Year 1 - Physical education
Kicking (passing)
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 pass a ball accurately towards a target.
Key Notes
- Move: passing the ball using the inside of the foot increases accuracy.
- Move: placing our non kicking foot beside the ball whilst passing, will improve the accuracy of the pass.
- Think: passing with accuracy requires aiming at the target and concentrating on our technique.
- Connect: encouraging others and taking turns in the game promotes fairness.
- Feel: trying to score as many points as possible and counting the score accurately shows honesty.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pass: transferring the ball from one player to another
- aiming: the ability to use our bodies to direct an object towards a target
- accuracy: the ability to control where we kick an object
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that they need to kick the ball as hard as possible to make a good pass, leading to a loss of control.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: passing the ball using the inside of the foot increases accuracy. Move: placing our non kicking foot beside the ball whilst passing, will improve the accuracy of the pass.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pass'
transferring the ball from one player to another.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils believe that they need to kick the ball as hard as possible to make a good pass, leading to a loss of control. Correction: Emphasise the importance of accuracy over power and that pupils need to be able to kick the ball where they want it to go first.
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 hands Study Guide
- Dribbling with our feet in games 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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