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Introduction to Gymnastics
Introduction
Welcome to the uSports Online Gymnastics Course (1:22)
What will you learn? (0:25)
Importance of Gymnastics in Schools for 4-11 Year Olds (1:18)
Safety Guidelines and Precautions
Health and Safety Intro (0:51)
Jewellery, Footwear, Clothing, Spatial Awareness (3:21)
Dynamic Risk Assessment (3:33)
Warm ups
Animals (2:04)
Alphabet (2:45)
Beans (2:35)
Follow The Leader (2:02)
Equipment
Mats (1:28)
Climbing Tables (0:43)
Benches (2:00)
Wall Bars (1:27)
Springboard (0:44)
Shapes
Straight (1:06)
Star (1:30)
Tuck (1:14)
Pike (0:55)
Straddle (1:03)
Routines (2:22)
Rolls
Straight Roll (Log Roll) (5:10)
Straddle Roll (Teddy Bear Roll) (5:48)
Forward Rolls
Supporting a child doing a forward roll (1:41)
Making it easier (1:02)
Checking if children can perform forward roll without support (1:39)
Progression - Standing up after the roll (1:47)
Progression: Adding a bench (3:11)
Backward Roll
Rocking Back and Forwards (0:46)
Setting hands for the roll (1:01)
Building and understanding strength needed for a backwards roll (2:26)
Supporting a backward roll (2:09)
Progression - Starting in a squat position (1:11)
Progression - Standing to standing (1:42)
Making it easier - Starting from an elevated position (1:00)
Travel
Using Exploration and Discovery to teach Travel (2:53)
Travel using different speeds and levels on different body parts (1:43)
Travel using different directions (1:20)
Collaboration (1:57)
Sequences (1:19)
Flight
Landing (0:50)
Springboard (3:01)
Gymanstics Table & Shapes (1:38)
Balances
Patches (2:43)
Points (0:58)
Mirror (2:19)
Matching (2:44)
Contrast (2:39)
Tension Balances (2:09)
Balances Plenary (1:56)
Wall Bars
Health and Safety Talk (3:20)
Allowing children to explore the wall bars (0:54)
Using shapes on the wall bars (1:07)
Mixing wall bars with other topics (0:51)
Cartwheel
Building Technique - Using higher platforms (Bench and Springboard) (3:53)
Progressing onto a flat mat (1:13)
Progression - Cartwheeling on to an elevated platform (2:17)
Hand Aparatus
Hoops (6:01)
Ball (6:34)
Quiz
Quiz
Additional Information
Progression of Skills
Useful Websites
Helpful uSports Blogs
Safety in Primary Gymnastics
Link to buy Gymnastics Equipment
Building and understanding strength needed for a backwards roll
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