Instructions
- Hands and feet on the floor.
- Tummy facing up, push it up to the ceiling
- Be as still as you can
- Hands and feet on the floor, tummy facing down, bottom high
Questions
- How many different directions can you move in?
- Can you spin the Crab?
Further Teaching Points
Scorpion
- Angry Cat shape
- Hands should be flat, legs and arms should be together and straight
- To move, keep bottom high and use opposite hand and foot, keeping bottom high
Crab
- Hands and feet should be flat on the floor
- Arms straight, legs bent
- Try to keep the tummy up while moving, using opposite hand and opposite foot
Body Conditioning
Improves
- Strength of stomach, shoulders, arms and wrists
- Flexibility of shoulders and hips/back
- Stamina if used as a game
Adapting the activity
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Enable
- Freeze Crab with bottom on floor or slightly off
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Challenge
- Extend hips upwards as far as possible
- Move positions forwards or backwards
- Move positions sideways
- Move from Scorpion to Crab (spin over)