Year 2 - Physical education
Passing, receiving and 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 make good decisions about when to dribble and when to pass the ball to help your team score points.
Key Notes
- Move: moving into a space after passing to a teammate will help your team attack and score points.
- Think: looking for space before dribbling or passing in a game can help your team attack and score.
- Think: you should dribble when you have space and time, otherwise you should pass to help your team to keep possession
- Feel: counting the scores accurately demonstrates honesty and a commitment to trying our best.
- Connect: working well and communicating with others helps with making the correct decisions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dribbling: using your hands or feet to move with the ball keeping it under control
- speed: the act of moving rapidly
- defenders: the player or person responsible for preventing the opposition (attackers) from scoring
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils can panic when receiving the ball in a game situation and rush to throw it away. Pupils all run towards the ball carrier rather than finding space.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: moving into a space after passing to a teammate will help your team attack and score points. Think: looking for space before dribbling or passing in a game can help your team attack and score.
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 can panic when receiving the ball in a game situation and rush to throw it away. Pupils all run towards the ball carrier rather than finding space. Correction: Emphasise the importance of finding space and looking around to understand what to do when receiving the ball. Make sure they understand they have time to react and think before sending the ball on to their teammates.
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 and receiving using our hands Study Guide
- Underarm throwing to beat an opponent Study Guide
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