by Neetu | Jun 2, 2020 | Fitness Activity
Movement skills/concepts
Striking a stationary ball with a long implement (cricket bat) for distance and accuracy, and fielding a ball.
Set-up
- Cricket bats, small balls in container, tees or foam blocks, spray-paint/marker dust/ chalk and cones, markers.
- Groups of approximately four–five:
- one as batter and the rest as fielders, including one keeper.
- Extending out in a funnel shape from a batting mark, pairs of markers are placed at set intervals.
Activity
The batter hits a ball between markers, and scores run for the distance gained.
Fielders attempt to keep the score as low as possible and return the balls to the keeper. Caught balls do not score. The batter has five hits. Runs per hit are added together to give a total score. Rotate players.
- side on to the direction of hit
- straight backlift
- stepping front foot beside the ball
- vertical bat
- following through
Variation
Vary implement: Use a softball tee and bat, hockey stick or golf club.
Lob ball: Instead of a tee, have a player drop the ball for the hitter or lob the ball to the hitter.
Other striking skills: Include kicking, punting, and striking with the hands.
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2020 | Fitness Activity
Movement skills/concepts
Striking a stationary ball for accuracy and fielding a ground ball.
Set-up
- Markers, tees, small softballs, and softball bats.
- Groups of four: one batter and three goalkeepers. Each player has a bat/stick and each group has a ball.
- In a large grass area, four markers are spaced out in a line in front of a batting tee to form three goals.
Activity
The batter attempts to hit the ball through the goals. The middle goal is worth five points and each outside goal is worth two points.
The goalkeepers try to stop the ball with their bats/sticks before it goes through a goal. The batter attempts to score as many points as possible in five hits.
- side on to the direction of hit
- hands together, relaxed swing
- step in direction of hit
- following through
Variations
Vary difficulty level: Adjust the distance and size of the goals to match skill.
Vary the implement: Use a cricket bat and small tee, golf club or hockey stick with the ball on the ground.
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2020 | Fitness Activity
Movement skills/concepts
Blocking and directing a rolling ball into space and rolling a ball to a stationary target.
Set-up
- Bats/sticks, small softballs.
- Groups of five–six, with a bat and ball per group in a defined hard or grass area.
Activity
The player with the bat stands in the center of a circle made up of the other players. The player with the ball bowls underarm to try to hit the batter on the legs. The batter must keep their legs still while the ball is bowled.
If the batter hits the ball, the player fielding the ball has the next bowl. The batter has a maximum of five turns.
If the bowler is successful in hitting the batter on the legs, the bowler becomes the batter.
- keeping the bat vertical, a tip of the bat at feet
- turning to face the next bowler
Variations
Vary skills: The batter may move to a new spot after hitting but must stop as soon as the ball is fielded.
by Santosh | Jun 2, 2020 | Fitness Activity
LEARNING OUTCOME
Dribbles using the dominant hand while walking in general space
STUDENT TARGETS
Skill: I will continuously dribble the basketball.
Cognitive: I will discuss the things that made this activity challenging.
Fitness: I will actively engage in class to improve my dribbling skills.
Personal & Social Responsibility: I will work through this activity’s challenges to improve my skills.
TEACHING CUES
- Body is Steady
- Dribble with a Push from Arm and Fingers
ACTIVITY SET-UP AND PROCEDURE
EQUIPMENT:
- 4 large cones
- 1 basketball per student
- 1 poly spot per student
- 1 bean bag per student
SET-UP:
- Create boundaries for a large activity area with cones.
- Scatter poly spots throughout the area.
- Each student to a poly spot with a ball and a bean bag.
ACTIVITY PROCEDURES:
- Are you up for a Balance Ball challenge? We are going to practice dribbling with one hand while we balance a bean bag on top of the other hand.
- Put the bean bag on your hand. When I say, “GO!” begin dribbling and continue until you hear the stop signal.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2020 | Fitness Activity
Movement skills/concepts
Striking off a tee, running, and fielding a small ball.
Set-up
- Batting tees, small balls, choice of implement (hockey stick/cricket or softball bat), markers, hoops.
- Each group of four has a bat, ball, tee, hoop, and marker; one batter and three fielders, including one bass player, who is standing inside a hoop.
Activity
The batter hits the ball forward of the tee and then must run around the marker and back before the base player holds the ball with a foot in the hoop and calls ‘Stop’.
If the batter cannot score a run or hit the ball, the next player has a turn at batting. If the batter scores a run, they have another turn but now must score two runs.
Continue to add a run each turn until the batter is unsuccessful.
- gripping with hands together
- standing side on to tee, feet apart, relaxed
- step and swing
- following through
Variations
Include underarm pitch: As skill develops, batters may toss the ball up and hit it, or hit a slow-moving ball, (e.g. slow pitch, roll, or bowl).
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2020 | Fitness Activity
Movement skills/concepts
Striking a ball up in the air, judging flight path, and moving to receive a ball.
Set-up
- Bats/racquets, small balls.
- Children in groups of five, with one bat each and one ball per group, form a circle in a hard or grass area.
Activity
One person stands in the middle of a circle, hits the ball straight up in the air and calls out the name of another person in that group.
The named person runs to the middle, hits the ball up in the air before it touches the ground, and calls out another person’s name. Meanwhile, the caller moves to the outside of the circle, taking the place of this named person.
How many hits in a row can your group do?
- eyes on the ball
- keeping bat flat – flat surface
- moving quickly to get in position
Variations
Vary skill: Use striking with hand(s).
Vary difficulty level: Increase or decrease, the size of the circle.
