Game version
Statue lines: hold a straight line on the deck while a partner checks toes, knees and arms and shares one thing they liked. Swap.
Mirror Shape Check
Look at your own tuck, pike and line-up shapes and fix one thing at a time.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Stand side-on to a mirror, or ask a parent to film you.
Core: 5. Beat your own straightest line.
- Ages
- 11 and up
- Time
- 8 min
- Space
- Small room
- Bring
- Mirror or camera, mat
- Level · skill
- Developing · Line & Form
The steps
How it works
- Stand side-on to a mirror, or ask a parent to film you.
- Make a standing pike reach, then a line-up with flat grab.
- Check toes, knees and arms against your coach's cue.
- Fix one thing and do 10 more.
Coaching point
One fix at a time.
Safety: Use a mat or soft floor with space all around you. Stop if anything hurts. Filmed only by your coach or your parent at practice, with your parent's OK, never near changing areas and with no other children in the frame. Only your own family and coach see the video, and it is never posted or uploaded.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a level: Less (hold 3 seconds), Core (5), More (8). Beat your own straightest line.
Story
You are a pencil, long and perfectly straight.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own straightest line. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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