Instructions
- Sit on floor in Pike position
- Hands by your side, fingers pointing towards feet
- Push hips to ceiling
- Keep body in straight line
- Show good body tension
Further Teaching Points
- Trap the Mouse
- Hands shoulder-width apart
- Wrists below shoulders
Body Conditioning
Improves
- Posture
- Strength of back, upper body and wrists
- Shoulder flexibility
- Core stability
Adapting the activity
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Enable
- Practise Crab
- Practise Trap the Mouse
- Practise Drawbridges
- Spinning Crabs
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Challenge
- Lift one leg off the floor
- Back support with arch shape
- Turning to front support keeping legs and backs straight