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Gymnastics: Big and Tiny Steps

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Steve, Clayesmore Prep School

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Run/step/start on teachers command. Run and visit diferent places in the hall - corners, sides, middle. Move to the corners of the hall using tiny steps. Come back to the center of the hall using big steps. Repeat with variations.

COACHING POINTS

Focus on space. how do you know you are in a space?

Focus on visiting the corners of the hall.

Ask children to make big/small/big step sequence.

Emphasize small steps are easier on toes.

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Ask the children to move into space and stop on command.
When stopped, ask the children to curl up tightly, with all body parts tucked in - head in, knees bent and elbows in.
Ask children to move around the floor space in a curled up position.

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Ask the children to bounce in and out of each other, emphasising on keeping their bodies close to the ground.
On teachers command, ask the children to stop and stretch up high and wide. Then on teachers command, ask the children to sink down low and curl up.
From a curled position, ask the children to grow into a low stretched shape on the floor.

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Hop and Jump:

Ask children to walk around hall.

Ask them to walk using diferent parts of the feet--toes, heels, sides, etc.

Change to moving around the room using any kind of hopping or jumping that they want.

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Bounce Floorwork:

Ask children to find a space and with feet together, bounce in one spot. They should keep their heads up, knees and ankles working hard. .

Next, they should move about the hall, still bouncing with their feet together. On the teachers signal, the children should run anywhere in the hall, find another spot and bounce up and down in that spot. Repeat. As children are running, teacher should clap hands for the children to jump and land on two feet.

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