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Womens Artistic - L2 Module

Dance and choreography

Head, foot and arm positions, and good posture in classical dance

Ballet barre elements including: demi plie, full plie, battement tendu and grande battlement

Dance elements including: chasse, split leaps and pirouettes/turns

Vault skills:

Run up and take off, landing drills Â¾ somersault to back onto a safe landing

Handspring to back lie and handspring vault

Jumps and landings from platforms of varying height, taking due care and attention of the age and stage of development of the participants. Jumps to include previously learned body shapes moving forwards and backwards

Bar Skills

Clear hip circle backwards

clear hip circle to float; short and float upstarts

upstart to handstand

cast to handstand in undergrasp and overgrasp

stoop and straddle sole circle

High Bar Skills

Various types of handgrip; body shaping (arch to dish)

traversing along the bar

cast from hang into basic swing (trolley swing)

correct dismounting technique; recovery skills

Squat on low bar jump to hang/swing on high bar

Polished bar skills

Shaped swings with amplitude towards the vertical and supported swings passing over the bar in gloves and loops; forwards and backwards giants in gloves and loops

Undershoot from front support

undershoot from straddle/stoop on

Beam Skills

Adaptations for hands, feet and transferring skills from floor to beam:

Walk runs and pivots

Changing level: from sit to stand, astride sit, swing to squat on

Handstand on beam - cross and side positions

Basic skills on beam, cartwheel, forwards and backwards walkovers, lunge shape for landing

Â¾ turn to backwards somersault dismount

Floor Skills

Static elements and advanced levers

Development of sideways/forwards splits and japana

japana through side splits to front prone lying

Straddle lift to handstand

backwards roll to front support

backwards roll to handstand with straight arms

Dynamic movements

Flighted forwards roll

Handspring combinations

running forwards somersault tucked

Physical Preparation

Jumps and leaps for beam and floor skills

Stretched jump with turn leading to 2/1 turn

Split, stag, tuck, 1/1 straddle and W jumps

Straddle jump with 1/1 turn

Up to 1/1 spins

Using lines to aid dance and basic element training

Using beam to develop balance

Correct body alignment

Rebound

The safe use of the rebound situation as an aid to teaching gymnastics elements listed in the syllabus. The level 2 coach must demonstrate proficiency in the following topics:

in the erection, use, dismantling and storing of rebound equipment including the trampette and trampoline. Safety in the use of elastic rebound equipment, including fast track, air track, trampette and trampoline as an aid to teaching gymnastics skills within the syllabus

introduction to correct techniques for front drop; seat drop; back drop; jumps with half and full turn and combinations of these skills as core elements for the teaching of gymnastic elements

Polished bar skills

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