Year 3 - Physical education
Accuracy: can you demonstrate accurate throwing skills and send a ball to space?
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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 throwing skills in order to aim for the spaces on your opponent's side of the court.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing into space with control and accuracy leads to successful shots.
- Think: creating space for your next shot requires careful decision making.
- Feel: constantly trying your hardest requires self-motivation and leads to success in games.
- Connect: imagining how and where an opponent might move helps me to decide where to aim.
Vocabulary To Learn
- court: playing area where a game or sport is played
- aim: to direct an action, object or effort toward a target or goal
- points: the units of scoring earned for achieving a goal, completing a task or performing well in a game or activity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils catch the ball without letting it bounce near the back of the court when the ball would have gone out.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing into space with control and accuracy leads to successful shots. Think: creating space for your next shot requires careful decision making.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'court'
playing area where a game or sport is played.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils catch the ball without letting it bounce near the back of the court when the ball would have gone out. Correction: In these games, the ball has to bounce to get pupils used to moving out the way.
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