Year 2 - Physical education
Passing and receiving 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 pass and receive the ball using the correct technique.
Key Notes
- Move: accurate chest passes require us to step into the pass, pushing the ball away from our body.
- Move: receiving a chest pass, requires hands to be ready, creating a target for a partner to aim at.
- Think: passing the ball accurately to a teammate enables us to keep possession.
- Feel: trying your best and wanting to improve shows self-motivation.
- Connect: showing fairness helps us to play by the rules and ensures that everyone can enjoy the game.
Vocabulary To Learn
- chest pass: a type of pass where we aim to send the ball to our partners chest
- accurate: the ability to control where we throw a ball
- target: an object you are aiming for
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils struggle with over or under throwing the ball, throwing either too hard or too soft. In game situations, pupils often all gravitate towards the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: accurate chest passes require us to step into the pass, pushing the ball away from our body. Move: receiving a chest pass, requires hands to be ready, creating a target for a partner to aim at.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'chest pass'
a type of pass where we aim to send the ball to our partners chest.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Some pupils struggle with over or under throwing the ball, throwing either too hard or too soft. In game situations, pupils often all gravitate towards the ball. Correction: Encourage pupils to continue to use the correct technique and focus on following through towards their target. This will eliminate the need to throw harder or softer as the technique will support accuracy. Ensure pupils are using the whole space.
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
- Overarm throwing to win a game Study Guide
- Passing and receiving using our feet 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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