Year 3 - Physical education
Accuracy: can you compete against an opponent, using accuracy in Boccia?
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Unit Summary
This unit will teach pupils how to apply their skills of siding an object accurately into a variety of competitive games. In order to outwit their opponents, pupils will have to think tactically about where and why they are aiming in order to score points.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply accurate sending skills to outwit an opponent in a game of Boccia.
Key Notes
- Move: using accurate sending skills throughout the game leads to greater success.
- Think: deciding how much power to apply to a shot, depending on where you are aiming, requires problem solving.
- Feel: self-motivation enables us to continue to apply our best effort throughout a game.
- Connect: knowing how to play fairly and being consistent with the rules demonstrates respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- send: throwing or rolling the ball toward the jack
- Boccia: a game where you try to throw or roll balls as close as possible to a small target ball called the jack
- jack: the small target ball that players aim for and the goal of Boccia is to send your balls as close as possible to it
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is always better to roll the ball in the game of Boccia.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: using accurate sending skills throughout the game leads to greater success. Think: deciding how much power to apply to a shot, depending on where you are aiming, requires problem solving.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'send'
throwing or rolling the ball toward the jack.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: It is always better to roll the ball in the game of Boccia. Correction: Sometimes it is useful to throw the ball to knock an opponent's ball out of the way.
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