Movement skills/concepts

Underarm throw for accuracy.

Set-up

Small balls, bucket/bin/box, targets on wall, ground targets like hoops, rope circles, bases, discs, markers as tees.

Activity 1: Frogs

• Each group of two-three, with one ball, is spaced around a bucket.
• Players take turns throwing
• the ball into the bucket. How many
• times can you throw the balls into the bucket?

Activity 2: Underarm darts

In a group of two-three, each player has a ball and stands in front of a wall target (numbers in a square, or a circle with several rings, like a dartboard).

Throw underarm five times and count your score.

Activity 3: Underarm golf

Ground targets (holes) are arranged as a ‘golf’ course, positioned at varying distances from one another and with a marker (tee) near each one.

Players throw from the starting tee until they can land the ball on the full on the first target. They continue in this way round the rest of the course, following the correct sequence.

Can you see …?

• eyes on target
• long arm swing
• stepping towards target
• following through

You could ask …

If you increase the distance from the target, what happens to your arm swing? To hit the target consistently, what do you need to focus on?

Variations

Increase difficulty: Increase the distance between tee and target.

Play with a partner: Have a competition to see who can score the most points with a limited number of throws.