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Roll backwards into Puck Shoulder Stand

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Instructions

• Start in Tuck position
• Roll backwards keeping Angry Cat back
• Roll into Shoulder Puck shape Shoulder Balance • Put your hands on your hips to support you
• Roll back to starting position

Questions

• Are your knees together all the time?
• Have you got an Angry Cat back throughout the action?

• How long can you hold this balance for?

Body Conditioning

•Balance

• Flexibility

•Core stability*

• Posture

If you can

  1. • Perform Rolling Backwards into Puck Shoulder Stand, demonstrating a clear shape, good body tension and control• Effectively, fluently and efficiently include Rolling Backwards into Puck Shoulder Stand in your sequence work

    You can now try Roll Over One Shoulder

Adapting the activity

  • Enable

    • Shoulder Stand

    • Puck shape

    • Rocking and Rolling

  • Challenge

    • • Perform the action without using your hands to support (see Module 2 Shoulder Stand)
    • Vary your leg position once in your shoulder stand
    • Make a symmetrical/asymmetrical shape with your legs
    • Explore different ways of exiting your Shoulder Stand
    • Perform rocking backwards into Puck Shoulder Stand on apparatus