Year 3 - Physical education
Striking and fielding games
Striking and fielding games: fielding vs batting
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Unit Summary
The unit introduces batting vs fielding. Pupils will develop an understanding of the purpose of each team and learn how to apply a variety of skills such as throwing and stopping the ball to keep the batter's score low as well as their competence in striking in order to score points when batting.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and explain the concept of batting and fielding in games.
Key Notes
- Move: when we are batting, we must throw or hit the ball into space away from fielders to help our team score points.
- Move: when we are fielding, we should run as fast as possible to retrieve the ball and throw accurately to the marker.
- Think: knowing why the batters are trying to score points and the fielders are trying to stop them, helps our tactics.
- Feel: always trying our hardest when batting and fielding, even when we make mistakes, shows we have integrity.
- Connect: congratulating our team members and opponents shows respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- batting: when a player uses a bat to hit a thrown or bowled ball, aiming to score points by hitting it far
- fielding: when players on the non-batting team try to catch or stop the ball and get the batters out
- score: winning points in a game situation
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find when they move to throw/strike the ball, it goes somewhere different to where they had intended.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: when we are batting, we must throw or hit the ball into space away from fielders to help our team score points. Move: when we are fielding, we should run as fast as possible to retrieve the ball and throw accurately to the marker.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'batting'
when a player uses a bat to hit a thrown or bowled ball, aiming to score points by hitting it far.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may find when they move to throw/strike the ball, it goes somewhere different to where they had intended. Correction: Encourage the striker/thrower to turn their body, as well as their head and shoulders towards the space they would like the ball to go.
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