Year 4 - Physical education
Basic fielding tactics
Striking and fielding games: tactics and strategies through racing rounders
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Unit Summary
The unit will develop pupils' ability to apply the principles of attack vs defence, focusing on racing rounders. Pupils will continue to develop and apply a variety of fielding skills and tactics to keep the batter's score low and learn where to bat the ball in order to score maximum points.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply basic tactics when fielding to prevent the batter from scoring rounders in a game.
Key Notes
- Move: effective fielding requires using the correct catching and throwing techniques to stop the batter from scoring.
- Move: being in a ready position, tracking the ball and sprinting towards it helps stop the batter.
- Think: fielders should work together and apply tactics such as backing each other up to stop the batting team scoring.
- Feel: striving to always try hard, even when we are struggling, demonstrates resilience.
- Connect: collaborating well as a team, using good communication will help make sure that everyone is involved.
Vocabulary To Learn
- fielding: when players in the team who are not batting, try to catch or stop the ball to get the batters out.
- technique: the way in which a skill is performed
- tactics: a carefully planned set of actions that are used by a team or an individual to achieve a certain goal
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that when fielding, they only need to think about how they use their hands when attempting to catch or stop a moving ball, which can cause them to miss the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: effective fielding requires using the correct catching and throwing techniques to stop the batter from scoring. Move: being in a ready position, tracking the ball and sprinting towards it helps stop the batter.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'fielding'
when players in the team who are not batting, try to catch or stop the ball to get the batters out.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils believe that when fielding, they only need to think about how they use their hands when attempting to catch or stop a moving ball, which can cause them to miss the ball. Correction: Ensure pupils understand the importance of moving their feet quickly to ensure they are able to position their body behind the ball. This will increase their chances of stopping the ball from going any further.
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