KS2 · Physical education · Year 6
Contact work: counter balances
Dance: the power of unity
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Your learning goal
I can collaborate with a partner/group to counter their weight safely.
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Contact work: counter balances: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can collaborate with a partner/group to counter their weight safely.
Key learning points
- Move: controlling the force applied to an action will lead to successful counter balances and counter tension balances.
- Think: exploring alternative ways of creating counter balances and counter tension balances involves decision making.
- Feel: careful planning of counter balances and counter tension balances demonstrates responsibility.
- Connect: all types of counter balances and counter tension balances require careful collaboration.
Words to know
- contact work
- a choreographic relationship that involves touch
- counter balance
- equalling the weight of others by using a pushing force
- counter tension balance
- equalling the weight of others by using a pulling force
Common mistakes
Counter balances should always involve pushing against our partner's hands.
We often start by connecting using our hands. Once skilled at countering our partner, we can find different points of connection or use different levels or directions to make our combined shapes more interesting and creative.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Pair pupils so that they are of a similar height and build.