Year 1 - Physical education
Throwing (underarm)
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 throw underarm accurately towards a target.
Key Notes
- Move: pointing your non-throwing arm towards the target helps improve throwing accuracy.
- Move: stepping into your throw and extending your throwing arm improves throwing accuracy.
- Think: concentrating on the target is important when throwing underarm as it will increase accuracy.
- Connect: encouraging yourself and others to try to challenge themselves demonstrates fairness.
- Feel: counting the scores accurately demonstrates honesty and a commitment to trying our best.
Vocabulary To Learn
- throwing: using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area
- target: an object you are aiming for
- accuracy: the ability to control where we throw or roll an object
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that throwing requires a lot of strength rather than proper technique.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: pointing your non-throwing arm towards the target helps improve throwing accuracy. Move: stepping into your throw and extending your throwing arm improves throwing accuracy.
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: Pupils believe that throwing requires a lot of strength rather than proper technique. Correction: Ensure that pupils understand that throwing too hard can lead to poor technique and less accuracy when aiming for a target.
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 and catching Study Guide
- Throwing with accuracy to win a game Study Guide
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