Instructions
- Pupils move around the hall using any body schooling walking activity
- A small number of pupils work as shape changers, these pupils agree to work as hard and as fast as they can
- On tagging pupils the shape changer calls a number from 1 to 6 and the tagged pupil must then hold a point balance of that number; for example, if the shape changer calls ‘4’, the tagged pupil must then hold a 4-point balance
- The tagged pupils holds that balance for five seconds when they must begin ‘walking’ again.
Questions
• How many body schooling walking activities can you name?
• What name can you give to any of your 4-point balances?
Body Conditioning
• Strength*
• Core stability
• Body tension*
• Co-ordinatio
Adapting the activity
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Enable
- Practise body schooling walking actions – foxes, scorpions, camels, crabs, caterpillars
- Perform specific walking activity chosen by teacher/pupils
- Perform a specific numbered point balance and discuss how you could balance using that number
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Challenge
• Encourage shape changers to set targets for the number
of people they are going to tag in a certain time limit
• Encourage pupils to move in all directions
• Try to hold semi-inverted balances with your head below your hips