by Santosh | Jun 15, 2020 | Fitness Activity
LEARNING OUTCOME
Develop the concepts of finding space, anticipation, teamwork, and deception.
TEACHING CUES
- Demonstrate the activity using players from the group.
- Let the game run a little before any intervention – ‘let the kids play!’
ACTIVITY SET-UP AND PROCEDURE
EQUIPMENT:
- One volleyball or similar per pair
- A court surface that allows the ball to bounce
- 6 markers per court
SET-UP:
- Form pairs – see Form a Group
- Players in position as shown – player with the ball serves.
ACTIVITY PROCEDURES:
- The ball must cross the line above waist height.
- Play continues until one player cannot return the ball after one bounce, or the ball is thrown out of court, or the receiver drops the ball.
- The serve alternates between players.
- Play to a specified number of points, (e.g. 5) or a set time limit (e.g. 3 minutes).
Variations
- Play 3 v 3 – alternate serves between teams. Ensure each player has an opportunity to serve.
- Restrict the time in possession depending on the ability of the players (e.g. 3 seconds or more).
- Provide a ‘no-go’ or bounce-free zone.
- Restrict the type of passes that players can use (e.g. chest pass, one handed pass, overhead pass, underarm pass).
- Allow students to select different rules to suit their ability and make the competition more even (e.g. one student is allowed two bounces and their opponent only one).
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
by Neetu | Jun 15, 2020 | Sports
Aim
To beat the ball back to the wicketkeeper
Equipment Required
- 1 ball
- 8 Cones & 2 stumps per 12 students group
Activity Description
- Form two equal teams
- Set up a ‘baseball-type’ diamond with one player on each base and other fielders inside the area
- The fielding team should have a wicket-keeper at first base
- The batter hits the ball off the tee within the diamond, then runs around the diamond in a clockwise direction
- When the fielder gathers the ball it is first thrown to the wicket-keeper at the stumps from where the ball was hit and then from base to base in an anti-clockwise direction
- If the batter beats the ball back the batting team score a run, if the batter does not, the batter is out
Grade Level Progression
- Game: Introduce new rules such as if players are touched in possession they lose the ball and the ball can be rolled along the ground
- Skills: Have 2 players working together to practice technique under no pressure
by Neetu | Jun 15, 2020 | Sports
Aim
Play cricket using all the skills learned earlier
Equipment Required
- 2 Bats
- 3 balls
- 2 Batting Tees
- 2 Stumps
- 8 Cones
Activity Description
- Each pair bats for 2 overs (12 balls)
- One team bats while the other bowls.
- Each pair bowls for 2 overs (6 balls each partner).
- When a partner is bowling, other partner wicketkeepers.
- A wide ball (one that cannot be reached by the batter in normal stance) results in a free hit from the offside tee and the ball must be hit forward (a hit behind the stumps does not score).
- The batter only gets one swing at the free hit and the fielders cannot move closer until after the free hit has been taken.
- FIELDERS CANNOT FIELD ANY CLOSER THAN 10M FROM THE BATTER
- Only the hit ball is in play.
- Batters can be ‘out’ Bowled, Caught, or Run Out (& only run out from a free hit).
- IF BATTERS GO OUT THEY SWAP ENDS & CONTINUE TO BAT.
- Runs made are doubled if hit into the double score zone.
- Fielding team scores 5 bonus runs for each wicket they take.
- After the batting team has all batted reverse roles.
- Highest score wins
Key Teaching Points: Encourage discussion by teams to develop strategies for results (e.g. who bowls to who, field placements, etc).
by Neetu | Jun 15, 2020 | Sports
Aim
Wicket keeping catching & movement skills
Equipment Require
Activity Description
Mark a distance of 5m by using 2 markers. The wicket-keeper stands in the middle of the two markers and has to attempt to prevent any balls from passing through this space. The feeder throws the ball low and wide to extend the wicket-keeper
Key Teaching Points: Highlight good catching technique and feet movement
Grade Level Progression
- Increase the size of the space that has to be defended
- Scores can be kept and competition can be had between each player
by Neetu | Jun 15, 2020 | Sports
Aim
For players to catch the ball under pressure and become the winning pair
Equipment Required
2 balls between pairs
Activity Description
- Players form a circle with one ball between each pair. Each person has a partner opposite them in the circle
- Every pair must throw the ball to each other across the circle
- If either person drops the ball both players are out of the game
- The last remaining pair are declared the winners
Grade Level Progression
- Introduce one ball for every player, throwing simultaneously
- Have 2 players working together to practice technique under no pressure
