Year 7 - Physical education
Catching, throwing and roller ball games
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 catch balls in a variety of positions and throw with accuracy over different distances.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing involves standing sideways on, swinging the throwing arm from behind the body to the front to release.
- Move: catching requires you meet the ball with your hands, cup/grasp the ball and cushion it into the waist
- Think: power comes from an overarm throw and accuracy with underarm throws.
- Feel: helping teammates to improve their catching and throwing skills shows excellent integrity.
- Connect: to be compassionate to teammates receiving the ball, adjust throwing style and speed.
Vocabulary To Learn
- underarm throw: a throwing action where the arm doesn't go above the shoulder
- overarm throw: a throwing action where the arm is raised above the shoulder
- accuracy: being able to throw the ball exactly where you want it to go
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often throw with a stiff arm and do not step into their pass with the opposite foot, resulting in inaccurate and unbalanced throws.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing involves standing sideways on, swinging the throwing arm from behind the body to the front to release. Move: catching requires you meet the ball with your hands, cup/grasp the ball and cushion it into the waist.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'underarm throw'
a throwing action where the arm doesn't go above the shoulder.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils often throw with a stiff arm and do not step into their pass with the opposite foot, resulting in inaccurate and unbalanced throws. Correction: Ensure that pupils can throw with the correct technique from a static position before adding any movement.
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