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Steve, Clayesmore Prep School

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Ask children to travel around the hall with as much of their body touching the floor as possible - sliding movements.

Ask the children to travel into a space taking their weight on feet only and then travel to another space taking their weight on as much of the body as possible.

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Start the practice by walking around the hall, on the command the children have to put their hands and feet on the floor and walk around on all fours, make sure they push their bottoms into the air.

On a signal from the teacher the children have to put their arms and legs in the air. The next progression is for the children to stop on a command from the teacher and name the body parts they have in contact with the floor e.g. hands / head and feet.

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Get the children to walk around the hall and then on the teachers command children should go as small as possible. Then get the children to continue running around before stopping and making themselves as big as possible.

Keep repeating the exercises but vary the speed in which the children travel.

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Start the lesson by getting the players to run around and focus on finding space. Encourage children to visit different places in the hall - e.g the corners and sides of the hall

The next stage is to ask the children to run around making smalls steps then progress to big steps on the teachers command.

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Ask children if they know any other low positions and ask them to demostrate - sliding, sideways rolling, long and narrow shapes.

Ask children if they know any high positions and ask them to demostrate.

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