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Chapter 20. Gymnastic Skills. Gymnastic Activities. Important part of every child’s physical education experience Contribute significantly to physical education goals Helps strengthen dedication and perseverance Develop resourcefulness, self-confidence, courage Benefit from social interplay
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Chapter 20 GymnasticSkills
Gymnastic Activities • Important part of every child’s physical education experience • Contribute significantly to physical education goals • Helps strengthen dedication and perseverance • Develop resourcefulness, self-confidence, courage • Benefit from social interplay • Nurture tolerance, helpfulness, courtesy, appreciation
Gymnastic Activities • Offer body management opportunities • Enhance • Coordination • Flexibility • Agility • Develop strength and power in diverse body parts
Progression and Developmental Level Placement • Progression is important • Little or no experience should place children in a lower developmental level • Developmental Level I • Relies on simple student • Gradual introduction to tumbling stunts • Developmental Level II and III • Built on activities a progression developed earlier • Learning more standard gymnastic activities
Progression and Developmental Level Placement • Six basic activity groups: • Animal movements • Tumbling and inverted balances • Balance stunts • Individual stunts • Partner and group stunts • Partner support activities
Instructional Methodology for Gymnastics • Warm-up and flexibility activity • Normal introductory and fitness activity provide sufficient warm-up • Extra flexibility may be required in wrists, ankles, and neck • Effective class management • All children should be active • Perform across mats sideways if mats are limited • Consider station teaching if equipment is limited
Formations for Teaching • Squad • Mats placed in a line • Squads lined up behind mats • Semicircular • Directs attention toward the teacher • U-shape • Mats placed in large U-shape • Offers excellent view for teacher • Demonstration Mat • Mat in central position
Safety Considerations • Safety is foremost consideration • Plan to avoid harmful situations • Spotting • Safety and injury prevention • Guide performer through stunt • Help support body weight • Probably best to avoid activities that require spotting if teachers feel they are not qualified • Do not force students to participate in inverted balance and tumbling activities
Gymnastic Skills • Instructional Procedures • Use mats for some stunts • Partners are about the same size • Respect individual differences, different levels of success • Relate new activities to previous activities • Use a standard counting system • When appropriate, have children work in pairs • Shifting of mats is not necessary during instruction
Basic Mechanical Principles • Momentum • Center of weight positioned over the center of support • Hips projected upward and forward to raise the center of gravity • Proper hand position is essential to effective performance
Basic Gymnastic Positions • Tuck • Pike
Basic Gymnastic Positions • Straddle • Front-support • Back-Support
Gymnastic Dance Positions • Attitude • Lunge
Gymnastic Dance Positions • Arabesque
Gymnastic Dance Positions • Plié • Relevé • Jumps • Chassé
Progression: Developmental Level I • Consist primarily of imitative walks and movements • Selected balance stunts and rolls • Animal movements • Alligator Crawl • Kangaroo jump • Puppy dog run • Bear walk • Gorilla walk • Siamese Twin Walk • Crab Walk
Developmental Level I: Tumbling and Inverted Balance • Rolling log • Side roll • Forward roll (tuck) • Back roller • Forward roll (straddle) • Backward curl
Progression: Developmental Level I • Backward roll (handclasp) • Climb-up • Three-point tip-up • Mountain climber • Switcheroo
Developmental Level I: Balance Stunts • One-Leg • Double-knee • Head touch • Head balance • One-leg • Balance touch • Hand-and-knee • Single-knee
Progression: Developmental Level II • Forward roll (pike) • Backward roll (regular) • Frog handstand (tip-up) • Half teeter-totter • Cartwheel • Forward roll to a walkout
Progression: Developmental Level II • Forward roll combinations • Backward roll combinations • Headstand practice and variations • Teeter-totter • Handstand