KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Vaulting with control and creativity
Gymnastics: body control and paired sequences
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Your learning goal
I can vault with control and creativity.
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Vaulting with control and creativity: 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 vault with control and creativity.
Key learning points
- Move: when vaulting, your push off needs to be strong and explosive to drive the body upwards.
- Move: when landing keep your arms out to the side or slightly in front to help with balance and control.
- Think: a faster run-up generates more power and height, providing extra time to complete more creative vaults.
- Feel: running fast at the springboard can be scary, but it leads to success, a sense of achievement and a better vault
- Connect: supporting others to build confidence in attempting the vault will also help you develop your own confidence.
Words to know
- vault
- an activity in gymnastics where you run towards a springboard and jump on to or over a vaulting table performing various movements before landing on a mat
- lannding
- touching the ground after performing a skill e.g. jump or dismount
- box top
- a piece of apparatus used for vaulting with a flat or slightly rounded surface to jump over or on to
Common mistakes
Pupils fear running at speed to jump on to the springboard or are reluctant to jump on to a vault/box top. Pupils have poor technique on the springboard. Pupils fear straddling the box.
Build confidence by breaking the skill down. Practise without the box top or with a lower box gradually increasing height. Develop good foot positioning on the springboard before adding in the box top. Pupils could straddle on to the box first.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It is a good idea to approach vaulting lessons with 'stations' so you can provide lots of choice for pupils. Provide apparatus at different heights with some stations where there is no run up so you have an inclusive environment where everyone can achieve.