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  • Lunge to handstand with hands placed away from wall bars.
  • Teacher supports legs and places feet on the bars.
  • Pupil moves one leg vertically backwards to gain handstand split position.
  • Kick back to exit

    • COACHING POINTS

  • Hands are placed on the floor at such a distance to allow the pupil to gain handstand splits.
  • Elbows must be locked.
  • Gain maximum split position.

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  • Rock twice and return to long lie.

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  • Show the children how to carry a mat.

    • Get the children to assist in getting the mats out. Ask the children to walk and run in and out of the mats making sure that they do not step on them.

    On the teachers command stop and ensure that one foot is on a mat.

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  • Layout the mats.

    • Ask the children to run in and out of the mats with no bumping into each other. Then ask the children to move around using tiny steps then making as bigger steps as possible.

    Get the children to stop on a mat and make as smaller shape as possible before moving off again. Then encourage the children to make as bigger shape as possible on the mat.

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  • Layout the mats.

    • Get the children to start by running in and out of the mats then ask them to do the same with tiny steps.

    Ask the children to take it in turns to do big bounces over and across the mats. How big can they make their bounces ?.

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