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High and low on apparatus

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 move and balance in a variety of high and low ways on the apparatus.

Key Notes

  • Move: high quality high and low movements, jumps, and balances are performed silently, with pointed fingers and toes.
  • Move: high quality high and low balances are held still with good control.
  • Think: moving on apparatus in a variety of high and low ways shows great imagination.
  • Feel: self-belief enables us to try a range of different high and low movements on the apparatus.
  • Connect: using the apparatus safely and sharing the space, enables everyone to be successful and shows empathy.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • silent: performing movements and balances with control making no sound
  • pointed: stretching out or extending the fingers and toes
  • zone: a specific part of the apparatus or area

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils move their whole body at once in a bunny hop. Pupils point their toes the wrong way by flexing the ankle, causing the foot to point at a 90 degree angle to the leg. Pupils jump off wall bars.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: high quality high and low movements, jumps, and balances are performed silently, with pointed fingers and toes. Move: high quality high and low balances are held still with good control.

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

performing movements and balances with control making no sound.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils move their whole body at once in a bunny hop. Pupils point their toes the wrong way by flexing the ankle, causing the foot to point at a 90 degree angle to the leg. Pupils jump off wall bars. Correction: Tell pupils to move their hands first, then their feet to their hands and repeat. Tell pupils to flex their ankles in the opposite direction and push their toes away from their leg, making the leg appear longer. Pupils only jump from flat surfaces.

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