This fall is more exciting than ever with our sports and fitness program, which is exactly what the program was created and designed for.  Our focus for fall is basketball and soccer.  Below are a few skills that we will be working on, and will continue to work on through the final week of the workshop.

To begin with, the LCS program was not designed to throw a ball around and start a basketball or soccer game within minutes of the start of class.  LCS was designed to develop the basics of the sports by utilizing coordination, agility, locomotive movements, range in motion, and flexibility.  These skills are imperative to the progression of all sports.  After all, you must know how to stand before you walk, and walk before you can run.  With this in mind, the first few classes focus on general ball skills and spatial awareness.  The exercises and drills are very basic and also help with hand-eye and foot-eye coordination. There are exercises and drills hidden in the program that also develop left and right skills and LISTENING skills.

SEPTEMBER:  GENERAL BALL SKILLS & SPATIAL AWARNESS

• Appropriate stretches, flexibility, range of motion

• Introduction of the sport - understanding of the game

• Rolling

• Bounsing/Catching

• Kicking

• Throwing/Catching

• Hoop drills - Spatial awareness

OCTOBER:      BASKETBALL     *A few coaches may start with soccer first.

• Sport related warm up – appropriate muscles and needed flexibility involved

• Introduction to Basketball (NBA 5-on-5)

• Ball handling

• Dribbling - practice without looking at the ball

• Dribbling while moving

• Passing

• Shooting

• Game skills - cones and buckets

NOVEMBER:   SOCCER

• Sport related warm up – appropriate muscles and needed flexibility involved

• Introduction to Soccer

• Foot dexterity - one foot & both feet

• Trapping & Passing - with partner

• Defense

• Shooting - target drills

• Game skills - cones and goals

DECEMBER & JANUARY:  REVIEW OF SPORTS & SPEED AND AGILITY

• Ball Handling

• Flexibility improvement

• Speed of drills

• Teamwork & sportsmanship acknowledgement

"CHAMPS"

Our youngest athletes have experienced and are learning the valuable skills of cooperation and sportsmanship. The main focus of movement is crucial at this age.  One of their favorite classes is our “General Ball Class”.  Bounce/catch and counting have had them busy with the start of sitting, going to their knees, and eventually standing while working with the ball.  The balls we use are 5 inch balls that work best for their small hands.  Even rolling a ball is a skill that is helpful in eventually learning to read. Students are introduced to working together as a team, and accomplishing social skills found in team work. The introduction to sports is apparent by drills working with balls and other hand/eye and foot/eye materials. Each week the students are introduced to a different sport. The lesson begins with the sport appropriate warm up, basic sport drills, fun games and closes with the proper sportsmanship high fives and/or huddles. As with all of our programs, the students have fun while learning.

WINTER/SPRING SPORTS

During winter and spring we will concentrate on Baseball, Track & Field, and Soccer.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

CREATIVE MOVEMENT AND DANCE follows the same cancellations for inclement weather as the county which your child’s school is located. Classes will be made up within 30 days of the cancellation. The make-up day and time will be posted in the lobby.

 

Dress Code:

Tennis shoes, T-shirt, shorts, warm-up suit - No jeans please.

TEACHER WORKDAYS

County schools throughout the Atlanta Metro area have several teacher workdays scheduled in which CMD does not observe. CMD will hold classes as scheduled on these days. As detailed in your Registration Brochure, CMD follows the same holiday closings as the county in which your child’s school is located for Thanksgiving, Winter Break, and Spring Break only. Private schools and church enrichment programs may differ. At these schools, we follow their closings.

OFFICE NOTES

Please let the office know of any change in address, phone numbers, or school relocation.

MISSED CLASSES

There are no deductions or credits when classes are missed. Also, several schools offer more than one class. Students may attend these as a make-up class. Call (678) 482-2264 for more details.

TUITION

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE PAYMENTS AT YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL! Teachers of CREATIVE MOVEMENT AND DANCE will no longer accept checks that are left at schools! Already several checks have been lost or deposited into the schools’ accounts.