Year 2 - Physical education
Linking jumping
Locomotion: running, jumping and dodging
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Unit Summary
This unit will increase pupils' motor competence when dodging and jumping. Pupils will understand when and why we dodge and apply this knowledge showing self belief in simple games. Pupils will use their jumping skills in games too and use this understanding to jump in combination by linking jumps.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to link and perform jumps in combination and under control whilst moving around a space.
Key Notes
- Move: linking different jumps in combination requires us to use the correct technique and a controlled landing.
- Think: observing and concentrating on our partner's performance enables us to provide feedback and improve their ideas.
- Feel: trying hard to improve our ideas for linking jumps requires self-belief.
- Connect: working together to teach each other our jumping combinations demonstrates empathy and wanting to achieve.
Vocabulary To Learn
- linking: successfully adding two jumps together so that they flow one after the other
- combinations: linking individual jumps together to create a sequence of jumps
- control: landing softly with shoulders in line with the hips
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils might think that jumping is a static action to be performed on the spot.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: linking different jumps in combination requires us to use the correct technique and a controlled landing. Think: observing and concentrating on our partner's performance enables us to provide feedback and improve their ideas.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'linking'
successfully adding two jumps together so that they flow one after the other.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils might think that jumping is a static action to be performed on the spot. Correction: Jumping can be a dynamic movement that travels through space and can be linked in combination to gain momentum and speed.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Dodging Study Guide
- Dodging in competitive games Study Guide
- Dodging in simple games Study Guide
- Dodging in teams Study Guide
- Dodging when attacking and defending Study Guide
- Jumping combinations Study Guide
- Jumping combinations: hop, step, jump Study Guide
- Jumping competitions Study Guide
- Jumping higher Study Guide
- Skipping and jumping in games Study Guide
- Where and why to dodge in game situation Study Guide
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