Seat landing and swivel hip developments
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can perform a seat landing and explore ways to develop complexity.
Key learning points
- Move: hinging at the hips when hitting the peak of the jump allows time to prepare for the seated position.
- Move: bringing your arms up and over in swivel hips helps create momentum to guide the rotation and stabilise the move.
- Think: awareness to keep the legs straight and forward for an efficient rotation.
- Feel: being in control with good spatial awareness and timing comes from repeated practice and determination.
- Connect: listening carefully to the feedback from others helps nurture friendships.
Keywords
Seat landing - landing on the trampoline in a seated position with your legs extended and hands placed either side
Swivel hips - is a skill where the athlete performs a seat landing, then twists 180 degrees to land back in a seat landing, facing the opposite direction
Axis of rotation - refers to the imaginary line around which a gymnast's body rotates.
Common misconception
Pupils think you need to drop backwards and/or lift the legs upwards to achieve a seated position.
This will lead to being off balance and not allow any progressions from the seat landing. The key to the correct technique is to avoid lifting the legs and jump upwards with a hinge at the hip to then land downwards.
Teacher tip
Using video clips of the seat landing and progressions works really well to develop imagery, as does encouraging the pupils to take some recordings which they can slow down to unpick their strengths and areas of improvement with the technique. Be aware of issues when wearing socks on some surfaces.
Equipment
trampolines, floor mats
Content guidance
Additional qualification required
Risk assessment required - equipment
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which basic shape involves bringing the knees to the chest?
Q2.Which skill rotates around the vertical axis?
Q3.What skill involves using the hands to push a jumper back onto the bed?
Q4.How many bounces are observed in a trampoline routine?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What angle is used to describe the landing section of a seat landing?
Q2.Which body part initiates the push upwards from a seat landing?
Q3.How should the torso appear on a seat landing or swivel hips?
Q4.Which body part should not be lifted at the start of a seat landing?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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