Year 4 - Physical education
The concept of racing rounders
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 your knowledge of batting and fielding when playing racing rounders.
Key Notes
- Move: accurate throwing using both underarm and overarm techniques allows us to throw the ball into space.
- Move: after throwing the ball we must run quickly around the bases to score a rounder.
- Think: knowing that the job of the fielders is to prevent the batting team scoring rounders helps us create tactics.
- Feel: trying our hardest, even when we make mistakes, shows we have resilience.
- Connect: collaborating and helping our teammates to make in-game decisions develops trust.
Vocabulary To Learn
- rounder: hit/throw the ball and successfully run around all four bases faster than the fielding team can retrieve the ball
- bases: 4 points on the rounders field, positioned in a diamond shape, which a player has to run round to score a rounder.
- throw: using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When fielding, pupils retrieve the ball and run with it in order to return it to the pupil on a base.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: accurate throwing using both underarm and overarm techniques allows us to throw the ball into space. Move: after throwing the ball we must run quickly around the bases to score a rounder.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'rounder'
hit/throw the ball and successfully run around all four bases faster than the fielding team can retrieve the ball.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When fielding, pupils retrieve the ball and run with it in order to return it to the pupil on a base. Correction: Tell the pupils that when fielding, they should work together as a team. Instead of running with the ball, they should quickly pass it to another player support, who needs to be close by and supporting. This will help move the ball faster.
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