Year 8 - Physical education
Performing balances of increasing difficulty
Gymnastics jigsaw: technical fluency and group performance analysis
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore the use of various apparatus and flight based sequences whilst also giving pupils the opportunity to master, teach each other and analyse group performances. They will also learn how to set out their space safely.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform increasingly complex balances with control.
Key Notes
- Move: performing complex balances requires keeping the core engaged for stability.
- Move: using slow and controlled movements to enter and exit balances increases control and stability.
- Think: when balancing, focusing on a fixed point can help maintain control and stillness.
- Feel: pushing yourself to attempt more challenging balances improves your skills, building confidence and precision.
- Connect: physically supporting others in challenging balances helps them kinesthetically feel the correct technique.
Vocabulary To Learn
- balance: the ability to maintain a stable and controlled body position
- stability: the ability to maintain control of the body while performing static or dynamic movements
- core: the group of muscles in the abdomen, lower back, hips and pelvis that provide stability, strength and control for movements
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When pupils are teaching, they do not use the additional materials and therefore provide incorrect teaching points or unsuitable adaptations for their group.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: performing complex balances requires keeping the core engaged for stability. Move: using slow and controlled movements to enter and exit balances increases control and stability.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'balance'
the ability to maintain a stable and controlled body position.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When pupils are teaching, they do not use the additional materials and therefore provide incorrect teaching points or unsuitable adaptations for their group. Correction: Ensure pupils are using the additional materials to support their understanding of each skill and make sure they know how to provide adaptations so that everyone in the group can achieve success when performing the skill.
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