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Locomotion

A locomotion skill is moving from one spot to another.



3 Categories of Locomotion are:
Locomotion’s on feet – moving
Locomotion’s in hung – shoulders are below base of support
Locomotion’s in support – shoulders are above base of support

Teaching Progressions
- Start with individual locomotors movement
- Progress to partner locomotion movement
- Use music to encourage different movement
- Use locomotors skills during warm up and activities

Key Teaching Points
Locomotion’s Examples Diagrams
Locomotion’s on feet • Running
• Skipping
• Walking
• Hopping
• Side stepping
Locomotion’s in • Monkey walk
hung variations



Locomotion’s in • Bear walks
support • Crab walks
• Cartwheels



Examples
Cartwheel
Key Teaching Points Common Errors Diagram
• Left Cartwheel – left • Step back
foot in front • Arched back
• Right Cartwheel –
right foot in front
• Pointed toes
• Straight legs
• Open hips

Scissor Leap
Key Teaching Points Common Errors Diagram
• Hands on hips • Bent legs
• Straight legs • Two foot
• One foot take off landing
• One foot landing


Forward Roll
Key Teaching Points Common Errors Diagram
• Start with straight • Dropping
legs, bending at the shoulders
hips • Chin isn’t
• Tuck chin to chest tucked
• Keep knees and • Knees and feet
tucked to chest are not together





Practical Applications of Locomotion
• Locomotion can be done with a partner
• Motivate and add interest with music
• Add variety by changing rhythm, levels and speed
• When locomotion’s have been mastered on the floor, they can be taken up
onto apparatus
• Revise locomotion’s during warm up
• Use various locomotion’s to move around stations in a circuit
• Use animal walks in relays

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