Year 7 - Physical education
Games: can you use an implement to keep a ball up?
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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 use an implement to accurately hit a ball consecutively.
Key Notes
- Move: using a steady but firm wrist and appropriate force helps to keep the ball under control.
- Think: adjusting the force of the implement helps you maintain control and improve accuracy during different challenges.
- Feel: staying focused and motivated helps you persevere and improve your personal best when practising control skills.
- Connect: sharing ideas, encouraging others and working safely helps everyone improve their control and game design.
Vocabulary To Learn
- control: the ability to keep the ball under command so you can accurately and consistently direct it using an implement or your hands
- coordination: using different body parts at the same time, smoothly and with control
- personal best: your highest recorded performance in an event, used to gauge potential and improvement
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is best to hit a ball with very little power.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: using a steady but firm wrist and appropriate force helps to keep the ball under control. Think: adjusting the force of the implement helps you maintain control and improve accuracy during different challenges.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'control'
the ability to keep the ball under command so you can accurately and consistently direct it using an implement or your hands.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: It is best to hit a ball with very little power. Correction: You need to use some power to hit the ball to allow the ball to bounce, especially if it is a soft ball or some rolled up socks.
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