Year 4 - Physical education
Combine passing, moving and shooting
Invasion games: maintaining possession and stopping an attack in ball games
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' ability to apply the principles of attack vs defence, focussing on how to use their passing, moving and dribbling skills to create shooting opportunities as well as defensive principles to stop an attack. Pupils will work together in teams to create simple tactics.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to combine passing, moving and shooting skills to score points against another team.
Key Notes
- Move: shooting accurately requires us to have the correct shooting stance by aiming at the intended target.
- Move: scoring requires accurate passing and moving to get into a suitable shooting position close enough to the target.
- Think: knowing how, when and where to pass and how, when and where to shoot, can result in points scored in games.
- Feel: continuing to try to score even if we aren't successful requires self-motivation to succeed.
- Connect: successful shots on target will occur more frequently when teams collaborate.
Vocabulary To Learn
- target: something you focus on and aim for to try to reach or hit
- shooting: when you aim and try to make a ball go where you want it to go towards a target/goal
- score: to get points in a game and how we keep track of who is winning
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils forget to take their time to pass and move and instead panic, rushing their passes and shooting far from the target.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: shooting accurately requires us to have the correct shooting stance by aiming at the intended target. Move: scoring requires accurate passing and moving to get into a suitable shooting position close enough to the target.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'target'
something you focus on and aim for to try to reach or hit.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils forget to take their time to pass and move and instead panic, rushing their passes and shooting far from the target. Correction: Pupils need to have patience to support each other to pass and move towards the target, and shoot when in a suitable position.
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