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INTRO
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS). In this section, we cover the organisational layout for running a successful program week in week out.
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Introduction to Court Layout and Procedures
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Rodeo Time
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS) that covers locomotion, throw, catch and striking skills within journey based activities for children aged 2 - 5 years.
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Adventure 1) Rodeo Time Movement 1
02:58
Adventure 1) Rodeo Time – Throw Catch 1
03:00
Adventure 1) Rodeo Time – Striking 1
03:07
Beach Time
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS) that covers locomotion, throw, catch and striking skills within journey based activities for children aged 2 - 5 years.
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Adventure 2) Beach Intro
00:35
Adventure 2) Beach Movement 1
02:32
Adventure 2) Beach – Throw and Catch 1
03:08
Adventure 2) Beach – Striking 1
01:25
Adventure 2) Beach – Striking 2
00:55
Adventure 2) Beach – Striking 3
01:19
Line Dancing Time
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS) that covers locomotion, throw, catch and striking skills within journey based activities for children aged 2 - 5 years.
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Adventure 3) Line Dancing – Movement 1
01:51
Adventure 3) Line Dancing – Movement 2
01:12
Adventure 3) Line Dancing – Movement 3
01:38
Adventure 3) Line Dancing – Throw Catch 1
04:41
Adventure 3) Line Dancing – Striking 1
02:28
Space Adventure Time
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS) that covers locomotion, throw, catch and striking skills within journey based activities for children aged 2 - 5 years.
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Adventure 4) Space-Time – Movement 1
03:02
Adventure 4) Space-Time – Throw and Catch 1
02:21
Adventure 4) Space-Time – Striking 1
02:21
Fire Station Time
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS) that covers locomotion, throw, catch and striking skills within journey based activities for children aged 2 - 5 years.
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Adventure 5) Fire Station – Movement 1
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Adventure 5) Fire Station – Movement 2
00:52
Adventure 5) Fire Station – Throw Catch 1
02:20
Adventure 5) Fire Station – Striking 1
02:40
Adventure 5) Fire Station – End of Lesson Example
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Pirate Time
Little ACES is a fundamental perceptual motor skills program (FPMS) that covers locomotion, throw, catch and striking skills within journey based activities for children aged 2 - 5 years.
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Adventure 6) Pirate Time – Intro
00:26
Adventure 6) Pirate Time – Movement 1
01:37
Adventure 6) Pirate Time – Throw and Catch 1
00:44
Adventure 6) Pirate Time – Throw Catch 2
00:46
Adventure 6) Pirate Time – Striking 1
02:55
Resources
Please print out the PDF to follow along with the journey based activity ideas. Remember that you are only limited by your imagination so bring out your inner child and always have FUN!
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Little ACES Lesson Planning PDF
BONUS: Home Challenges (for parents)
No tennis equipment needed. Try these activities at home to help develop coordination skills. Make sure you use a balloon with 2 - 3-year-olds.
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Day 1 Pancake Challenge
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Day 2 Walk the dog
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Day 3 Stir the pot
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Day 4 Vegemite Sandwich
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Day 5 Water Works
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Day 6 Pan Pea Rally
00:50
Day 7 You create a challenge
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BONUS: Tennis Equipment Challenges
No tennis equipment needed. Try these activities at home to help develop coordination skills. Make sure you use a balloon with 2 - 3-year-olds.
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Day 1 Pancake Challenge
00:43
Day 2 Walk the Dog Challenge
00:45
Day 3 Ice Cream Challenge
00:25
Day 4 Cone Bounce Challenge
00:35
Day 5 Fishing Net Challenge
00:44
Day 6 Partner Bean Bag Catch Challenge
00:59
Day 7 Partner Ball Challenge
01:03
Day 8 Cop Sticks Bean Bag Challenge
00:40
Day 9 Chopstick ball Challenge
00:37
Little ACES (2 – 5 years)
About Lesson

Little ACES PROCEDURE MANUAL – PROGRAM CONTENT – Little ACES – FPMS Blue Stage Program

 

Note: THIS IS A PARENT or CARER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. It is next to impossible for the coach to manage every child at this stage so the parents are encouraged to do all the activities with their child. As a result, most coaches can handle between 5 – 12 players with 8 being an optimal number.

 

Court Layout – 

 

The back section of the court is used to start and finish all lessons by having the children sitting down in the corner. This helps to calm the excitement.

 

Section 1: Movement (Locomotion) – between the baseline and the service line.

 

Section 2: Throw and Catch – located between the service line and the net.

 

Section 3: Striking – located on the other side of the net.  

 

Semester 1: Split your program up into 3-week training blocks. Two adventures and then repeat one adventure on the third week. 

 

Training block #1: For example, includes Rodeo and Beach Adventures and then repeat whichever one the children liked best or the one you think they need to work on the most.

 

Gamification principles:  the players have to perform activities to “unlock” the equipment or the skills to go to the next level, for example;

 

1) The 1st ladder “unlocks” the movement activities (and sometimes the hats)

 

2) The 2nd ladder “unlocks” the balls used for the throw and catch activities

 

3) The 3rd ladder “unlocks” the striking equipment (racquets) for the mission activities

 

Repeat the process for every lesson twice. For example, your timing might include;

 

Start (sitting in a circle) – 5 mins
Movement – 5 mins
Mission (Throw and catch) – 5 mins
Mission (Striking) – 5 mins
Repeat
Movement – 5 mins
Mission (Throw and catch) – 5 mins
Mission (Striking) – 5 mins

 

Conclude: Sitting in a circle all together (the same as the starting position) in the same spot every week. You hand out colour-in sheets, etc – 5 mins

 

Remember that each adventure will have a ‘set-for-school skill’ like;

 

  • Counting & Collecting
  • Remembering
  • Colours
  • Letters
  • Numbers
  • Sounds
  • Shapes

 

This is 40 mins in total and it includes 5 mins of Q & A with parents. Note that the equipment set-up time and pack up time takes about 15 minutes, therefore, allow for 1 hour total or 45 minutes for the class time.

 

You can vary up what you say as long as the children repeat what they did in the adventure, for example:

 

Well done Little ACES
Where did we go today?
Where?
Who can tell me what did we do?
What else?
How many times did we …..? (counting question)
Repeat: Next week we are going to the …………… –
Where are we going?

 

See you then.

 

Have FUN and get in touch with your inner child!

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