Colchester United FCHealthy U's - Tasks & Challenges
Take a look at our Colchester United Players keeping active.
Be a Healthy U and see if you can join in with Pat Balwin & Medy Elito.
Challenge 1: Throwing and Catching
Hold the ball in two hands and throw and catch the ball to yourself, with a friend or against a wall. See how many you can do without dropping it and then try to beat your score.
Top tips
- Hold the ball with two hands so that you hands create a W shape.
- Stand firm with two feet on the floor hip width apart.
- Push the ball forward from the chest lengthening the arms quickly
- As you throw transfer your weight forwards by stepping into the throw.
- Keep your eye on the ball at all times
- Have your hands up ready to catch the ball
Challenge 2: Sit ups
These will work your stomach muscles.
It is important to start with the basics and progress gradually, as you go through these challenges, this exercise will get harder over time.
Try to do 1 x 10 sit ups to start with and then gradually increase to 3 x 10.
Tips:
- Lay on your back with your feet, bottom, shoulders and head comfortably resting on the floor.
- Your knees should be bent as shown.
- Place your arms out in front of you so that your hands touch your thighs.
- Now raise your body up so that your fingers now touch the top of your knees.
- Lower down again do this repeatedly 15 times, ensuring that you lift and lower over 2 secs each time.
Chellenge 3: Jumping Jacks
These exercises will work your heart, lungs and leg muscles and can be made progressively harder over time. Try to do 10 of these to begin with and then progress to doing 3 x 10.
Tips:
- Start by standing with you feet together and your arms to your sides.
- Take one step to the side while raising both arms out wide.
- Take the same step back to the centre again so your feet are together again.
- Repeat the other side, so you will step right and then left and so on.
