Year 8 - Physical education
Overarm bowling from a standing position
Striking and fielding games: competition and performance analysis in cricket
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop techniques for batting in cricket whilst bringing in statistical analysis to help with decision making. Fielding skills will be refined before overarm bowling is refined to enable games of pairs cricket.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to bowl a ball with an overarm technique and follow through.
Key Notes
- Move: bowling a ball requires a side on stance with a straight arm which follows through to point at the target.
- Move: releasing the ball at the highest point of the bowling action will contribute to ensuring it is a legal ball.
- Think: bowling the ball to the correct areas of the pitch will ensure it is legal and not a no ball or wide.
- Feel: focusing on learning a complex skill can be a great distractor from everyday stress.
- Connect: providing feedback to a partner helps them understand their performance of a complex skill and correct errors.
Vocabulary To Learn
- follow through: a bowler's body actions after the release of the ball to stabilise their body
- straight arm: the bowling arm stayed extended as you bowl
- grip: how the ball is held in the hand using index and middle finger, and the thumb
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The most common error made when beginning to learn how to bowl in cricket is that pupils throw the ball with the elbow bending in the action which is not allowed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: bowling a ball requires a side on stance with a straight arm which follows through to point at the target. Move: releasing the ball at the highest point of the bowling action will contribute to ensuring it is a legal ball.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'follow through'
a bowler's body actions after the release of the ball to stabilise their body.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The most common error made when beginning to learn how to bowl in cricket is that pupils throw the ball with the elbow bending in the action which is not allowed. Correction: Pupils need to understand that the action requires a straight arm and this should be emphasised throughout the lesson. It is perhaps a unique throwing action which takes time to adjust to.
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