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Jump, roll, balance sequences

Gymnastics: linking movements and balances

Unit Summary

This unit will challenge pupils to explore linking movements and balances together incorporating flow. Pupils will create and perform sequences on apparatus focussing on jumps, rolls and balances. Pupils will reflect on how to link movements and balances while travelling along a variety of pathways.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to create a sequence that flows in the pattern, jump, roll, balance.

Key Notes

  • Move: jumping requires bent knees when we take off and land, and swinging our arms up and down again when landing.
  • Move: rolling requires us to completely rotate the body and roll over forward, sideways or backwards with good control.
  • Think: Imagination enables us to try different ways of linking jumps, rolls and balances with flow.
  • Feel: trying out new ideas and encouraging others to perform new moves demonstrates courage.
  • Connect: giving thoughtful feedback to help others demonstrates empathy.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • rolling: completing a rotation of the body
  • jumping: using your legs to push yourself up off the ground and into the air for a moment
  • sequence: a combination of 2 or more actions that have been added (linked) together in a particular order.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils use the top of their heads in a forward roll and forget to make their back curved. Pupils bend their backs too much when landing a jump, causing their hands to touch the floor.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: jumping requires bent knees when we take off and land, and swinging our arms up and down again when landing. Move: rolling requires us to completely rotate the body and roll over forward, sideways or backwards with good control.

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

completing a rotation of the body.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils use the top of their heads in a forward roll and forget to make their back curved. Pupils bend their backs too much when landing a jump, causing their hands to touch the floor. Correction: Pupils should tuck their heads in, put their chin on their chests and use the back of their head by keeping their back rounded in a forward roll. Remind pupils to keep their backs straight so they can land upright ('land and stand').

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