Week 2

Movement exploration games - Leap

Equipment

Skipping ropes
Marker cones
Beanbags or batons
Hoops

Download the Week 2 Movement exploration games - Leap task card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Leap

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the leap.

Success criteria.

Student has:

Eyes focused forward throughout the leap.
Knee of take-off leg bends.
Trunk leans slightly forward.

When proficient in above, student has:

Legs straighten during flight.
Arms held in opposition to the legs.
Lands on ball of the foot and bends knee to absorb landing.

Explicit teaching of the leap

Model the skill:

Model the leap to students while explaining the movements needed to effectively leap:

- Look straight ahead.
- Bend knee to take off.
- Scissor legs.
- Stretch your arms out.
- Lean into the leap.
- Land softly.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback:

Students form groups of four. Each group has two short skipping ropes stretched out on the ground. Each student has a turn at leaping over the two ropes. Students should gradually increase the distance between the ropes to increase the distance of the leap.

Independent practice with immediate teacher feedback - River, tock, bridge:

In groups, students line up behind a marker. In front of each marker should be a ‘river’ made out of skipping ropes, a rock made out of beanbags and a bridge made out of markers that students leap over. On ‘Go’ the students follow their group around their obstacle course and then leap their way back to the starting marker. Remind students to look straight ahead, bend the knee of the take-off leg, scissor their legs in the air, stretch their arms out, lean slightly forward and land softly.

Skill development games

FMS focus activity - Snakes and turtles

Skill Ffocus: Leap

Equipment: A 10m x 10m square marked with cones, hoops, ropes

How to play: Students move around the area practising their jumping and leaping skills.

Mark out a grass area scattered with hoops (turtles) and ropes (snakes).
On a start signal students move around the area, jumping over the snakes and leaping over the turtles.
On a stop signal they return to their home base.
On the start signal, students move around the area, now hopping over the snakes and jumping over the turtles.

Nose and toes tag - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS consolidation activity - Nose and toes tag

Skill Focus: Static Balance

Equipment: 3 bibs for the taggers

How to play: Three taggers try to tag other players, who must hold their nose and toes if tagged.

When you say ’GO!’, three taggers try to tag other players.
Once tagged, a player must hold the toes of their left foot with their right hand.
To become free, they must touch their nose with their free hand and hold for 5 seconds

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Baton relay

Skill focus: Leap

Equipment: 2 markers per group, 1 relay baton per pair of groups, hoops

How to play: Players in relay teams leap from one end to the other.

Half of the group lines up behind one marker and the other half behind the other marker.
Each group has a relay baton. On the teacher's signal, the first student in each team leaps with the baton to the other end. The baton may be a bean bag, cone or other small object.
When they reach the other end, they pass the baton to the next student who leaps back, then passes the baton on, until each student is back to their starting position.
Students who are waiting for a turn perform various movements (e.g. jog on the spot with high knees, squats or tuck jumps).
Introduce a hoop or marker for each team. Each student must leap over the hoop or marker before handing off the baton.