Teaching
Guide
- Introduction
- Teaching And Learning
- Skill Development
- Understanding And Applying Principles
- Apparatus
- General Safety
- Planning The Gymnastics Programme
- Assessment And Recording
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Teaching Material
Unit Contents
Unit 1: Exploration Of Canon And Synchronisation
Unit 2: Wider Aspects Of Matching, Mirroring And Contrasting
Unit 3: Flight And Assisted Flight In Two's
Unit 4: Twisting, Turning And Spinning Individually And Together
Unit 5: Taking The Weight Of A Partner To Balance
Unit 6: Dimensions Of Counter-balance And Counter-tension
Unit 7: Creating Holes And Barriers In Groups
Unit 8: Variations Of Balance In Three's
Unit 9: Group Lifting, Carrying And Lowering
Unit 10: Mobile Apparatus - Poles
Unit 11: Mobile Apparatus - Benches
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Teaching
Gymnastic Skills
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Introduction
The Development And Extension Of A Skill
The Development And Extension Of A Skill
Supporting In Gymnastics
Support (1) The overswing group
Support (2) Lateral movement
Support (3) Straddle vaults
Support (4) Squat and side vaulting
Support (5) Raising hip weight
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(A) Sideways Rolling
Stretch out and roll with one leg leading
Curled and stretched sideways roll
Sideways shoulder roll
Circle or "teddy" roll
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(B) Forward Rolling
Forward roll to squat
Forward roll to standing
Common faults associated with forward rolling
Suggestions for moving into a forward roll
Extension cards - moving into a forward roll
Suggestions for moving out of a forward roll
Extension cards - travelling out of a forward roll
Forward roll to walkout
Forward roll to straddle stand
Forward roll with straight legs to straddle stand
Straddle roll from straddle standing to straddle standing
Forward rolling - some progressions onto apparatus
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| (C) Backward Rolling
Backward roll
From standing, backward roll to standing
Suggestions for moving into a backward roll
Extension cards - moving into a backward roll
Suggestions for moving out of a backward roll
Extension cards - moving out of a backward roll
Backward roll to astride
Straddle stand - straddle roll to straddle stand
Extension activity - backward roll to handstand
Extension activities for advanced work
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(D) Handstand
Introductory activities
Kicking horses front support and back support
Handstand
Supporting a confident performer
Supporting a less confident performer
Suggestions for leading into a handstand
Extension cards - moving into a handstand
Suggestions for moving out of a handstand
Extension cards - moving out of a handstand (Click to View
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Practices for handstands
Progressions for handstands
Handstand, forward roll. (Click to View Material)
Handstand into straight arm forward roll
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(E) Overswings
Preparation - from back lying raise body to bridge
Extension cards - moving into a bridge position
Handstand over into bridge
Handstand through bridge to stand
Extension card - moving out of a crab position
Extension card - different ways of travelling into crab (advanced:
Forward walkover)
Suggestions for moving into a forward walkover
Extension card - moving into a walkover (advanced)
Suggestions for moving out of a forward walkover
Extension card - moving out of a forward walkover (advanced)
Backward walkover
Lead-in activities for a backward walkover
Suggestions for - moving into a backward walkover
Extension card - moving into a backward walkover (advanced)
Suggestions for moving out of a backward walkover
Extension card - moving out of a backward walkover (advanced)
Valdez
Change-leg walkover
Handspring
Stages of progression and practices for handspring
Extension card - moving out of a handspring (advanced)
Progressions for handspring
Extension card - moving into a handspring
Walkover handspring
Extension card - moving out of a walkover handspring
Flyspring
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(F) Lateral Movements
Cartwheel
Two cartwheels
Cartwheel with one hand only
Tinsica
Suggestions for moving into a cartwheel
Extension card - moving into a cartwheel
Suggestions for moving out of a cartwheel
Extension card - moving out of a cartwheel
Progressions for the cartwheel
Arab-spring or round-off
Suggestions for travelling out of an Arab spring or round-off
Extension card - moving out of an Arab-spring or round-off
Progressions for Arab-spring or round-off
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(G) Headstand
Headstand with knees bent
Squat into headstand with bent legs and back to squat
Headstand with straight legs
Headstand with straight legs (levered)
(Advanced) pull into straight leg headstand from lying down
Suggestions for moving into a headstand
Extension card - moving into a headstand
Suggestions for moving out of a headstand
Extension card - moving out of a headstand
Headspring on the floor
Useful balance skills - squat balance with knees on elbows
shoulder balance
tiger stand or forearm balance
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(H) Flic-Flac
FIic-flac
"DonkeyKick"
Backbend though "crab" to stand
Gaynor flic
Flic-flac practices card
Extension card - travelling out of a flic-flac
Vaulting - Introduction
Basic guidelines
Use of spring-board
Flight in vaulting
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| (I) On / Off Work
Squat onto the box
Jumping from a raised surface - straight jump
Jumping from the box with straddle legs
Tucked jump from the box
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(J) Vaulting Over Apparatus
Squat vaulting
Squat Through vault with layout
Thief vault over widthways box
Wolf vault
Straddle vaulting - Leapfrog over a partner
Straddle vault over buck
Straddle over width ways box
Straddle vault over a long box (long-fly)
Diagonal vaulting - Diagonal vault - one foot take-off
Rear vaulting - Rear vault
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| (K) Elevated Overswings
Neckspring with box broadways
Neckspring
Headspring from standing position on the box
Headspring over the box
Bent arm overswing
Bent arm overawing over the box
Handspring or long-arm overawing
Long-arm overswing with half turn (x 2)
Long-arm overswing with quarter turn and wheel-out (x 2)
Long-arm overswing with quarter turn
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Apparatus Formations
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