Movement skills/concepts

Throwing overarm, space awareness (levels and direction), time and energy, and relationships (with others).

Set-up

• Small balls, cones/markers, targets (containers, hoops, bins, lines, skittles, gutter board).
• Targets and pairs of cones are set out in a defined area that includes a wall. Children, working individually and in pairs, are spread out with a ball each.

Activity

Individually (Can you throw the ball overarm…?)

• as far as possible
• as hard as possible
• up high
• at a ground target (hoop/circle/line/bin)
• at a wall/wall target
• over a rugby post
• between cones/markers

In pairs (Can you throw the ball overarm…?)

• and bounce to your partner
• so that your partner can catch it without moving
• over an ever-increasing distance
• at a wall and catch it on the rebound
• with right/left hand
• at a target (hoop/skittle/line/gutter board)
• from different levels – high/low/shoulder height
• as high as you can

Can you see …?

• ball in fingers
• eyes on target
• side on – weight on the rear foot
• stepping forward on opposite foot to throwing arm
• following through