Year 7 - Physical education
Locomotion and partner work
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 move, balance and roll in time with your partner.
Key Notes
- Move: performing a variety of locomotive movements in sequence requires control and fluidity.
- Move: tucking your chin during a forward roll protects the neck, keeps the head aligned, and ensures a controlled roll.
- Think: rolling is a type of locomotive movement that can enhance the skills demonstrated in a pairs sequence
- Feel: completing a roll is challenging, resilience and bravery are essential to overcome difficulties and gain success.
- Connect: executing moves in time with a partner requires precise coordination and trust to ensure safety and fluidity.
Vocabulary To Learn
- forward roll: a gymnastics move where you start in a standing position, tuck your head down, and roll forward on the ground like a somersault
- locomotion: moving the body from one place to another through a variety of controlled movements.
- safety: performing movements in a way which avoids harm, risk or danger.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- With forward rolls, pupils may not tuck their chin, leading to discomfort. They may struggle to generate enough momentum to complete the roll.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: performing a variety of locomotive movements in sequence requires control and fluidity. Move: tucking your chin during a forward roll protects the neck, keeps the head aligned, and ensures a controlled roll.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'forward roll'
a gymnastics move where you start in a standing position, tuck your head down, and roll forward on the ground like a somersault.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: With forward rolls, pupils may not tuck their chin, leading to discomfort. They may struggle to generate enough momentum to complete the roll. Correction: Emphasise tucking the chin to protect the neck and practise rocking back and forth from a crouched position to develop momentum. Break each roll down into manageable steps.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Basic flight using jumps and turns Study Guide
- Building a group routine Study Guide
- Creating sequences with locomotion, rotation and balance Study Guide
- Different ways to move Study Guide
- Evaluating and refining sequences 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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