Gymnastics Footy Pups

The crowd are going wild!

Here come the Footy Pups!

# They play like a dream

# When they work as a team

# Footy Pups, go, go

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# There's Pickles and Rex

# And Geraldine next

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# Rozzie and Benny

# And manager Freddie

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# There's Rachel too

# And of course all of you

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# Go, go, go, go, Footy Pups! #

Rachel Yankey!

Top international footballer and all-round sporting superstar.

But when Rachel's not scoring goals for her team,

she's playing with the Footy Pups.

THEY CHEER

Hi, everyone. We're all warmed up, so it's time to get moving.

THEY CHEER

Today on my team, we have...

Number 1, Malachi.

Check out those skills, Malachi.

Number 2, Sienna.

Well done, Sienna!

Number 3, Tay.

Fantastic skills, Tay.

Number 4, Lily.

Great, Lily!

Number 5, Lucas.

Woo! Lucas, show me those skills.

Number 6, Oriana.

Brilliant skills, Oriana.

Also joining us are Footy Pups Geraldine and Rex.

THEY CHEER

So, that's today's team.

OK, gather round. It's team talk time!

Today, we're going to be looking at a different sport called gymnastics.

Does anyone know what things we might do in gymnastics?

-Ooh, Tay?

-Forward rolls.

-Brilliant.

-Sienna?

-Cartwheels.

-Fantastic.

There are loads of different things we can do in gymnastics, and

to tell us some more about it, I've invited along a good friend of mine.

Dan Keatings, international gymnast and multiple gold-medallist.

Dan specialises in routines on the pommel horse,

and when he's not in training, he can be found spinning and

flipping his way to a win in top competitions.

-Hi, Dan. Thanks for joining us.

-No problem.

We want to learn about gymnastics, and there's a few things we can try.

There's artistic gymnastics, which is what I mainly do.

We use equipment such as the beam, bars, pommel horse and the rings.

There's trampolining, where you do flips every time you bounce,

and rhythmic gymnastics, where you do rolls and flips on the mats.

So, there's lots to get involved with.

What three things are important in gymnastics?

Strength, flexibility and your finish.

What's the first thing we'll do?

We'll look at rhythmic gymnastics,

and we'll start with a forward roll. You start by standing

nice and straight. Crouch down, put your hands on the floor,

straighten your legs, tuck your head in, and push forward into the roll.

-When you've completed the roll, the finish is really important.

-OK!

Nice straight start from Sienna.

A great roll from Rex. REX LAUGHS

Stand up nice and straight and have that finish position.

Good. Straighten those legs up. Fantastic.

These pups are getting the hang of this now. Great stuff.

Malachi goes for a roll! He's pleased with that one.

Start by standing nice and straight. Crouch down, hands on the floor,

straighten your legs, tuck your head under,

push over, have a good finish position.

Push with your legs. Excellent.

Whilst these guys practise, here's a reminder for you at home.

For gymnastics, you'll need strength and flexibility.

These skills are also used in football.

And don't forget your finish!

We're going to do cartwheels.

To start, stand side on to the line in front of you.

As you step forward, place your hand either side of the line

on the puppy paws, and kick your legs over quickly.

Go on, Lucas. Good. Stand up nice and straight to finish.

-Don't forget the finish.

-A cracking cartwheel!

-Wow, good concentration.

Ready, Oriana? Beautiful, well done!

They're getting the hang of this now.

Kick those legs over quickly.

Keep your body straight. First paw. Wow, really nice.

Get those hands on the puppy paws. Well done.

And a nice finish.

-Oh, whoa! You're brilliant at cartwheels, Rex!

-Thanks, Geraldine.

I LOVE gymnastics.

-Hey, do you remember that time we got stuck in the gym?

-Oh, yeah!

Welcome to Pupton Park,

where it looks like Pete's having a spot of engine trouble.

-Come on!

-But where are the Footy Pups?

-ALL:

-Wow!

-I've never seen a break-dancing tortoise before!

That tortoise has talent!

Arrrgh!

-And look at this elephant!

-SHE LAUGHS

HE PLAYS A TUNE

SMASH!

Join us later on Animals Have Talent

for a fantastic gymnastic performance

from the Pupton Park cheer-fleaders!

-ALL: Oh, wow!

-The cheer-fleaders are appearing?!

In fact, they've been secretly perfecting their gymnastics show

in the gym for weeks!

Oh, I can't wait to see it!

Well, maybe we can have a sneaky wee peeky before they go on the show!

Then what are we waiting for?

Take it away, chear-fleaders!

THEY WHOOP AND CHEER

I love gymnastics! Whoa!

Ohh, they make it look so easy.

Aye, lad. Gymnastics takes strength,

flexibility, balance and control!

And...dismount!

ALL: Wow!

You'll easily win Animals Have Talent with that routine!

Ohh, you better get to the show before it's too late.

THEY WHOOP AND CHEER

Don't forget to watch us!

-Don't worry! We won't!

-Wow!

The cheer-fleaders are so good at gymnastics!

-It looks like great exercise!

-And lots of fun!

-I wish we could do some of those amazing moves!

-Actually,

you're in the best place to try some gymnastics right now!

And there's the vault. Geraldine's the first pup to have a go.

Alley-oop!

Whoa-oa-oa!

All that spinning's making me giddy. Let's see how Benny's getting on.

Um... Little help?

I got here, but I can't get down. Ooh.

Whoa! Watch out Pickles! Wooo!

SMASH!

-What a howler!

-That's the spirit, pups.

It's always good to try something new!

We're not nearly as good at gymnastics as we are at football.

But, Rex, gymnastics uses speed,

balance, flexibility and strength!

All the skills you already need to play football.

I don't think we look like this when we're playing football!

Ho-ho! Come on! Let's watch the cheer-fleaders on the telly!

They'll show us how it's done. Ugh!

Ugh! Ooh! I can't open the door!

Quick, Freddie - pull harder!

We don't want to miss them!

ALL: Heave! Ohhhh!

SMASH!

THEY MOAN

Uh-oh. Do we still need this?

Oh, no!

There's no handle to open the door!

We'll miss the cheer-fleaders' fantastic gymnastic performance!

This is terrible news for the pups. If only Pete could help.

-But it looks like he's a bit distracted.

-Right, then.

Let's see if I can get the old girl purring again.

-ENGINE REVS

-She's alive!

-CRUNCHING

-Oh, dear!

HE COUGHS

Ohh, what are we going to do?

It's no good, I can't dig us out of here!

Then let's try being as loud as possible.

Then somebody might hear us and let us out!

Great idea! And a-one, two, three...howl!

THEY HOWL

There's no way the pups... ENGINE REVS

SHOUTING: I said, there's no way they'll be heard

over all that engine noise.

I'm so hot!

And I'm...really pooped. Oh, well.

-At least that open window will keep us cold.

-Open window?

Maybe we can get someone's attention if we get closer to it.

Sound like a puppy plan!

SHE GASPS

Oh, jumping's not working.

This isn't working, either!

You just need to take a nice big run at it! Whoa!

-THUMP!

-Ooh!

It's just too high up.

This is a disaster!

We'll miss the cheer-fleaders doing their gymnastics on TV.

Maybe we could use gymnastics to get to the window.

What a brilliant idea, laddie. Ho-ho!

Rex's running needs speed,

Rozzie's move on Pickle's head needs strength and balance...

..and your jumping uses flexibility!

So, we can try to put them all together and use gymnastics

to reach the window!

It's a tall order, but can the pups pull it off?

THEY STRAIN

Alley-oop! Ooh! Ooh!

We just need one more gymnast for the top!

ALL: Come on, Freddie!

I'm not sure about this!

Hup! Hup! Hup!

Ooh, oh! There's groundskeeper Pete!

-THROUGH MEGAPHONE:

-Groundskeeper Pete!

-Oh! How did you get up there, Freddie?

-We're locked in!

Can you get us out?

With this beauty back up and running,

I'll have you out of there in a jiffy.

Go!

-ALL:

-Thank you!

I hope they've made it in time to see the cheer-fleaders' big moment!

They've won the competition!

-ALL:

-Fast, flexible, balanced and strong,

gymnastics is fun all day long!

Yippee!

Hey, Freddie.

When they get back, I can't wait to show them our gymnastics routine!

Oh, no! Not again!

THEY LAUGH

It was gymnastic teamwork that helped us get out of the gym,

-wasn't it, Rex?

-Ha-ha-ha! Definitely! Whoa!

Geraldine, this springboard is really bouncy!

-Hi guys.

-BOTH: Hi, Rachel!

-You guys are great at gymnastics.

Can I join in?

-Of course you can!

-Why don't you have a go on this, Rachel?

It's called a springboard and it can make you really bouncy.

OK, Rex. Thanks.

BOING! THUMP!

Ohh! Do you guys remember how to be good at gymnastics?

Remember, strength, flexibility and finish.

OK, guys, who fancies a game?

THEY CHEER

So, I've split you up into two teams. We've got the red team.

Red team, give me a cheer.

Brilliant. And we've got the blues. Let me hear you cheer.

Fantastic.

Let's take a look with the Footy Pups to find out how to play.

Come and have a look.

To play this game, you put on a performance.

The first team-mate performs a routine.

This should include at least one roll, one cartwheel

and a proper finish. Then it's the next team-mate's turn.

At the end of the routine, the judges will give a score

out of 5, and the winners will be the team who score the most points.

-Three, two, one...

-WHISTLE BLOWS

Oriana's the first of the blues to set off. Fantastic!

She's racing through this routine. Can she finish?

Fantastic, well done.

-Next up, Malachi.

-Superb control in the cartwheel.

He's on to a forward roll, and another cartwheel. Marvellous!

Well done, that's brilliant.

-Keep the body nice and strong.

-Wow!

-Fantastic splits.

He's not forgotten the roll!

-Brilliant stuff.

-Well done.

It's all over. Let's have a replay.

The blue team were cracking at cartwheels and rolls.

Let's find out what the judges think.

You pulled together and showed great flexibility.

So, I'm going to give you a huge 5.

I loved those moves, so I'm going to give you a strong 4 points!

Well done, blues, that's 9 out of 10 points.

Let's see what the reds can do. WHISTLE BLOWS

-Sienna leaps into action.

-Aw, I love that one.

An excellent forward roll.

She's concentrating hard here.

-Lovely finish!

-Well done.

Fantastic, Sienna.

Lily wastes no time. She's cartwheeling crazy.

A beautiful roll. And onto the finish.

Well done, that's brilliant.

Lucas is last. Nice strong cartwheel.

Excellent forward roll.

He squeezes in another cartwheel.

-Superb finish.

-It's all over.

Let's have a replay.

The reds put on a strong performance,

but will they be rolling to victory? What do the judges think?

I love the effort you put in, so I'm going to give you a solid 4 points.

There were great rolls in there, and I really liked the way you finished.

-I'm going to give you a strong 5.

-Well done, reds.

So, here's Footy Pups' Geraldine and Rex for the final score.

Both teams scored 9 points, meaning it's a well-deserved draw.

My team today have been joyful at gymnastics.

We've done forward rolls, we've done cartwheels

and we've performed a routine,

all thanks to international gymnast Dan Keatings.

That's it for today. Well done!

Now you've got the skills, remember to pass it on.

THEY CHEER