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Curled movements

Gymnastics: individual movements and balances

Unit Summary

This unit will introduce pupils to creating movements and balances whilst developing movement competence. Pupils will explore moving and balancing in high, low, wide, narrow and curled ways, on the floor and on apparatus. Pupils will add movements together and reflect on their ideas.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to create a variety of curled movements and balances on the floor and apparatus.

Key Notes

  • Move: moving and balancing in curled ways requires the body to be rolled up tightly in a tucked position.
  • Move: combining curled with high and low, over and under increases the variety of the movements and balances created.
  • Think: high-quality curled movements and balances require silent control and pointed fingers and toes.
  • Connect: helping others to develop and improve their performance shows empathy.
  • Feel: using self-belief and striving to improve your performance will lead to feeling successful.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • curled: an action we perform by rolling our body up tightly in a tucked position with a rounded back
  • tuck: a shape performed when our bodies are curled and our knees are brought up to our chest
  • balance: maintaining a desired shape in a stationary position

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • In gymnastics, we only do forward and backward rolls. We bring our feet up to our bottom in a tuck jump.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: moving and balancing in curled ways requires the body to be rolled up tightly in a tucked position. Move: combining curled with high and low, over and under increases the variety of the movements and balances created.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'curled'

an action we perform by rolling our body up tightly in a tucked position with a rounded back.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: In gymnastics, we only do forward and backward rolls. We bring our feet up to our bottom in a tuck jump. Correction: Rolls can be sideways; as long as pupils roll silently with control, they are still successful. We bring our feet and knees up towards our chest in a tuck jump.

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