Kinetic Parkour
09 / 12
Acorn
Resilience / Squirrel
Down is not done.
Resilience is the recovery: a breath, a stand, and another try if they want one. It is not a fancy trick, and it is not pretending a tip-over did not happen.
Crew mat chat
Say. We are not diving. We are rolling like a log and standing up. That stand-up is resilience.
Ask. What do you do first after something doesn’t go the way you wanted?
Look. They finish on their feet, calm, not dizzy or aimed at a wall.
Acorn
09 / 12
Roll and recover
Roll and recover is a log roll on a mat and a calm stand-up. There is no dive roll, no handspring, and no rolling toward a wall or another child. Rocking to the side and standing still counts.
- 1. Lie long on the mat. Arms stay tucked unless the mat ahead is empty.
- 2. Roll one direction and stop before the edge.
- 3. Come to hands and knees, or to a sit.
- 4. Stand up. The stand is the skill. Then they may say “I’m up.”
Keep it safe. Log rolls only, on a mat. No dive rolls, no handsprings, no rolling toward a wall or another child.
Training mission
Log-roll on a mat and stand back up.
- • One direction at a time.
- • Stop before the mat ends.
- • Rocking counts.
Ages 3–5. Rock side to side and stand with a hand if needed. No full roll required.
Ages 6–8. Arms tight to the body, one clean roll, quiet stand.
Take it home
- 1. On a rug, rock to one side and stand up.
- 2. If a full roll is comfortable and the space is clear, one log roll is enough.
- 3. Say “I’m up” when you are standing.