Year 2 - Physical education
Dribbling and keeping possession using our feet
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 dribble with the ball at your feet and under control.
Key Notes
- Move: avoiding defenders when dribbling with the ball requires changes in speed and direction.
- Move: dribbling using the inside and outside of both feet helps us to change direction and move away from defenders.
- Think: moving into space away from defenders when dribbling the ball requires close control.
- Feel: staying within the restricted zones and playing by the rules shows an understanding of fairness.
- Connect: ensuring you swap roles when the defender gains possession of the ball demonstrates honesty.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dribbling: using your hands or feet to move with the ball keeping it under control
- possession: the team in control of the ball
- defender: the player or person responsible for preventing the opposition (attackers) from scoring
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils kick the ball too far ahead of them, using their toes to kick it, rather than keeping control with lighter touches.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: avoiding defenders when dribbling with the ball requires changes in speed and direction. Move: dribbling using the inside and outside of both feet helps us to change direction and move away from defenders.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dribbling'
using your hands or feet to move with the ball keeping it under control.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils kick the ball too far ahead of them, using their toes to kick it, rather than keeping control with lighter touches. Correction: Remind pupils that the further the ball is away from them, the easier it is for a defender to take it.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Application and understanding of underarm throwing Study Guide
- Combine dribbling, passing and receiving with our hands Study Guide
- Dribbling and keeping possession using our hands Study Guide
- 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
- Underarm throwing to beat an opponent Study Guide
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