Year 7 - Physical education
Games: can you roll a ball with accuracy and adjust your tactics?
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore basic agility, balance and coordination skills with a focus on ball control and challenges to develop competence in a range of games. Pupils will need to think creatively to modify the ideas presented to them whilst producing personal best performances.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to roll a ball at a target and adjust your tactics based on different scenarios.
Key Notes
- Move: a smooth pendulum swing and low body position improves accuracy.
- Think: adjusting your swing will modify power and angle to control distance and accuracy.
- Feel: satisfaction comes from being able to predict and achieve consistent results.
- Connect: challenging yourself or others to a repeat performance raises levels of competition.
Vocabulary To Learn
- technique: the method we use to perform a task
- pendlum: swinging your arms straight back and forward
- strategies: plans for achieving success
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You can roll the ball from any height.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: a smooth pendulum swing and low body position improves accuracy. Think: adjusting your swing will modify power and angle to control distance and accuracy.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'technique'
the method we use to perform a task.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: You can roll the ball from any height. Correction: It is more accurate to roll the ball from a lower position which is achievied by bending your knees.
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