Forward roll
First level of variability
Forward roll-rocking on the back
● Starting position: Lying on the back, knees bent, hands clasped under the knees.
● Movement: Rocking back and forth.
Forward roll-Transition from rocking on the back to standing on feet
● Starting position: Lying on the back, knees bent, hands under the knees.
● Movement: Rocking on the back, moving forward to a squat position on the whole feet, straightening up.
STAND ON ONE LEG WITH FREE LEG IN BACKWARD HOLD
Starting Position: Stand on both feet, hands on hips.
- Movement: Extend one leg backward and lift it.
- Position: Stand on one leg, back leg extended with either the left or right leg, hands on hips.
Forward roll down a slope
● Starting position: Squat support position at the start of the slope.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower the hands to the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back to a squat position. Straighten up.
● Final position: Standing
Assistance: We kneel beside the person, tuck one of their arms under their head for safety, guide the other arm across the hips and over the head, and assist them in rolling forward over the neck and shoulders.
Second level of variability
Forward roll
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back to a squat. Straighten up.
● Final position: Standing
Assistance: Kneel beside, tuck their arm under head, guide other arm over, support hips, gently assist roll over neck and shoulders.
Forward roll with strudlle support
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back with legs apart, into a straddle support position. End in a straddle standing position.
● Final position: Straddle standing position
Forward roll with strudlle support-frontal view
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back with legs apart, into a straddle support position. End in a straddle standing position.
● Final position: Straddle standing position
Connected forward rolls
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back to a squat. Repeat the movement.
● Final position: Standing
Third level of variability
Forward roll without hands
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, spread the arms, then slowly lower onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back to a squat. Straighten up.
● Final position: Standing
Forward roll onto the vaulting box
● Starting position: Standing
● Movement: Run-up, a two-footed push from the springboard with hands supported on the chest, raising the hips high, tucking the head, and softly lowering onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back to a squat. Straighten up.
● Final position: Standing
Assistance: Stand beside, guide jumper’s hands to box, support at hips and back, assist smooth roll over shoulders onto vaulting box.
Hecht roll
● Starting position: Standing
● Movement: Run-up, performing a two-footed jump and simultaneous swing to forward arm position. At the highest point of the jump, slightly bend forward, head slightly tilted back, looking toward the ground for hand placement. After hand contact with the ground, bend the arms, tuck the head, cushion the descent onto the back of the head, and roll onto the back to a squat. Straighten up.
● Final position: Standing
Forward roll on gymnastic equipment: low beam, high beam
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower onto the neck and shoulders, reposition hands below the beam, and roll with a curved back to straddle support and then to sitting straddle.
● Final position: Seated straddle support position in front.
Forward roll in stradlle on gymnastic beam
● Gymnastic equipment: Bench, low beam, high beam.
● Starting position: Squat support position in front.
● Movement: Transition from the squat support, followed by a push with the legs. Raise the hips high, tuck the head, and softly lower onto the neck and shoulders, rolling on the curved back to a squat. Straighten up.
● Final position: Standing
Assistance: Stand beside beam, guide hands to beam, support at hips, stabilize legs in straddle, assist controlled roll over shoulders safely.