Deck 21: Transferring Weight and Rolling

Question 1

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

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

A) precontrol level of skill development.
B) control level of skill development.
C) utilization level of skill development.
D) proficiency level of skill development.
E) both control level of skill development and utilization level of skill development.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

A) transferring weight from feet to hands.
B) transferring weight onto and off equipment using different body parts.
C) transferring weight following step-to-spring takeoffs.
D) vaulting over apparatus.
E) transferring onto a low apparatus.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

"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?

A) cartwheel
B) roundoff
C) forward roll into a backward roll
D) back handspring
E) spring/step takeoff

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

A) balancing.
B) jumping and landing.
C) traveling.
D) chasing,fleeing,and dodging.
E) kicking and punting.

Question 7

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

A) precontrol level of skill development.
B) control level of skill development.
C) utilization level of skill development.
D) proficiency level of skill development.
E) both precontrol level of skill development.and control level of skill development.

Question 8

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

Question 9

"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.

Question 10

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.