Week 4

Movement exploration games - Vertical jump

Equipment

marker cones
hoops
music

Download the Week 4 Movement exploration games - Static balance task card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Vertical jump

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the vertical jump.

Success criteria.

Student has:

Eyes focused forward or upward throughout the jump.
Crouches with knees bent and arms behind the body.

When proficient in above, student has:

Forceful forward and upward swing of the arms.
Legs straighten in the air.
Lands on balls of the feet and bends knees to absorb landing.
Displays a controlled landing with no more than one step in any direction.

Explicit teaching of 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.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback:

Hoop jump

Place ten hoops randomly in a designated area. Students hop inside the area between the hoops until the teacher calls a number. The students then hop to a hoop. When they are in the hoop students form a group of the size called by the teacher.

Skill development games

Pick some spots, join the dots - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS focus activity - Pick some spots, join the dots

Equipment: 4 marker cones, music (optional).

How to play: Players identify a set number of spots (spatial placements) around the room, then skip to link the various spots.

Players walk around the room to identify and name the 4 marked spots (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4).
Teacher calls out a sequence (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 3).
Players then link the spots called by jumping.
Vary the way players move between spots e.g. running, hopping and side galloping.

FMS focus activity - Frozen tag

FMS focus: Static balance

Equipment: Marker cones for playing area, bibs for taggers

How to play: One or two taggers try to tag other players, who must hold a static balance for five seconds.

On teacher's signal, one or two taggers try to tag other players.
Once tagged, a player must hold the particular static pose that you call out.
To become free, they must hold this position for 5 seconds.
Static holds could include front support, rear support, stork stand, crab support, straddle stand.

Playing for life - Frozen tag

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Musical statues

Skill focus: Balance

Equipment: Music, designated playing area

How to play: Players dance freely around the playing area. When the music stops, players must freeze and form a statue.

The music starts and players dance freely around the playing area.
When the music stops, players must freeze and form a statue (e.g. tree, stork, airplane).
Players discuss different statues and choose a favourite one. All students perform the statue that was chosen as the favourite.
Players repeat and copy a statue from another player the next time the music stops.