Year 3 - Physical education
Throwing: accuracy vs distance
Athletics: athletic challenges
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Unit Summary
The unit of work will focus on how we can use our bodies to run as fast as possible, exploring the correct technique individually and within teams to improve performance. Pupils will also begin to evaluate how to jump as far as possible and compare throwing accurately with throwing for distance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explore the differences between throwing for accuracy and throwing for distance.
Key Notes
- Move: when throwing for distance, stand sideways on, arm up, elbow bent, releasing the bean bag just past your head.
- Move: when throwing underarm for accuracy, step into your throw and aim towards the target.
- Think: if we release the beanbag too late it will go towards the floor but if we release too early it will go too high.
- Feel: focus on remaining positive and determined even when we are finding throwing challenges difficult.
- Connect: we should evaluate the performance of our partners to encourage them to improve their performance.
Vocabulary To Learn
- throwing: using your hand to send an object through the air to a specific target or area
- distance: the length of space between two points. This might mean how far an athlete has thrown an object
- power: the ability to use force to throw an object over a greater distance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When pupils follow through on their throw, they use excessive force which causes them to lose balance, impacting the throw and often causing them to step over the throwing line.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when throwing for distance, stand sideways on, arm up, elbow bent, releasing the bean bag just past your head. Move: when throwing underarm for accuracy, step into your throw and aim towards the target.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'throwing'
using your hand to send an object through the air to a specific target or area.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When pupils follow through on their throw, they use excessive force which causes them to lose balance, impacting the throw and often causing them to step over the throwing line. Correction: Ensure pupils understand the consequences of stepping over the throwing line - foul throw.
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