Creative Gymnastics - whole day course overview
Creative Gymnastics differs from traditional gymnastics programs in that it simplifies instructing technical gymnastics-specific skills by introducing a gymnastics formula:
Shape + Action = Gymnastics Skill
Straddle Shape + Rolling Action = Straddle Roll
A Creative Gymnastics whole day training will cover the following:
- Learning the properties of 5 basic gymnastics shapes
- Applying actions to shapes
- Roll and Rolling Techniques
- Invert and Inversions, turning upside down
- Jump and Land and the importance of safe landings
- Balance including a medley of Individual, Partner and Group Balances
- Travelling
- Gymnastics-specific warm up games
- Safe transference of skills and activities from floor to large apparatus
- Implementing hand apparatus
- Themed activities and compositional ideas
- Linking gymnastics with classroom based learning (Cross-curricular and ICT tasks)
Complete Guide to Primary Gymnastics:
Schools and teachers will benefit from the bound-in DVD in Complete Guide to Primary Gymnastics which contains a unique set of pictorial resources and short video clips that compliment the book and will prove invaluable to experienced and inexperienced teachers and pupils. Inclusive of a scheme of work (YrR - Yr6) the teaching resource provides a complete package for all teachers where the structure of individual units of work allows children to work at their own level and learn at their own pace.
Group balance - pike shapes on different body parts
CONTACT LINDSAY:
Call Lindsay on 07801 731022
lindsay@gymnastics-consultancy.co.uk
Teaching Resource - Complete Guide to Primary Gymnastics
A valuable teaching resource, complete with Scheme of Work designed to assist teachers and sports coaches to deliver high quality gymnastics in primary schools.
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