Hop Card Nine – Skill components (Introductory components marked in bold) Equipment Support leg bends on landing, then straightens to push off. Skipping ropes Lands and pushes off on the ball of the foot. Balloons Non-support leg bent and swings in rhythm with the support leg. Markers Head stable, eyes focused forward throughout the jump. Arms bent and swing forward as support leg pushes off. Warm Up Climb the ladder Students sit in a line facing a partner with their legs stretched out and their feet touching. Make sure there is a gap between each pair of students and give each pair a number. Call out a number and the pair of students with that number stand, run to the end of the ladder and hop over the other (rungs). When they finish they run back to their spot and the next number is called out. students’ legs
Hop – Card Nine Skill components (Introductory components marked in bold) Support leg bends on landing, then straightens to push off. Lands and pushes off on the ball of the foot. Non-support leg bent and swings in rhythm with the support leg. Head stable, eyes focused forward throughout the jump. Arms bent and swing forward as support leg pushes off. Equipment Skipping ropes Balloons Markers Warm Up Climb the ladder Students sit in a line facing a partner with their legs stretched out and their feet touching. Make sure there is a gap between each pair of students and give each pair a number. Call out a number and the pair of students with that number stand, run to the end of the ladder and hop over the other students’ legs (rungs). When they finish they run back to their spot and the next number is called out.
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