IMPACT - Safe Landings

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About IMPACT? 

 ABOUT IMPACT (Injury Minimisation and Physical Activities)

Kidskills Australia developed the IMPACT Safe Landing Skills to enhance children’s and athletes movement potential and prevent injury. These skills  have been taught successfully to primary and secondary school children, junior and elite athletes.
The IMPACT program is a body management program used to develop safe landing skills utilised in recreational, physical and sporting activities.
The safe landing skills include:

• One and two foot landings
• Prone/front Fall
• Back Fall
• Side Shoulder Roll
• Froward Shoulder Roll
• Back Shoulder Roll

The skills are gymnastics based developing rotation, posture and upper body strength. Through the use of a wide range of fun games, drills and exciting activities the participants can learn safe landing skills that will become life skills.

WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE LANDING SKILLS?

Research shows that a great number of injuries in playgrounds and sporting activites are caused by falls and collisions. Participants injure themselves because they do not have upper body strength and awareness of their body in space to implement a safe landing skill.
When researching the development of the safe landing skills it was  demonstrated that safe landing skills enhanced the pariticipants body management and more importantly increased movement confidence.

HOW CAN THE SKILLS BE USED?

The IMPACT skills can be used in physical education, recreation and sporting programs. that is gymnastics based and which concentrates on developing the two key components of safe landings and spatial awareness.

• Safe landings can be taught. Then, through practice and repitition can become an automatic response enabling a child to safely negotiate both controlled and uncontrolled physical situations.
• The ability to be in a position to make a split second decision, with confidence, comes from the development of spatial awareness and balance. Knowing where you are in space and having the physical ability to follow through, builds this confidence and develops overall coordination.

HOW IS THE IMPACT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED?

APPLICATION to PE

The IMPACT safe landing skills are a key component to the Physical Education Curriculum in the development of coordination, balance and safe landings. The skills are appropriate for all ages and abilities and are a great introduction to a basic gymnastics program.

APPLICATION to SPORT

The IMPACT skills are recommended to prevent injury and increase confidence while pursuing sporting endeavors.

PREVIEWS

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Side Shoulder Roll - (1.62MB)

Applied Shoulder Roll - (1.83MB)

Front Support Shape - ( 0.74MB)