Year 10 - Physical education
Fielding and throwing techniques
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 accurately stop and throw a softball to the intended target.
Key Notes
- Move: a low squat and grounded glove position allows fielders to collect ground balls.
- Move: selecting and performing a fast overarm or underarm throw can help beat runners to the base and get them out.
- Think: fielders need to be alert to cover bases when teammates are required to field the ball elsewhere.
- Feel: perseverance with practice tasks is required when learning to use unfamiliar equipment.
- Connect: sensitivity towards others is required to build up the confidence in others after a dropped catch.
Vocabulary To Learn
- softball glove: a padded mitt worn on the non-throwing hand to help catch and control the ball during play
- underarm throw: a throwing action where the arm doesn't go above the shoulder
- overarm throw: a throwing action where the arm is raised above the shoulder
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often assume that a fielder needs to be stationed on each base and that it is the job of other fielders to get the ball to them while they remain with their base.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: a low squat and grounded glove position allows fielders to collect ground balls. Move: selecting and performing a fast overarm or underarm throw can help beat runners to the base and get them out.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'softball glove'
a padded mitt worn on the non-throwing hand to help catch and control the ball during play.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils often assume that a fielder needs to be stationed on each base and that it is the job of other fielders to get the ball to them while they remain with their base. Correction: Use the third section of this lesson to introduce the idea that fielding positions should be fluid and that infielders, especially, should always be alert to the idea of leaving bases or covering other bases.
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