Year 5 - Physical education
Striking the ball at different angles and speeds
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 strike the ball at different angles and speeds to score runs in a game of cricket.
Key Notes
- Move: striking the ball at various angles and speeds, following through towards space will help us to score more runs.
- Move: stepping the front foot forward gets the body into position to hit a drive shot.
- Think: varying the angle and speed we strike the ball can help us to outwit our opponents to help us score more runs.
- Feel: taking responsibility when we make mistakes and striving to keep working hard shows great resilience.
- Connect: providing feedback helps others to improve their performances and demonstrates excellent encouragement.
Vocabulary To Learn
- strike: the act of hitting/making contact with the ball
- drive: a batting stroke played on the front foot
- angle: the direction and elevation when striking the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils do not move their feet when striking the ball, leading to mistimed and awkward shots.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: striking the ball at various angles and speeds, following through towards space will help us to score more runs. Move: stepping the front foot forward gets the body into position to hit a drive shot.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'strike'
the act of hitting/making contact with the ball.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils do not move their feet when striking the ball, leading to mistimed and awkward shots. Correction: Almost every shot requires some foot movement and the players stance should allow for this by being on the balls of feet and with knees slightly bent. Practising footwork using a batting tee will make applying footwork to a moving ball easier.
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