Instructions
Saucer
- Lay flat on the floor
- Lift your shoulders, head and legs off the floor
Cup
- Bring your knees towards your chest
- Balance on bottom
Questions
- How long can you hold each position?
- Which shape is easier to balance in?
- Can you move from one shape to the other?
Further Teaching Points
Cup
- Show Angry Cat chest, rounded back, chest in, feet stretched
Saucer
- Lay flat on the floor
- Lift your shoulders, head and legs off the floor
Body Conditioning
Improves
- Posture awareness
- Core stability
- Strength of stomach
Adapting the activity
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Enable
- Practise Tuck position
- Practise Cup with hands on floor
- Extend to Dish position with hands to stabilise
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Challenge
- Spin Cup
- Move from Cup to Saucer back to Cup
- Roll Saucer all the way over