Ashley Lewis What is weight transfer Shifting body weight to and from different body parts Locomotion is weight transfer Most common form of weight transfer is foot to foot Practical Examples ID: 511783
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Transferring Weight
Ashley LewisSlide2
What is weight transfer?
Shifting body weight to and from different body parts.
Locomotion is weight transfer.
Most common form of weight transfer is foot to foot.Slide3
Practical Examples
Gymnastics
ATHLETICS
A gymnast uses weight transfer by performing a walkover.
Rolling is another important weight transfer
In soccer a athlete uses weight transfer to fake out a opponent and dribble around them.Slide4
Importance of Weight Transfer
Helps students gain control
of their
bodies as they transfer weight to different body parts.
Knowing weight transfer will help students travel any way they want.
Walking, running, leaping, rolling, stepping, springing, and sliding are all transferring weight!Slide5
Importance of Weight Transfer
In
Physical education
Outside of physical education
Understand how to control your bodies as you move
Knowing how to transfer weight will help students safety complete tasks
Understand transferring weight deals with all types of locomotion Slide6
Infants
Infants use weight transfer by shifting weight from side to side at the beginning stages of crawling.Slide7
Gymnastics
Cartwheels transfer weight from feet to hands.Slide8
Dancing
The dancer is transferring weight from her feet to her knees.Slide9
Power walking
Transferring weight from feet to feet
as you walk.Slide10
Track
Transferring weight from feet to feet over a hurdle.Slide11
Progression
Precontrol Level: Activities are done in this level for the exploration of transferring weight to different body parts
Locomotor
actions
Transferring weight to hands momentarilySlide12
Progression
Control Level: Children learn how to transfer weight to specific body parts
Transferring weight with a rolling action
Transferring off low apparatusSlide13
Progression
Utilization Level: Learn how to transfer weight for a longer period of time and in combinations with stretching, curling, and twisting.
Transferring weight onto parallel bars
Transferring weight to hands and forming a bridgeSlide14
Progression
Proficiency Level: Focuses on increasing distance from weight transfer
Dismounting from a apparatus
Hands-only vaultingSlide15
Reference
Graham, G., Holt, S., & Parker, M. (2010).
Children moving: A reflective approach to teaching physical education
. (8 ed., pp. 400-416). New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies.