Year 2 - Physical education
Application and understanding of underarm throwing
Ball skills: passing, dribbling and scoring
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Unit Summary
This unit will challenge pupils to use their dribbling, passing and receiving skills to keep possession and score. Pupils will develop their accurate underarm throwing and explore throwing overarm. Pupils will apply these skills in a variety of activities as they develop their motor competence.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to accurately throw the ball underarm towards a target, knowing why this is important.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing underarm requires stepping forwards with one foot and releasing the ball with the other hand.
- Think: concentrating and looking towards the target before throwing the ball will increase accuracy.
- Feel: counting the scores accurately and helping others to keep score demonstrates honesty.
- Connect: encouraging your partner when they are aiming for a target shows fairness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- throwing: using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area
- target: an object you are aiming for
- accuracy: the ability to control where we throw an object
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils grip the object too hard and hold onto it too long, releasing it too late.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing underarm requires stepping forwards with one foot and releasing the ball with the other hand. Think: concentrating and looking towards the target before throwing the ball will increase accuracy.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'throwing'
using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils grip the object too hard and hold onto it too long, releasing it too late. Correction: Encourage pupils to use a relaxed grip for better control. Model to pupils the correct timing for releasing the object for greater accuracy.
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- Dribbling to score a point in game activities using our feet Study Guide
- Dribbling to score a point using our hands Study Guide
- Overarm throwing Study Guide
- Overarm throwing to win a game Study Guide
- Passing and receiving using our feet Study Guide
- Passing and receiving using our hands Study Guide
- Passing, receiving and dribbling to score a point using our hands Study Guide
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