Boys Activities = 15

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Divide the class into small squads to increase participation.
Place each squad either sitting or standins alone the side
of the mate /

Forward Roll

From a stand, bend forward, bend knees, and place hands on mat.
Duck head between legs, roll forward, on back of neck and
shoulders, grasping kmees. Come to a stand.

snculdar Toll

Turn slisnaly vo the right, place hands on the mat to left.

Roll forward on the left shoulder, pulling the left arm in to
the chest; rolling on the back and up to the feet.

   

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Backward Poll

From a ste nd, lean forward, fall backward to a seat, roll

backward, placing hands on the mat over the shoulders, and

and at the sane time drawing the knees to the chest. -Push

Orr with the hends, and foli-to a stand,

Dive Roll

Same as Forward Roll, preceded by a short dive, froma stand
take off from both feet, stretching arms forward, dive and roll.
Do the same from o running start.

Cartwheel

From a run, make a quarter turn left, placing right foot side-
ward, risht arm upward, throw the weight on the right foot,
placing the right hand on the mat. Raise the left leg up, at
the same time placing the left hand on the mat, arms and legs
spread. Bring the left foot to the mat as the right hand is

raised. Follow through to a stand.

cad Spring ;
From a run, shift weight onto risht foot, raise left leg forward
and arms overhead. . Swing the left foot down, bend at the waist,
swing hands to the mat, placing head on mat between hands. Follow
through, swinging right lez overhead, push up with the hands, arch
the back, snapping to a stand.

Hand Spring
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Same as Head Spring except that the head does not touch the mat.

Supplementary Activities

 

ae Jump from heights.
Use any available apparatus or platform. Begin ata
height of about 4 feet, increase the hcoight gradually
as sxill improves. Break the fall by landing on the
balls. of the. feet,