Floor Precision: Line and Hoop Jumps with a Stuck Landing

A parkour warm-up with two-foot jumps onto floor markings, no obstacles and no risk. It teaches the precision landing (balls of the feet, knees tracking, quiet) before anyone jumps onto objects.

How to play

1. Easy jog between the markings plus ankle, knee and hip mobility (2 min).
2. Demo of the precision landing: land on the balls of your feet, knees over toes, arms forward and hold still for 2 seconds (1 min).
3. Free jumps line to line and hoop to hoop with feet together; freeze every landing for 2 seconds (3 min).
4. In pairs: one picks a five-marker route and the other runs it; the observer calls whether each landing was quiet and stuck (3 min).
5. Last challenge: the farthest marker each student can stick three times in a row (1 min).

Rules

• Always land on two feet with no extra steps.
• Don't jump toward a taken marker or cut across someone's route.
• Pick distances you can control; if you wobble, go shorter.
• Shoes tied and floor free of sand or water.

Variations

Adaptations

• Blind or low-vision students: straight routes with raised markings (taped-down rope) and a partner who claps the target.
• Recent ankle injury: walk the route with precise one-foot steps.
• Hesitant students: start with jumps the length of one step.

Learning goals

• Warm up ankles and knees with progressive impact.
• Lock in the precision landing technique.
• Match jump distance to your own control.

Equipment for a class of 25

• hoops: 15
• masking tape: 2
• cones: 10

Teacher tip

Lay the tape lines before class or use the court lines. The usual mistake is landing on the heels with knees caving in: cue 'knee points at your big toe.'

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