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Jump (Horizontal) Good jumpers can play:
Good jumpers:
Basketball
Volleyball
1. Reach their arms back. 3. Explode off the floor 4. Land on their with both feet! Push heels, with both 2. Bend their knees (it’s like pushing down on a coiled spring ).
off with their toes and swing their arms upward. Soar like Superman!
Try a Rhyme
Good jumpers coordinate the arm and spring action for power. Swing your arms up as you spring off the floor for a powerful jump.
to help get the rhythm Diving
Skipping
Helpers Say: “Try two or three swings to get a rhythm before you take off.” “I can’t believe you can jump so far!”
feet at the same time, shoulder width apart.
“Swing my arms and bend my knees and like a rocket... one, two, three!”
It’s fun to jump! H
the length of your body - lie down, have a partner mark the distance from head to foot try to jump that distance.
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try to jump from one sidewalk crack to another
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continuously for different distances like a frog jumping away different heights short and high long and low
short
long short