Same, different, both: standing triple jump
Ready when: Hop, step, jump and land (b2) done.
What you are learning
The order of the triple jump: a hop (land on the same foot), a step (land on the other foot), and a jump (land on both feet): "same, different, both". It is done from standing and kept short, because the landings are hard on young legs.
Words on this card Run-up, Take-off, Pit, Triple jump
- Run-up
- The run before a jump or throw.
- Take-off
- The moment the foot leaves the ground to jump.
- Pit
- The sand landing area for long and triple jump.
- Triple jump
- A hop, a step and a jump, one after the other: "same, different, both".
Set up
A take-off line and a soft landing; chalk to mark.
Weather: dry ground
Show it first for the one teaching
- Stand at the line on one foot.
- Hop forward and land on the same foot: "same".
- Step forward onto the other foot: "different".
- Jump and land on both feet: "both". Swing the arms forward on each part.
Your part while they practise
Say "same, different, both" as the child goes; mark the landing.
Step by step
- From standing, hop: land on the same foot.
- Step: land on the other foot.
- Jump: land on both feet.
- Swing the arms back to take off and forward through each part.
How much: 5 starting on each foot, with no long run-up 8 min a session 1 day a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Beat your mark
Measure to the landing mark nearest the line and try to pass it.
Who plays: 1 or more, each against their own mark.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Each player has 5 jumps
- Mark each landing and measure to the mark nearest the line
- The longest jump done in the right order is your mark for next time
- Fair play
- Each player is measured against their own mark.
- Points
- 1 point for each jump done in the right order with a two-foot landing.
- Fouls
- The jump does not count
- The feet go in the wrong order
- A run-up
- Landing on one foot at the end
- Winning
- The longest jump done in the right order. On your own, beat your mark from last time.
- 3 jumps for 1 star
- 4 jumps for 2 stars
- 5 jumps for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Say the words and walk it first.
Add a 3-step run-up later.
What you will see, and what to say
- the first hop is long and the rest short
Three equal jumps
Save some push for the step and the jump. - the child changes legs too early
Same, different, both
Say it aloud while jumping.
Self-check
5 jumps in a row in the right order, landing on both feet.
Stop and get a coach when
Heel or shin pain; before a run-up triple jump.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains the triple jump order, equal phases, single-leg landing.
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