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Demonstrate And Explain The Important Skills Of Whole Class Participation

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o Teacher to demonstrate and explain all important skills needed to perform a kick. o Teacher to explain and run through activities with whole class participation. Students in lines, with plenty of space.
1. developing good posture o Move students into line, using gymnasium floor markings and coloured cones (Diagram 1) o Teacher to lead discussion about students prior knowledge of kicks used in a multitude of different sports. o Lead discussion onto the safety procedures that need to be follow when performing kicks. o Allow students to follow along to feel the difference if kicking with good/bad posture. o Use the ‘puppet string’ example. o Remind to suck in stomach (tighten your core), tense gluteus, chin up (not out) and shoulders relaxed. This stance should become automatic …show more content…

Put emphasis on pointed toes (dancing is neat and precise, not messy).
• Explain it is not the height or the velocity of a kick which makes it good, but how straight ones leg is, their posture and pointed toe. Flexibility is something that comes with practice and dedication.
• Teacher to demonstrate to each side and backwards (explain ‘the reach’ for balance), then whole class participation (Diagram 4).
Kicking activity;
• Separate the class into four groups using coloured cones. When each child is given a colour, eye contact must be made and one everyone has a colour they may move into the groups (Diagram 5).
• Using music as a motivator the students will then take turns in a straight line of four kicking forward to the rhythm down the gymnasium (Diagram 6).
• Once each child has taken a minimum of two turns, a new activity is introduced.
• Students will move down the gymnasium kicking forward, sideways, backwards and then switch the movement to the opposite leg. Teacher assistance/ guidance will be needed for this slightly more challenging task. Focus questions: o What type of sports use the skill

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