Year 2 - Physical education
Hitting/striking a ball with accuracy and power to beat an opponent
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 with your racket and can apply power to your shot in order to beat your opponent.
Key Notes
- Move: hitting requires us to watch the ball carefully on to the racket ensuring the racket head points at the target.
- Move: scoring points requires hitting the ball with power and accuracy away from your opponent.
- Think: altering your aim, or how much power you apply to a ball, can change where the ball goes.
- Feel: challenging yourself to hit the ball away from your partner to win a point requires courage.
- Connect: working together to hit the ball back and forth against the target shows good empathy and teamwork.
Vocabulary To Learn
- hitting: to reach or strike something in order to score in a game
- aim: pointing or looking at something you want to hit or reach
- opponent: a person who is on an opposing side in a game
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils don't adjust their body position when preparing to stop the ball or return the hit. Instead, they stretch and try to hit the ball from an unbalanced position.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: hitting requires us to watch the ball carefully on to the racket ensuring the racket head points at the target. Move: scoring points requires hitting the ball with power and accuracy away from your opponent.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'hitting'
to reach or strike something in order to score in a game.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils don't adjust their body position when preparing to stop the ball or return the hit. Instead, they stretch and try to hit the ball from an unbalanced position. Correction: Explain to pupils that positioning their body in line with the ball will make it easier to stop it going past them.
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