ABSTRACT

The movements with light apparatus are mainly conducted by the coordination of the body movements with the apparatus. While playing, the apparatus and the body movements should act as one unit. In another word, the apparatus should act as the extension of each part of the body, achieving the perfect combination of the body movements with the apparatus. With different characteristics, each apparatus goes with main movements. For example, the main movements for rings are throwing, catching, rolling on the und, crossing the ring, swinging and looping in the shape of word 8 etc. The main movements for rope are swinging forward, backward and sideward, jumping over rope or rope jump, throwing and catching, rotating, swinging, looping in the shape of word 8 etc. The main movements of ball group include throwing and catching, bouncing the ball, ball rolling, wobbling, 8 movements on the ground, looping around arms or not. The movements of stick group are based on looping in small circles, knocking while throwing and catching, “pre-swing” of arms, swinging, looping, with apparatus, “pre-swing” with apparatus, looping in 8 word shape etc.. The movements of ribbon group are the serpentine (4-5 waves), spiral (4-5 rings), the use of “wind”, circle, 8 word, throwing, throwing in small range, whole body or part of the body passing through or over the patterns formed by the ribbon.