Year 1 - Physical education
Throwing and catching
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 throw and catch with a partner.
Key Notes
- Move: stepping into the throw and extending your throwing arm helps increase throwing accuracy.
- Move: catching involves being on the balls of your feet, having your hands up ready and watching the object carefully.
- Think: concentrating and looking at your partner will increase success when throwing and catching.
- Connect: working with others enables success as well as enjoyment and engagement when playing games.
- Feel: playing honestly requires an understanding of how to keep the score and why we don't cheat.
Vocabulary To Learn
- throwing: using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area
- catching: to take hold of something that is thrown
- concentration: paying close attention to a given task
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A fear of being hit by the ball can cause pupils to flinch, shy away or close their eyes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: stepping into the throw and extending your throwing arm helps increase throwing accuracy. Move: catching involves being on the balls of your feet, having your hands up ready and watching the object carefully.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'throwing'
using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A fear of being hit by the ball can cause pupils to flinch, shy away or close their eyes. Correction: Ensure pupils understand that they need to keep their eyes on the ball, focusing on it until it is in their hands.
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
- Rolling and stopping in games Study Guide
- Throwing (underarm) Study Guide
- Throwing with accuracy to win a game Study Guide
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