Year 2 - Physical education
Dribbling to score a point 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 and pass the ball accurately to help your team score points.
Key Notes
- Move: dribbling the ball effectively requires you to look up and find space away from defenders.
- Move: passing the ball accurately to a teammate helps your team to keep possession of the ball.
- Think: when you have space, you dribble the ball and when you don't have space, you pass to a teammate.
- Feel: understanding your strengths and weaknesses can help you improve.
- Connect: working with others and sharing ideas builds teamwork and trust.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pass: transferring the ball from one player to another
- defender: the player or person responsible for preventing the opposition (attackers) from scoring
- possession: the team in control of the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When dribbling using their hands, pupils use the tips of their fingers or their palms to push the ball towards the floor.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: dribbling the ball effectively requires you to look up and find space away from defenders. Move: passing the ball accurately to a teammate helps your team to keep possession of the ball.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pass'
transferring the ball from one player to another.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When dribbling using their hands, pupils use the tips of their fingers or their palms to push the ball towards the floor. Correction: Ensure pupils are using the flat part of their fingertips to push the ball towards the floor.
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 and keeping possession using our hands Study Guide
- Dribbling to score a point in game activities using our feet 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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