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Activity 1

Practice the flexibility exercises you have learnt
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Exercise 1

1. What is the importance of circuit exercise to you?

2. Which games will this exercise help you play?

Balloon balance

It is an exercise that requires the participant to throw a balloon in
the air and prevent it from falling by using various parts of the body.
Body parts such as the head, shoulders, chest, hands, knees and
feet can be used to make the balloon stay in the air. This exercise
helps to improve body coordination.

Tools:

1. Balloons; and

2. Cones.

How to practise:

1. Prepare your body by running slowly and stretching the legs,
shoulders and waist;

2. In the open area, set the boundaries of the playing area;

3. Fill the balloon with air;

4. Hold balloon and enter the playing area; and

5. Throw balloon in the air and prevent it from falling by using your
hands as shown in Figure 8, feet, head, chest and knees.

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