Exam 21: Transferring Weight and Rolling

Massed (all at once),rather than distributed (over a period of days/weeks)practice of more complex weight transference tasks is needed since most gymnastics-type tasks can be learned in one or two 30-minute lessons.

"While you are balancing in an inverted position on your hands,bring your feet together,twist a half turn,and bring your feet down quickly to face the opposite direction," would produce which of the following gymnastics stunts?

Traveling activities on body parts other than their feet are weight transference activities appropriate for children at the

Children need to be only at the control level of weight transference in order to successfully perform most club gymnastics activities.

"Strong muscles" is an important cue in weight transference to encourage children to concentrate on strong arms and shoulders when transferring weight to hands to avoid collapse.

Another skill theme that is probably most closely related to successful weight transference is

Transferring weight at the utilization/proficiency levels is more important in games situations than it is in dance or gymnastics activities.

Children at the control level of transferring weight are ready for all of the following activities except

Transferring weight on bars and onto and off of other large apparatus are activities appropriate for children at the

Performing a layout with a full-body twist is an example of transferring weight in its most complex form.