Year 7 - Physical education
3 ball rounders
Striking and fielding games: bowling, batting and fielding with accuracy
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop core skills in batting, bowling and fielding with the intention of outwitting opponents. Pupils will learn to play simple games with a variety of equipment to ensure success and be given quality practice time to focus on accuracy in games like rounders.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to send the ball into areas of a playing field using different striking techniques to avoid fielders and maximise your scoring opportunities.
Key Notes
- Move: to hit the ball into different spaces, the angle of the hips, front foot and backswing are adjusted.
- Think: the fielding team needs to be well spaced out to increase coverage and adapt if the batter is left handed.
- Think: creating maximum distance between the three balls and the opposing team creates more time to score.
- Feel: excitement and enjoyment can also come from other people's success.
- Connect: encouraging one another shows compassion and helps to develop confidence.
Vocabulary To Learn
- angle: adjusting the angle of the hips, feet and backswing helps to accurately direct the ball and generate power when batting
- tactics: actions carefully planned to achieve a desired outcome
- rounder: a complete run of a player through all the bases as a unit of scoring
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often try to hit the ball too hard when batting. Often pupils hit the ball in the same space every time they bat which is usually around 2nd and 3rd base.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to hit the ball into different spaces, the angle of the hips, front foot and backswing are adjusted. Think: the fielding team needs to be well spaced out to increase coverage and adapt if the batter is left handed.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'angle'
adjusting the angle of the hips, feet and backswing helps to accurately direct the ball and generate power when batting.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils often try to hit the ball too hard when batting. Often pupils hit the ball in the same space every time they bat which is usually around 2nd and 3rd base. Correction: Pupils should focus on accuracy and control rather than power. Encourage pupils to change the angle of their hips, front foot and backswing to help them hit the ball in different directions.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- Analysing performance and working more effectively as a team Study Guide
- Catching, throwing and roller ball games Study Guide
- Effective batting placement through Danish longball from a T Study Guide
- Officiating your own small sided rounders games Study Guide
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