Year 10 - Physical education
Games to develop spin and pace bowling
Striking and fielding games: teaching others to play creative cricket games
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' ability to teach each other and to play a variety of creative cricket games independently. Pupils will draw on their leadership skills to train, compete and perform.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to modify bowling techniques for pace and spin bowling.
Key Notes
- Move: spin bowling uses a grip across the seam with a quick rotation of the fingers on release of the ball.
- Move: pace bowling requires a faster run up and more aggressive bowling action to deliver the ball as fast as possible.
- Think: different length deliveries will mean the ball arrives at the batter at different heights.
- Feel: achieving a successful delivery with spin takes lots of repetitive practice and perseverance.
- Connect: being quiet during your opponent's bowling action demonstrates respect and social etiquette.
Vocabulary To Learn
- off spin: a type of bowling in cricket where the ball spins from off side to leg side for a right-handed batter
- pace bowling: a type of cricket bowling that uses speed and bounce to challenge the batter
- length: the distance from the batter at which the ball pitches (bounces) on the pitch
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils will think that success in bowling only comes if the ball hits the stumps.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: spin bowling uses a grip across the seam with a quick rotation of the fingers on release of the ball. Move: pace bowling requires a faster run up and more aggressive bowling action to deliver the ball as fast as possible.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'off spin'
a type of bowling in cricket where the ball spins from off side to leg side for a right-handed batter.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Some pupils will think that success in bowling only comes if the ball hits the stumps. Correction: In some situations, hitting the stumps is desirable, i.e., bowl a batter out / trap them lbw / win a bowl-out. However, all lengths have their uses and a good bowler can pitch the ball at a wide range of different lengths.
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