Skill: Tuck jump dismount off beam, bench or low beam Family

Skill: Tuck jump dismount off beam, bench or low beam Family

Skill: Tuck jump dismount off
beam, bench or low beam
Family:
Beam Acrobatics
Rationale: a basic dismountfor practicing
safe landing technique
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Chart number: 61-69b
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SKILL: Tuck Jump Dismount off Beam
STEP I
Instructions
Start standing on beam. Jump off
beam and lift your arms over your
head.
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Tuck and then extend body.
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1. Do tuck jumps on the floor and/or
trampoline first.
2. Learn a controlled (safety) landing
on the floor and/or trampoline first.
3. This can be done off the end or off
the side of the Beam.
THEME AND VARIATIONS:
1. Jump over animals for Animal
Week, dinosaurs
for Dinosaur
Week, crabs for Beach Week and
snakes for Jungle Week.
II 2. Jump onto shapes, colors, numbers, letters, etc.
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Land on mat on your feet,
target, in control .
TeachingHints
on the
Safety
1. Tell the child to do a controlled landing on the
feet.
2. Have sufficient padding
(8-12 inches).
SPOTTING: I might grasp
the upper arm of cautious
or unpredictable children •
Generally I would not spot
this with 6 year olds and
up.-RDW