Instructions
- Feet apart
- Keep your hands on the tops of your legs
- Bend your knees and jump high in the air; bend your knees when you land
- Keep upright with your back straight
Questions
- How high can you hop?
- Can you hop sideways or backwards?
Further Teaching Points
- Angry Cat shape
- Keep hands on thighs all the way through the movement
- Aim to keep legs straight in the air, stretch the feet
- Controlled landings with bent knees
- Start and finish in the same position
Body Conditioning
- Develops safe landing and lifting techniques
Improves
- Posture
- Strength of legs
- Stamina
Adapting the activity
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Enable
- Hold landing position
- Use arms to assist with jump
- Only hop once, pause, try again
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Challenge
- Hop higher each time
- Hop sideways
- Hop backwards