Balance Pose Challenge
Balance pose challenge: students hold balance poses alone, in pairs and in small groups, improving stability and body control.
How to play
- Demonstrate simple balance poses: stork, airplane, tree.
- Students hold each pose for 10 seconds.
- In pairs, create a pose with only three points touching the floor between them.
- In groups of four, create a pose with five points touching the floor.
Rules
- Mats for floor poses.
- Hold only as long as it is safe.
Variations
Easier
Simple individual poses.
Standard
Partner poses.
Harder
Group poses with fewer support points.
Adaptations
- Limited mobility: seated balance.
- Balance difficulties: hold a wall.
Learning goals
- Improve static balance.
- Cooperate to solve challenges.
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