Year 7 - Physical education
Point and patch balances
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 hold your body weight on different parts of your body and perform counter balance and counter tension holds with a partner.
Key Notes
- Move: maintaining equal weight distribution between each partner ensures stability and balance.
- Move: holding weight on hands requires an engaged core to keep the body aligned and prevent strains.
- Think: holding your own/your partner's weight on different body parts is important when performing paired balances.
- Feel: repeated practice with a partner builds up confidence to try more complex balances.
- Connect: counterbalancing with a partner requires trust and clear communication to maintain counter tension.
Vocabulary To Learn
- counter balance: a pushing balance where we maintain the desired shape in a stationary position completely still
- counter tension: a pulling balance where we maintain the desired shape in a stationary position completely still
- stability: keeping your body steady and balanced while performing skills or holding positions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that a partner balance is a counter balance. One pupil pulls harder or doesn't pull enough, leading to a collapse of the position. Pupils do not have a secure grip with one another.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: maintaining equal weight distribution between each partner ensures stability and balance. Move: holding weight on hands requires an engaged core to keep the body aligned and prevent strains.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'counter balance'
a pushing balance where we maintain the desired shape in a stationary position completely still.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think that a partner balance is a counter balance. One pupil pulls harder or doesn't pull enough, leading to a collapse of the position. Pupils do not have a secure grip with one another. Correction: Show the difference between a partner balance and a counter balance. Encourage pupils to communicate with their partners pulling gently at first, then increase force gradually to find the balance point. Grip using wrists as an alternative to hands.
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
- Locomotion and partner work Study Guide
- Performing and supporting the performance of others 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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