on all fours, arms and legs reasonably straight. Jump off the ground and land simultaneously on all fours. Try to spend as little time on the ground as possible. Caution should be taken with people who have weak wrists.
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