Landing on Hands – Falling Forwards

Learning Outcomes

Description Of Activity

Movement skills/concepts

Falling to land on front support and awareness of the body in personal and general space.

Set-up

Variety of landing surfaces, crash pad, mats. Children are freely spaced.

Activity

Children practice the following activities:

• from kneeling, put your ï¬ngertips on the ground, then, by pressing down, ‘squeeze’ the water out of an imaginary sponge
• from crouching, fall forwards and stop before your stomach touches the ground
• try the above on varied landing surfaces, over elastic or flexi cord
• from standing, fall forwards like a tree being felled, dominoes (group), a wave at the beach,
• play ‘Timber Tag’ in a deï¬ned area with several taggers – when a player is tagged, they fall forwards calling ‘Timber’ and become the new

Can you see …?

• bending of ï¬ngers, palms, heels of hand, then elbows
• ï¬ngers slightly inwards, hands flat
• straight back, tightened tummy

You could ask …

How do you feel about falling forwards? What do you need to do to land safely on your hands/arms? COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.

Equipment/Material Required