Year 2 - Physical education
Overarm throwing to win a game
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 throw overarm with control to help you win the game.
Key Notes
- Move: an overarm throw requires stepping forwards with one foot, releasing the ball high and rotating the body.
- Move: throwing with accuracy using an overarm throw requires us to look at the target before releasing the ball.
- Think: when fielding, you are trying to stop the batting team from scoring points.
- Feel: not giving up when you miss a throw in a game shows good determination.
- Connect: trying your hardest to win but being supportive of your opposition within a game demonstrates fairness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- accuracy: the ability to control where we throw an object
- fielding: a defensive position that is occupied while the other team are batting
- overarm throw: throwing a ball in which you stretch your arm over your shoulder
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils hold onto the object too tightly and for too long, releasing it too late.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: an overarm throw requires stepping forwards with one foot, releasing the ball high and rotating the body. Move: throwing with accuracy using an overarm throw requires us to look at the target before releasing the ball.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'accuracy'
the ability to control where we throw an object.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils hold onto the object too tightly and for too long, releasing it too late. Correction: Highlight the importance of holding the object with a relaxed grip and releasing it high for greater distance.
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
- Dribbling to score a point using our hands Study Guide
- Overarm throwing 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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