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Good question. See the point is the student must react immediately to the paper falling to have the best chance at catching it because if you wait more than a half-second it will float very randomly and become much, much more difficult to catch. I hold the paper vertically so it drops straight at first. One of my students can pop to his feet as soon as I drop it and catch it before it even starts floating. Others react/get up much slower and the paper starts looping around randomly and they end up diving on their stomachs to try to catch it, and usually end up doing the 5 "up-downs". Again the trick is the faster you move to try to catch it, the easier because the paper doesn't move around wildly at first!
I often joke when the air conditioning is on by saying: "We have to be careful where we are for this drill because it is too hard to catch the paper when it's in the path of the air vents. Now- everyone stand in front of the air vents!"
Well, the parents get a kick out of it at least.
I also joke by asking "What's the point of this drill?" and if a kid answers "To make us get up faster." I say "Wrong- it's to make you do up-downs!" and I immediately drop the paper 1 inch from the floor so he can't catch it!
Of course, if the kid answers "To make us do up-downs." I reply "Exactly right!" and I still drop the paper one inch from the floor so he can't catch it!
Gosh, ain't I a stinker!
Bernie
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