Year 5 - Physical education
Create and apply tactics, introduce umpiring and scoring
Striking and fielding games: striking and fielding skills through cricket
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Unit Summary
This unit will challenge pupils to refine their prior learning of the skills required for both batting and fielding applying these through cricket. Pupils will be able to create and apply tactics for both batting, and fielding, including bowling and apply these successfully within their teams.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply tactics when fielding to prevent the batter from scoring runs and can take on the role of an umpire.
Key Notes
- Move: increasing and decreasing our bowling speed and power makes it difficult for the batter.
- Move: it is important to always run to meet the ball when fielding and work with our teammates to outwit the batter.
- Think: creating and applying different tactics and working together as fielders can reduce the number of runs scored.
- Feel: taking on the role of umpire shows responsibility and an appreciation of the rules.
- Connect: encouraging others and making sure everyone is happy and motivated to try their best demonstrates leadership.
Vocabulary To Learn
- tactics: a carefully planned set of actions that are used by a team or an individual to achieve a certain goal
- outwit: using tactics and strategies to gain an advantage over our opponents
- umpire: an official who makes decisions to ensure that the game is played fairly and by the rules
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When bowling, pupils focus solely on bowling powerfully and quickly every bowl, often causing them to bowl inaccurately or without proper technique.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: increasing and decreasing our bowling speed and power makes it difficult for the batter. Move: it is important to always run to meet the ball when fielding and work with our teammates to outwit the batter.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'tactics'
a carefully planned set of actions that are used by a team or an individual to achieve a certain goal.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When bowling, pupils focus solely on bowling powerfully and quickly every bowl, often causing them to bowl inaccurately or without proper technique. Correction: Ensure pupils understand that the accuracy of their bowling is crucial and that varying the speed and power of the bowls can actually make it trickier for the batter to hit the ball.
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