Skills Market: Everyone Teaches a Movement Trick

Each student prepares a simple movement skill they've mastered, such as a juggling trick, a dance step, ball keep-ups or a balance, and teaches it to their group in two minutes. Then they teach a skill they just learned to another group, which highlights what everyone knows and strengthens group cohesion.

How to play

1. Each student picks a skill they can teach in two minutes and plans three steps to explain it; equipment is available on a central table (4 min).
2. Form groups of five; one at a time, each person teaches their skill for two minutes while the others practice (12 min).
3. Mix the groups: each person teaches the new group one of the skills they learned, not their own (8 min).
4. Final showcase: each group performs a short sequence that links three of the skills they learned (6 min).

Rules

• Skills can't include flips, rolls without mats or any risk of falling from a height.
• The person teaching gives every classmate at least one positive correction.
• Respect each person's turn to explain without interrupting.
• If someone can't pull off the skill, the attempt gets the same cheer as success.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: the student teaches an upper-body or object-handling skill and learns adapted versions of the others.
• Autism: the student can prepare the explanation in writing and teach with the help of a video demo.
• Hearing impairment: explanations rely on visual demos, and the group faces the person teaching.

Learning goals

• Value the movement skills of every group member.
• Explain and demonstrate a skill clearly and step by step.
• Strengthen group cohesion through peer teaching.

Equipment for a class of 25

• tennis balls: 30
• scarves: 30
• balls: 6
• jump ropes: 6
• hoops: 6

Teacher tip

Give notice the lesson before so students can choose their skill calmly. Have three or four ideas ready for anyone who says they can't do anything special.

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