Kiwisport | Gymnastics |

LI: To develop body movement of balance, rotation & strength.

This week we had another session of gymnastics with Steven. We had another rotation for us to practice our flexibility, muscles and gymnast skills. Each rotation had a different purpose linking to gymnastics.

Stretches:
1. L Shape
2. Seal
3. Butterfly
4. Cat
5. Straddle
6. Back, Front, Side support

The First Rotation: In this first part in the rotation, there were 4 different things for us to do in this rotation. They were:

1. Beam - Aim: Walk backwards on the beam without having to look behind you. Each time we had to step backwards we had to navigate for the end of the beam so that we would know when to jump off.

2. Box - Aim: Do a cartwheel and/or bunny jumps over the box. Our hands had to be on the box while we jumped.

3. Bench - Aim: A forward roll on top of the bench and landing standing up at the end.

The second rotation: In this second rotation there were also 4 different objects/things that we had to use to test our skills in gymnastics. They were:

1. Trampoline - Aim: To run and jump onto the trampoline, while in the air, form a star shape and land on the gym mat in the landing position.

2. Backwards roll - Aim: Do a backwards roll on the slope onto the mat with Steven. Landing standing up.

3. Scorpion Hand stand - Aim: With our hands on the ground, lift one leg into the air and pushing off the ground with the other leg and finishing standing up.

4. 180 Degree jump - Aim: Using a jump-pad, take a running start to jump onto the jump-pad and in the air, do a 180-degree turn and land facing the opposite direction to how you started in the landing position.

The third rotation: In this third rotation, we also had 4 different things to test our knowledge and skills of gymnastics. Those four things were:

1. Handstand - Aim: Do a handstand against the wall. Lift 1 leg off the wall for 3-5 seconds and then swap with the other leg.

2. Front support - Aim: To do front support on a mat to gain muscle strength and to be flexible.

3. Parallel bars - Aim: Use the parallel bars to test your muscle strength and flex your legs out in the air. Making sure that our hands are in the middle (not on either ends of the parallel bars) we had a choice of 3 different shapes to do on the parallel bars. They were either: tuck (to simply lift your legs above the ground), L shape (to put our legs our in front of us in a straight position) and Stradle (with our legs apart in the air and holding position)

4. Back, Front, Side Support - Do Back,front, side support on a box. Having our legs on top of the box and our arms on the ground/mat switching supports.

This week we practiced many different gymnastics skills. My favourite rotation was the first one and I found the parallel bars a challenge. This was because I needed more strength to do the Stradle in the air. I could successfully lift off of the ground and the L.