Year 3 - Physical education
Accuracy: can you outwit an opponent using accurate throwing to win points?
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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 the correct technique for throwing underarm to score points and beat an opponent.
Key Notes
- Move: stepping forwards with the opposite foot and swinging your arm from low to high enables accurate shots.
- Think: making effective decisions about which target to aim for requires tactical thinking.
- Feel: persevering, even if you miss a target, shows resilience.
- Connect: playing fairly and by all the rules helps everyone enjoy the game and shows respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- accuracy: getting as close as possible to your target
- underarm: a throwing action where the arm doesn't go above the shoulder
- opponent: a person or team that you compete against in a game, sport or physical activity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When throwing underarm, you step forward with the same foot to throwing arm.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: stepping forwards with the opposite foot and swinging your arm from low to high enables accurate shots. Think: making effective decisions about which target to aim for requires tactical thinking.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'accuracy'
getting as close as possible to your target.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When throwing underarm, you step forward with the same foot to throwing arm. Correction: When throwing underarm, you should step forward with your opposite foot to throwing arm.
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