Jumping and Landing

Focus:	Jumping and Landing
Subfocus:	Balance, Momentum, Center of Gravity, Base of Support
Objective:	Children will demonstrate the ability to swing their arms for height on the takeoff and bend their knees to cushion the landing (on two feet - jump).
Equipment:	poly spots to specify personal space
Org/Management:	scattered formation
Introduction:	Today we are going to work on jumping and landing. Stay in your own personal space.

Content Development:

Task:	Explore all the different ways you can jump and land with two feet.
Engaging:	What do you need to do to have a soft and safe landing?
Tasks:	Try to land very quietly Try to land with feet together - Try four in a row Try to land with feet wide - Try four in a row Try to land with feet in stride position - Try four in a row Find a new way to land with two feet
Cues:	Bend your knees when you land.
Engaging:	If you perform the sequence - together, wide, stride - How many times are you jumping? If you add four more of your own - how many now?
Task:	This time as your jump land on two feet - keep your hands up in the air overhead. Now try the jump bringing your arms from your legs up as you takeoff. Try again. This time reach behind you and swing your arms up as you takeoff.
Cues:	Swing both arms - hard!
Engaging:	Which arm position helped you jump higher? Why
Task:	Run and jump. Take off from one (or two feet) and land on two feet. See how high you can jump.
Cues:	Swing your arms as you get ready to take off. Bend your knees when you land.
Challenges:	See if you can make a shape while in the air then land softly keeping your balance.
Engaging:	Work with a partner and see if you can copy their shape in the air. They will count to five to see if you land in a controlled manner and can stay balanced.
Closure:	What can you tell me about jumping? Landing? In what sports would you need to jump and land?
Evaluation:	Do the students use their arms on the takeoff? Do they bend their knees as the land?