Year 1 - Physical education
Rolling and stopping in games
Ball skills: sending, receiving and dribbling
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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 roll the ball accurately and also stop a ball that's been rolled towards you to prevent it travelling past you in a game.
Key Notes
- Move: being on the balls of the feet and moving towards the ball with hands ready will enable us to stop a moving ball.
- Move: applying accurate rolling skills requires us to send the ball with control towards the target accurately.
- Think: concentration can help us to stop the ball which can prevent the opposition from scoring.
- Connect: working well and collaborating with others shows an understanding of fairness and empathy.
- Feel: playing honestly sets an example to others in the group on how to play by the rules.
Vocabulary To Learn
- opposition: a person or team we are playing against in a game situation
- stopping: the method of preventing a moving ball from going past us
- concentration: paying close attention to a given task
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- In this lesson, pupils may believe they can stop the ball with any part of their body.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: being on the balls of the feet and moving towards the ball with hands ready will enable us to stop a moving ball. Move: applying accurate rolling skills requires us to send the ball with control towards the target accurately.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'opposition'
a person or team we are playing against in a game situation.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: In this lesson, pupils may believe they can stop the ball with any part of their body. Correction: Encourage pupils to use their hands to stop the ball rolling.
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
- 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
- Throwing (underarm) Study Guide
- Throwing and catching Study Guide
- Throwing with accuracy to win a game Study Guide
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