Year 7 - Physical education
Creating sequences with locomotion, rotation and balance
Gymnastics: body control and paired sequences
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore core gymnastics skills both individually and in combination. Pupils will develop their stability whilst holding their own body position and when supporting a partner. They will learn how to give appropriate feedback to others on posture and the execution of short sequences.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create short sequences to incorporate locomotion, rotation and balances.
Key Notes
- Move: to transition smoothly between balances, maintain momentum and control movements to create fluidity.
- Move: Using your eyes to see cues to ensure timing is cohesive with the group enhancing the elegance of performance.
- Think: adding movement patterns like unison and canon into a sequence enhances visual interest and difficulty.
- Feel: devising a sequence with good timing, flow and body awareness improves creativity skills.
- Connect: moving in unison or cannon gives a sense of teamwork, showcasing coordination and harmony.
Vocabulary To Learn
- unison: you and your partner do the same moves at exactly the same time, perfectly matching each other's timing and movements
- canon: when performing a sequence of movements, group members do the same order of moves but at a different time
- sequence: a combination of two or more movements and balances performed in succession
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When pupils add more content to their sequence, they can lose flow with the sequence looking unpolished. Pupils show limited variety in their locomotive elements.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to transition smoothly between balances, maintain momentum and control movements to create fluidity. Move: Using your eyes to see cues to ensure timing is cohesive with the group enhancing the elegance of performance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'unison'
you and your partner do the same moves at exactly the same time, perfectly matching each other's timing and movements.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When pupils add more content to their sequence, they can lose flow with the sequence looking unpolished. Pupils show limited variety in their locomotive elements. Correction: Practise the sequence slowly at first, focusing on smooth transitions between movements and balances. Encourage pupils to be creative and add variety to their locomotive movements throughout the sequence.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Basic flight using jumps and turns Study Guide
- Building a group routine Study Guide
- Different ways to move Study Guide
- Evaluating and refining sequences Study Guide
- Locomotion and partner work Study Guide
- Performing and supporting the performance of others Study Guide
- Point and patch balances Study Guide
- Reviewing, refining and improving aesthetic performance using feedback Study Guide
- Rotation and control Study Guide
- Using apparatus to aid flight Study Guide
- Vaulting with control and creativity Study Guide
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