Year 9 - Physical education
Teamwork and communication
Striking and fielding: officiating your own small sided cricket games
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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 play and contribute to umpiring small sided team striking and fielding games.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing accurately towards the wickets can score a direct hit to run a batter out.
- Move: umpires moving into position to judge a run out and indicating outs with a pointed finger, signals the decision.
- Think: quickly deciding which end to aim for is calculated by the likelihood of the batter reaching it.
- Feel: it is important to celebrate winning and accept getting out or losing gracefully, as well to enjoy sport fully.
- Connect: communicating clearly which end to aim for can make the difference between running out a batter or not.
Vocabulary To Learn
- teamwork: the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in an effective and efficient way
- communication: sending and receiving information with others
- run out: when a fielder hits the stumps with the ball before the batter reaches the crease
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may argue about decisions, particularly close calls such as run outs. This can often lead to the decision going in the favour of the more dominant or boisterous pupils.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing accurately towards the wickets can score a direct hit to run a batter out. Move: umpires moving into position to judge a run out and indicating outs with a pointed finger, signals the decision.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'teamwork'
the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in an effective and efficient way.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may argue about decisions, particularly close calls such as run outs. This can often lead to the decision going in the favour of the more dominant or boisterous pupils. Correction: Pupils should experience the umpire role to practise making fair decisions and develop empathy, helping them understand not to challenge calls.
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