Practice In PE Class With Mini Air Track Mats (Part 1)

The folding mat is a common piece of PE equipment. With the improvement of teachers' professionalism and the emphasis on equipment and research, the functions of the mat have been developed and utilised, not only to achieve 'multiple uses', but also to 'one thing at a time'. As long as every teacher is willing to use their brains and be creative, the small gymnastics mats will play a big role in bringing the PE classroom to life.

Small mats are plentiful, foldable, flexible and portable and can be used to great effect if used wisely in the classroom. For example, the mini air track mat can be used to practice the high jump. Let's take some examples.

Basic exercises

In a group of 2 students, one student holds the mat horizontally with both hands, while the other student does a jump with the left leg up and then kicks the mat with the right leg straight up while the left leg swings up to do the kick, i.e. two kicks with the straight leg. This action allows the practitioner to intuitively feel the feeling of the feet "kicking the mat", which can better prevent the students from kicking their legs out of place, bending their legs, or even bending their legs backwards when jumping across the high jump, thus allowing the students to directly understand the correct action of the legs on the bar, and also allowing them to feel the height of the kick.
When practising, 2 students should work well together, the student holding the mat should hold the height well and the student kicking the mat should be on point and not use too much force to prevent danger.

Auxiliary exercises

In order to reduce the fear of beginners and to clarify the jumping and swinging legs and the movement over the bar, when teaching the high jump, a gymnastics mat can be folded upside down into a triangle and a long pole can be set up with one end in the middle crease and the other end touching the ground. Beginners use this to practice crossing the bar in situ or with a few steps. This method can also be used to correct incorrect jumping and swinging leg movements and bar crossings that beginners make during practice.

Recommendations

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