• Sit on your bottom with your hands flat on the floor behind you,
as if you are going to lift your hips into a back support position
• Lean backwards to take your weight onto your hands
• Trap the Mouse
• Bend your knees, keeping your feet on the floor to make the letter M
with your body
• Then lift your feet up as far as you can, trying to keep your legs straight
Instructions
• Sit on your bottom with your hands flat on the floor behind you,
as if you are going to lift your hips into a back support position
• Lean backwards to take your weight onto your hands
• Trap the Mouse
• Bend your knees, keeping your feet on the floor to make the letter M
with your body
• Then lift your feet up as far as you can, trying to keep your legs straight
Questions
• Which games have you played before that will help
you perform this activity?
Adapting the activity
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Enable
• Practise sitting Pike position
• Practise V Sit but lean back onto lower arms to take more weight
– make sure you are Trapping the Mouse
• Practise lifting one leg at a time -
Challenge
• Try to take your hands away so that you balance on just your bottom
• Play V Sits and Saucers, replacing the cup with a V Sit