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Tidal Taps: Fast Alternating Toe Taps Brain Break

Tidal Taps is a 56-second Brain Break for kids: fast alternating toe taps.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Energy: High energy
Length: 56 seconds
Category: Running & Footwork

Ages: Ages 4–6

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How to do Tidal Taps

Use quick feet to alternate light taps in front of the body.

Why it helps

Develops foot speed, rhythm, and rapid weight transfer.

What the coach says

The words of this video, from its captions.

Now we need to wake up our fast feet with tidal taps. Imagine a shiny soccer ball sitting right in front of you. If you have a stuffed animal or a small ball, go and get it to use it for this warm -up drill. Go, go, go! Place it directly in front of you. Are you ready? Great! We're going to lightly tap the top of it. with our toes, switching feet as fast as we can. We are going to do 10 taps. Switching feet, keep your arms moving. Ready, go. One, two, three, tap, tap, tap, four, five, fast feet, six, seven, eight, light as a feather, eight, 10, and freeze. Awesome. Your feet are just like lightning.

Framework alignment

PLAYfun: Running
SHAPE: Standard 1 — Develops a variety of motor skills
Indicator: 1.2.1

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