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Year 9 - Physical education

Game play with a focus on emotional control

Striking and fielding: officiating your own small sided cricket games

Unit Summary

This unit will develop consistency, timing and fluency in the execution of batting, bowling and fielding skills as well as providing pupils with the opportunity to demonstrate integrity through officiating their own games.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to support teammates through the emotions of game play.

Key Notes

  • Move: the reverse sweep is performed by rotating the bat and sweeping the bat from in front of leg side to the off side.
  • Think: selecting the reverse sweep requires quick decisions based on the nature of the bowling.
  • Think: considering how others must be feeling and experiencing emotions can help to suitably respond and support them.
  • Feel: successfully playing an advanced shot such as reverse sweep in competitive situations should make you proud.
  • Connect: supporting others to manage their emotions requires sensitivity and good perceptions.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • reverse sweep: shot where the batter sweeps the ball across to the off side.
  • emotional control: staying calm and managing your feelings during pressure, success or setbacks
  • support (emotional): helping teammates manage their feelings by encouraging them, showing empathy and reacting calmly when things go wrong

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Some pupils don't consider the emotions of other people involved in a game which can lead to unsavoury comments after mistakes or poor play.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: the reverse sweep is performed by rotating the bat and sweeping the bat from in front of leg side to the off side. Think: selecting the reverse sweep requires quick decisions based on the nature of the bowling.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'reverse sweep'

shot where the batter sweeps the ball across to the off side.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Some pupils don't consider the emotions of other people involved in a game which can lead to unsavoury comments after mistakes or poor play. Correction: Encourage pupils to consider the emotions of others and how they might be able to positively influence the emotions of others through words and actions.

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