Partner Forces and Body Tension in Gymnastics
Gymnastics
•Year 7
•6 Lessons
This unit develops students' understanding of how bodies work together in gymnastics through counter-balance and counter-tension principles. Moving from individual control to collaborative sequences, students explore the physics of partnership - learning to trust, communicate, and create impressive balanced shapes through opposing forces. The progression from solo mastery to group creativity builds both technical skill and essential social competencies.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can you use body tension and control to create perfectly balanced shapes on different combinations of body parts?
Key Objectives:
- • Link skills to perform actions and sequences of movement with control
- • Evaluate the work of others using correct technical language
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use push and pull forces to create balanced partnerships in movement?
Key Objectives:
- • Evaluate partner work using accurate technical language for gymnastics
- • Perform a range of symmetrical and asymmetrical counter-balances at different levels
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we use push and pull forces to create perfectly balanced sequences that flow smoothly between different levels?
Key Objectives:
- • Understand and apply push and pull forces to perform various counter-balances with a partner
- • Link counter-balances with travelling movements to create smooth sequences at different levels
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we use our body weight in opposition with a partner to create impressive gymnastic sequences?
Key Objectives:
- • Link gymnastic skills to perform fluid sequences of movement with precision and control
- • Work collaboratively with a partner to perform symmetrical counter tension balances on a variety of body parts
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we use our body weight and our partner's body weight to create beautiful balanced sequences at different levels?
Key Objectives:
- • Evaluate partner work using correct technical gymnastics terminology
- • Perform sequences in canon linking asymmetrical counter balances at different levels
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we use our body weight in opposition with others to create impressive group gymnastics sequences?
Key Objectives:
- • To work collaboratively in groups to perform asymmetrical counter-balances in sequences using canon or unison
- • To challenge yourself to improve technical execution and creativity in group gymnastics work