Straight Arm Support, Exercise Balance

Straight arm support is a kind of physical training programme using gymnastic mats, which can well improve students' body balance. In training, teachers should guide students to support their bodies with both hands on the mat, then use one arm to support their bodies, and after one eight-beat period, then exchange the supporting arms and finally resume the two-handed support.

The air track mat is flexible and helps students to awaken their arm strength and gain a better control of their balance.

The straight arm support

In the low version of the straight arm support, students need to straighten their arms and control their stability. In the 'advanced' version, teachers need to take into account the students' physical weaknesses and make adjustments to the movement. For example, some students have a lack of arm strength, so teachers should take this into account by allowing students to slightly bend their supporting arm during the one-armed support. Other students do not have enough flexibility in their joints.

To design their own individual movements
To address this, teachers can ask students to hold a softball in their other arm while supporting with one arm and do a softball around the shoulder. This way, the straight-arm support is more flexible and the right remedy for the problem. Alternatively, teachers can encourage students to design their own individual movements and try to make them more difficult for themselves. For example, one student suggested, "It would be a better test of balance if you could lift one foot at the same time during a one-armed support."

Ending
When guiding students through the straight-arm support, teachers should take into account the students' physical balance and develop more difficult exercises for students with better balance to improve the efficiency of the training. If students are interested, teachers can also encourage them to design their own training programmes and personalize their training from Kameymall.