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Enhance your dance and gymnastics skills with a range of conditioning exercises including cardiovascular routines, jumping, squat thrusts, jump rope, and more. Improve strength with push-ups, pull-ups, crunches, and flexibility with splits and backbends. Develop coordination, balance, and explosive power with various drills and exercises catered for dancers and gymnasts.
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PED 246: Methods and Techniques of Dance and Gymnastics Chapter 3 Conditioning
Cardiovascular Exercises Jumping Jacks Running Squat Thrusts Jump Rope Locomotor Skills
Strength • Push-upd • Pull-ups • Crunches • Leg Lifts • Leg tucks and extensions • Dips • Casts – push away from bar and swing back
Flexibility • Splits • Partner splits • Hold leg up while standing • Hands down, 1 foot up • Pull to split position • Lower back • Laying on stomach, raise head • Laying on stomach, raise legs • Backbends • Knees to nose • Trunk Stretch • Ankle stretch
Coordination • Jumping Jacks • Jumping Jack variations • Leg to side • Leg forward • Walking up back stand • Swan • On belly, lift arm, or leg, or combo • Arm Circles
Balance • Leg Lift – Keep leg straight • V-Seat • Holding positions • On one leg, other leg back, body forward • Lots of variations • Handstands
Plyometric / Explosive Power • Frog Jump • Standing long jump • Sideways long jump • Tuck Jumps • Jump ups (onto something) and back down