KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Front landing development
Gymnastics: technique, body control and constructive feedback in trampolining
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Your learning goal
I can perform forward progressions culminating in a safe front landing.
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Front landing development: 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 perform forward progressions culminating in a safe front landing.
Key learning points
- Move: pushing a safety mat requires strength and good body control.
- Move: positioning the arms and hands in a diamond shape and landing flat on your front will help to absorb the impact.
- Think: visualising the hips landing on the cross in the drop position will support achieving the correct body shape.
- Feel: being calm will support a relaxed and controlled jump with fluid movements reducing the risk of injury.
- Connect: using sensitivity when recognising and articulating flaws in the technique of others.
Words to know
- front landing
- when you jump and land on your stomach, with legs extended and arms in a triangle shape, then bounce back up
- relaxed
- feeling calm and free from tension
- fluency
- the ability to perform a task smoothly and effortlessly, with ease and accuracy, often referring to movement or skill proficiency
- push on mat
- also referred to as spotting mats which support confidence to learn new moves with a softer landing
Common mistakes
Pupils think you need to dive from a straight forward position to land in a front landing position.
The hips should land in the same position as the take off for the front landing. This means the hips need to lift and move backwards slightly to initiate the forward movement.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Pupils working within their capabilities is vital for engagement and being safe. Although this is a front landing lesson, it can be branded as a 'landing' lesson and pupils can continue to develop the seat landing. Remain aware of possible issues when wearing socks on some surfaces.