Year 2 - Physical education
Dribbling and keeping possession using our hands
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 the ball with your hands whilst moving and maintain control.
Key Notes
- Move: dribbling the ball at waist height and keeping it close enables us to dribble with control, away from defenders.
- Move: using the correct dribbling technique (knees bent, fingertips, head up) helps keep control of the ball.
- Think: dribbling the ball too close to defenders could result in us losing possession.
- Feel: keeping score accurately and counting your points carefully promotes honesty.
- Connect: playing by the rules promotes fairness and demonstrates being a good role model.
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
- control: keeping the ball close and moving it where you want it to go
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When bouncing a ball to dribble with it, pupils slap the ball down with their palms, focusing on power. Pupils dribble with their head down.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: dribbling the ball at waist height and keeping it close enables us to dribble with control, away from defenders. Move: using the correct dribbling technique (knees bent, fingertips, head up) helps keep control of the ball.
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: When bouncing a ball to dribble with it, pupils slap the ball down with their palms, focusing on power. Pupils dribble with their head down. Correction: Ensure pupils are pushing the ball down with control, using the flat part of their fingertips. Encourage pupils to keep their heads up whilst dribbling to ensure they can see space, don't bump into others and develops their peripheral view.
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 feet 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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