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Gymnastics: key 0 Game/Apparatus

What a fantastic tool. I 've found a few drills that are unfamiliar,...

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Ask the children to explore the different ways they can travel around the apparatus e.g. In / Over / Out / under when the apparatus is clear.

The next stage is to ask the children to move under / over the benches using only their feet. Ask the children to travel to a space on their feet then move to another space using their hands and feet. Ask the children to travel over the apparatus with hands and feet touching the floor in a bouncing way.

COACHING POINTS

Travel in and out of apparatus using hands and feet.

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Show the children how to carry a mat.

Get the children to assist in getting the mats out. Ask the children to walk and run in and out of the mats making sure that they do not step on them.

On the teachers command stop and ensure that one foot is on a mat.

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Take out the benches.

The practice starts with the children hoping / jumping around the benches. The next stage is for the children to walk around the benches and when the reach a bench to step over it.

Ask the children to hop around, when they reach a clear bench then they must try and jump onto it, turn around and then jump back off it. Ask the children to run, hop or jump in different directions between the benches.

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Layout the mats.

Ask the children to run in and out of the mats with no bumping into each other. Then ask the children to move around using tiny steps then making as bigger steps as possible.

Get the children to stop on a mat and make as smaller shape as possible before moving off again. Then encourage the children to make as bigger shape as possible on the mat.

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