Setup: Bow in, then two lines the length of the mat. This age group will kick cold if you let them — do not let them.

How it works: Crossings first: high-knee marches, lunge walks with a tall chest, sideways shuffles, skips for height. Then hips: standing leg swings front-to-back and side-to-side, ten each leg, holding a partner's shoulder. Knee-lift rhythm next — chamber and place, no kick yet, ten each side on your count. Finish with thirty seconds of fast feet and one crossing of slow-motion front kicks at knee height, just to wake the pattern up.

Setup: Lines facing the mirror or the front, spaced two arms apart. Tonight's two kicks: the front kick and the roundhouse — swap in your art's versions and names.

How it works: Break each kick into four beats and drill them as beats before speeds: one, chamber the knee high and tight; two, extend to the target; three, rechamber just as tight; four, place the foot down in stance, not dropped. Ten slow-motion reps each leg on your count, balance owning every beat. Then collapse the beats: two-count kicks, then full-speed kicks with a held rechamber — freeze at beat three for two seconds, because the rechamber is what separates kickers from leg-swingers. Same structure for the roundhouse, adding the pivot: heel of the standing foot turns towards the target before the leg fires.

Setup: Pairs, one kick shield per pair, spread in a grid with kicking room between pairs. Demonstrate holding first: shield braced against the forearms and body, elbows in, one foot back, eyes over the top edge.

How it works: Ninety-second rounds, kicker and holder swapping every round, six rounds. Round one and two: front kicks only, ten left then ten right, technique over thump — holder counts the reps that had a real chamber and only those. Rounds three and four: roundhouse to the shield's side, holder angling the pad, same honest counting. Rounds five and six: holder calls 'front' or 'round' and drifts slowly around the mat between reps, so every kick starts with feet finding range first. Kicks land on pads only, waist height and below for power, and the holder's count is the scoreboard.

Setup: Four stations in the corners, groups rotating on your signal: SPEED — a held shield and a ten-second counter; HEIGHT — a belt or noodle held by a teammate at each kicker's own chosen height; BALANCE — a spot marker and slow-motion kicks; TARGET — a holder calling numbers for kick choices.

How it works: Three minutes per station, groups of three to five, rotate clockwise on the drum or clap. Speed station: ten seconds of maximum clean front kicks on the shield, rest while teammates go, three turns each. Height station: kick over the belt without touching it, and each kicker sets their own bar — beating YOUR height is the only contest. Balance station: five four-beat kicks per leg without the foot touching down, teammates judging the wobble. Target station: holder calls 'one' for front kick, 'two' for roundhouse, 'three' for a double — kicker answers instantly. Loud rotations, quick transitions, teammates counting everywhere.

Setup: Shields stacked in a ten-second tidy, then spread out on the mat, shoes of the imagination off.

How it works: Long holds tonight because the legs earned them: standing quad stretch each side, kneeling hip-flexor stretch, seated hamstring reach, butterfly, twenty slow seconds each while the breathing comes down. Then the count: each youth totals their honest pad-round reps out loud around the circle — no prizes, just the number said proudly. Close with the clinic's one sentence, repeated together: the kick is finished when it is back. Bow out.