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Linking

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 link two movements or a movement and a balance together with flow.

Key Notes

  • Move: moving from one movement or balance to the next without stopping ensures the actions are linked and enables flow.
  • Move: quality movements and balances require silence, pointing the fingers and toes, and holding balances still.
  • Think: trying a range of movements and balances to link together shows imagination.
  • Feel: courage enables us to be brave and try new ideas, showing we can move confidently.
  • Connect: listening to others and being aware of their feelings when sharing ideas demonstrates empathy.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • link: connecting movements and balances together
  • flow: moving from one action to another without stopping
  • quality: the good parts of the performance that suggest the movements and balances are performed correctly

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils don't hold balances for long enough because they think they have to link straight into the next skill.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: moving from one movement or balance to the next without stopping ensures the actions are linked and enables flow. Move: quality movements and balances require silence, pointing the fingers and toes, and holding balances still.

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

connecting movements and balances together.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils don't hold balances for long enough because they think they have to link straight into the next skill. Correction: Holding a balance still for 4 seconds is part of the balance skill, so it should be included even when a balance is used in a linking sequence.

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