Year 10 - Physical education
Base running and game strategies
Striking and fielding games: evaluate and improve performance in softball
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop batting, pitching and fielding skills unique to softball, such as using a glove and applying the rules around strikes and base running. Pupils will be challenged to evaluate both their own performance and that of others as they apply tenacity to this American game.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to run between bases to score runs and avoid being out.
Key Notes
- Move: running hard immediately after making contact gives a batter the best chance of reaching 1st base.
- Move: hitting the ball away from the bases teammates are running to, gives them a greater chance of reaching their base.
- Think: constantly considering the situation of the game will help make decisions to benefit the team.
- Feel: committing to action in the face of a challenge shows tenacity.
- Connect: assessing your team's strengths can help to build a team strategy more likely to score runs.
Vocabulary To Learn
- situation: a combination of factors such as outs, runners and the score which impact decisions
- 1st base: the first of the four bases
- run: both the name given to a score when a batter visits all 4 bases and gets home, and the method of getting between bases
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often pay little attention to strategy and think only of themselves and not what the team needs. Many will only think of hitting the ball as hard and as far as they can.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: running hard immediately after making contact gives a batter the best chance of reaching 1st base. Move: hitting the ball away from the bases teammates are running to, gives them a greater chance of reaching their base.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'situation'
a combination of factors such as outs, runners and the score which impact decisions.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils often pay little attention to strategy and think only of themselves and not what the team needs. Many will only think of hitting the ball as hard and as far as they can. Correction: Encourage pupils to consider team strategy, e.g. the batting line up based on strengths of the team. Stronger hitters bring others home and in some cases, a safe hit is much more useful to a team than trying to slog and getting caught or struck out.
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