Year 5 - Physical education
The concept of cricket
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 demonstrate a good understanding of batting and fielding in a game of cricket.
Key Notes
- Move: striking the ball with intent towards spaces, helps us to score more runs when batting.
- Move: accurate throwing, catching and retrieving skills are important when fielding to keep the batters score low.
- Think: reflecting on our performance and adapting tactics is important when batting and fielding to win the game.
- Feel: helping our teammates make decisions within the game shows we understand the importance of responsibility.
- Connect: encouraging our team mates when they make mistakes shows excellent teamwork.
Vocabulary To Learn
- batting: when a player uses a bat to try to hit a ball that is thrown or bowled to them.
- fielding: when players on the team that is not batting try to catch or stop the ball and get the batters out.
- game: an activity or sport in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils hold the bat and attempt to strike the ball using just 1 hand, like they would in similar sports, such as rounders.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: striking the ball with intent towards spaces, helps us to score more runs when batting. Move: accurate throwing, catching and retrieving skills are important when fielding to keep the batters score low.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'batting'
when a player uses a bat to try to hit a ball that is thrown or bowled to them.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils hold the bat and attempt to strike the ball using just 1 hand, like they would in similar sports, such as rounders. Correction: Ensure pupils understand that this approach can lead to a lack of control, making it difficult to play different shots. A correct 2 handed grip is essential for balance, precision and better shot execution.
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