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90 Degree push-up
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Student's hands are
too close together or too far apart. Students are unable
to make their body straight in the "hands and toes"
starting position. Students are unable to lower and
raise their shoulders.
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Students are able to
position themselves correctly in the in the "hands and
toes" starting position. They keep their bodies off
the floor in the down position, but they are unable
to lower their shoulders so their arms are at the 90
degree angle.
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Students are very close
to getting their arms in the 90 degree angle during
the "down" position. Only their hands and feet are touching
the floor. Their problem may be that their hands are
positioned either too close together or too far apart.
Their feet may be too far apart.
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Hands are under shoulders
but a bit wider. Feet are close together but not touching.
Body is straight. In the down position, the body is
held off the ground and the arms are at a 90 degree
angle.
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Curl-Ups
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Students are unable
to position themselves correctly. Their feet may be
too close to their bodies or not flat on the floor.
Their arms aren't crossed over their chests. Fingers
aren't touching shoulders. Hands maybe behind the head.
On the "up" position they fail to lift both their head
and shoulders off the floor. On the "down" position
their head doesn't touch the floor.
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Students have a definite
positioning mistake - their arms are not crossed over
their chests and/or their feet are too close/far from
their bodies. Their reps are not smooth and slow - they
are done quickly, without a pause in the "up" position,
resulting in less abdominal engagement.
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Students are able to
smoothly and slowly lift their heads and shoulders off
the floor, pause while looking at their knees, and their
heads rest on the floor at the end of the "down" motion.
Students may have some positioning mistake such as arms
crossed over the abdomens (instead of chests) or their
feet are too close to their bodies. Feet may not be
flat on the floor.
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Students are positioned
correctly - their knees are up, feet are flat on the
floor, pushed out as far as possible. Arms are crossed
over their chests, fingers touching their shoulders.
On the "up" position students lift their heads and shoulders
off the floor and pause briefly as they look at their
knees. On the "down" position their heads return to
the floor. Both up and down motions are slow and smooth
for maximum engagement of abdominal muscles.
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