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Ki-o-rahi Balance Skills

Use the game situations and movement cues on this sheet to analyse balance in ki-o-rahi. For written responses, explain how your body position helps you stay controlled while moving.

Read the movement

Use this movement cue and your knowledge of centre of gravity (COG) and base of support (BOS): a ball carrier bends their knees, lowers their hips, and places their feet apart before changing direction.

1.The ball carrier is preparing to change direction. Which body position is most likely to improve stability?

Straight legs, feet together and body upright
Bent knees, feet apart and body slightly lowered
Locked knees and leaning far backwards
Standing on tiptoes with one arm held still

2.In your own words, explain what a player's centre of gravity (COG) is. Then name one change in body position that can lower it during a dodge.

3.What makes up a player's base of support (BOS), and how does widening it usually affect stability?

4.A player reaches sideways to receive a pass. Which adjustment is most likely to help them stay balanced?

Keep both knees locked and lean as far as possible
Move the feet to widen the BOS, bend the knees and keep the reach controlled
Close the feet together and stretch only the arms
Turn away from the pass and stand on one heel

Apply it to a game

Imagine you are carrying the ball, avoiding a defender, and then making a pass while moving.

5.A wider BOS always guarantees that a player will stay balanced, whatever direction or speed they are moving.

TrueFalse

6.Before a quick change of direction, a player can their knees.

7.Before a quick change of direction, a player can their hips to lower their COG.

8.Before a quick change of direction, a player can adjust their to create a useful BOS.

9.You have just dodged a defender and need to pass accurately while still moving. Describe two balance adjustments you could make, and explain how each one helps.

10.Match each balance term with its best description.

Centre of gravity (COG)
Base of support (BOS)
Stability

The point around which body mass is balanced
How well a person can maintain or regain control of their position
The area beneath the body formed by its ground contacts

11.A teammate often loses balance when reaching for a pass. Write one specific, respectful coaching cue using at least two of these terms: COG, BOS, stability, balance.

12.Create a short, safe practice challenge for improving balance during a change of direction. State what you will practise, one balance cue you will focus on, and how you will tell whether you are improving.