Year 1 - Physical education
Dribbling with hands
Ball skills: sending, receiving and dribbling
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This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Unit Summary
The unit will explore and develop pupils' movement competence when sending and receiving a ball. They will develop and apply an understanding of how, where and why we send a ball, stop the ball and dribble the ball using our hands and feet effectively. Pupils will also explore working in teams.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to dribble the ball using your hands whilst moving into space.
Key Notes
- Move: pushing the ball down to the ground using our fingers, enables us to bounce and dribble the ball.
- Move: dribbling the ball into space and keeping the ball close requires control.
- Think: dribbling the ball with control into space helps to keep the ball away from the defenders
- Feel: accurately keeping track of our score requires honesty.
- Connect: playing by the rules promotes fairness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dribble: using our hands or feet to move with the ball keeping it under control
- control: keeping the ball close and moving it where you want it to go
- space: an open area where it is safe and there are no defenders
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When using their fingertips to bounce the ball, pupils use the ends of their fingers.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: pushing the ball down to the ground using our fingers, enables us to bounce and dribble the ball. Move: dribbling the ball into space and keeping the ball close requires control.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dribble'
using our hands or feet to move with the ball keeping it under control.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When using their fingertips to bounce the ball, pupils use the ends of their fingers. Correction: Ensure that pupils understand that using the fingertips refers to the flat part at the top of their fingers.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Develop moving with the ball using our feet (dribbling) Study Guide
- Dribbling and sending with hands Study Guide
- Dribbling with our feet in games Study Guide
- Kicking (passing) Study Guide
- Moving with a ball using our feet Study Guide
- Rolling (sending) and stopping skills to win a game Study Guide
- Rolling and stopping Study Guide
- Rolling and stopping in games Study Guide
- Throwing (underarm) Study Guide
- Throwing and catching Study Guide
- Throwing with accuracy to win a game Study Guide
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