Learning intention 

Students are developing proficiency in the vertical jump.

Model the skill

Model the vertical jump to students while explaining the components needed to effectively jump.

Say to the students:  

• Look up.  

• Focus your eyes on where you want to go.  

• Get ready to explode up high, get ready to take off.  

• Swing your arms back and up.  

• Straighten your legs when in the air.  

• Bend your knees on landing.  

• Control your body and balance yourself when landing. 

• Land with feet the width of your shoulders apart.

FMS focus activity - Vertical jump

FMS: Vertical jump

Equipment: A 10m x 10m square marked out  by 4 cones (the pond), hoops to be used as lily pads

How to play: Players continuously jump from lily pad to lily pad using a two‑foot takeoff and landing technique. 

• Randomly distribute the hoops inside the pond, making sure they are not too far  away from each other (i.e. jumping distance).

• Players jump from lily pad to lily pad and see  how many they can land on in a given amount  of time (e.g. 60 seconds).

• If there is more than one frog on the lily pad, it will sink. If a player jumps onto a lily pad with another player already on it, the original player must immediately find another lily pad to jump onto.

• Players may jump into the pond as well as onto the lily pads. 

 FMS consolidation activity - Snakes alive

Skill focus: Rolling the ball for accuracy

Equipment: 

• Cones to separate groups

• One softball or  medium-sized ball  per team (snake head)

• One ball per player  (e.g. tennis ball  (body of snake) 

• Tape or cones to mark the minimum throw line 

How to play: The first ball rolled becomes the head of the snake. Players deliver one ball at a time, aiming to place each ball behind the previous one. The aim is to form the longest snake.  opponents’ balls to deny access to the target. Play in groups of 4. 

• Each team plays the first ball on a signal.

• If the first ball strays to another team’s area,  the ball is played again.

• The second ball is played on a signal,  and so on for the remainder of the balls.

• To ensure the last ball is a meaningful throw,  a line is placed in front of each team and the ball must go beyond the line for the ball to count – otherwise every team will finish  with a python!

• Alternatively, set a maximum length  for the snake (e.g. 4 metres).

Bullseye

Equipment: 

• Indoor or outdoor playing area

• Chalk, hoops, markers or ropes to form 3 concentric circles on the ground  

• Throw-line 3 meters from target 

• 3bean bags (or similar non-rolling object) per player.

How to play: Players in small groups roll or throw a ball to a target aiming to score maximum points.

• Each player rolls or throws the ball to the target area. 

• One throw per player before balls are retrieved. 

• Repeat for a given number of rounds (e.g. 5 throws for each player).