Year 2 - Physical education
Hitting/striking a ball into a space
Ball skills: hitting and striking
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Unit Summary
This unit will enable pupils to refine their understanding of how they can develop their motor competence of hitting and striking to send the ball into space in order to win a game. Pupils will reflect on why hitting into space is essential in order to score points against the opposing team.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to hit the ball accurately into space in order to score points.
Key Notes
- Move: to hit the ball into space, we have to strike the ball with the racket, pointing the racket head at the space.
- Move: overarm throws into space require stepping into the throw and rotating the body to throw over a greater distance.
- Think: hitting the ball into a space allows us to score points against our opponent.
- Feel: choosing to use the racket to hit the ball when hitting into space instead of throwing the ball shows courage.
- Connect: encouraging our teammates when they make a mistake demonstrates empathy.
Vocabulary To Learn
- opponent: a person or team we are playing against in a game situation
- score: the number of points, goals, runs, etc., that each player or team has in a game
- space: an open area where your opponent isn't standing
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Many pupils stand too close or too far away from the ball which makes it hard for them to strike the ball effectively.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to hit the ball into space, we have to strike the ball with the racket, pointing the racket head at the space. Move: overarm throws into space require stepping into the throw and rotating the body to throw over a greater distance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'opponent'
a person or team we are playing against in a game situation.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Many pupils stand too close or too far away from the ball which makes it hard for them to strike the ball effectively. Correction: Encourage pupils to stand roughly an arm's distance away from the ball in a well-balanced stance.
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