Traveling “The first skill theme”

1. Traveling “The first skill theme”

2. Background • Most children are at control levels of walking and running by the time they arrive at school • Other locomotor skills will be emerging • You need to reinforce the terms • Skipping, hopping, leaping, sliding, galloping • Modeling is the best way for young children to learn these skills • By 8, all children should be able to execute the skills on command

3. Running • When teaching running, we try to reduce those factors that slow us down • In contrast to teaching how to run faster • Excessive head movement • Arm movement across the midline • Lack of knee lift • Recovery leg moves in a line (at the back)

4. Hop one foot to same spring Leap extend the body Slide step-close, step-close Gallop sliding forwards same leg in front Skip step-hop Cues

5. Control Level Challenges • Attempt variations • Levels, directions, pathways • Running with control in limited space • Rhythmic movement • To a drum beat • Expressive movement • On hot sand, like a robot • Combinations of two or more travel operations • Specific dance steps (e.g. grapevine) • Obstacle courses

6. Application to Game Contexts • Use traveling patterns of game situations • React quickly to a batter ball by charging forward • Stealing a base • Retreating • Run a planned pass pattern • post etc. teach the terms • Tag situations

7. Utilization Level • Matching pathways of a partner • also shadowing • More complex rhythmical patterns • Tinikling – see text

8. Cues for challenge tasks • Head up • Spread your feet • Light landings • bend the knees • Balanced stops • lower your hips • Fake and go (pause and go)

9. Proficiency level • Running to create open space • plant / razor / run • Running to evade a defender • Setting screens • pick and roll • Advanced jump rope actions

10. Teaching Focus: Week 1 Topic • Protocols • Back to the wall