Hannah Walter

Movement lesson on Throwing 1

Target audience: Grade one Students

Number of Students: 20

Duration: 50 minutes

Learning outcomes:
Students will:
- Confidently display under arm, over arm and two hand throw
- Accurately reach target over varied distances

Introduction:
Childrens inactivity has been categorized as a modifiable risk for
lifestyle related diseases (Vale, Santos, Soares-Miranda, Silva, &
Mota, 2011). The development of motor skills during the primary
years is essential in aiding students with the tools to participate fully
in physical activity in the coming years. This lesson is based on the
fundamental motor skill of throwing.

Initially the teacher will explain the notion of throwing and the
learning goals intended for each students to reach. These will be
clearly expressed to the students to give direction of learning. To
asses the prior knowledge and skill level a question set of three
questions will be put to the class, students will then be given 30
seconds to turn to the person next to them to discuss what answer
they think is correct before I call on a students to share with the
class their answer. The questions will be as follow:
- How many different types of throws can you think of?
- What is most important to think of when throwing?
- How do you make an object go further when throwing it?
Then a brief explanation of safety requirements when throwing will
be given (e.g., dont aim for someones face only chest and below,
no aiming for the ceiling or walls etc.). Students will then be told of
class attention techniques for today which will be the use of the
whistle, when the whilst is blown students must freeze and keep the
ball they are holding placed between their feet.

Requirements:
-8 cones
-Range of soft to hard balls as well as large to small
-Whistle
-Six bowling pins (plastic)

Warm up activity:

Octopus:

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5 Students will be selected to remain in the center of the space and

be given a colored bib each, the remaining students will be up
against the wall with at least one hand touching the wall. Students
in the middle are it and when I call octopus the students against
the wall must try to run toward the opposite wall without getting
tagged. If they make it they must remain against the wall with one
hand touching it till I call the next octopus, if they were tagged the
must keep both feet stuck to the floor but are able to bend and try
and tag the next lot of runners with their hands. The main safety
instruction given for this activity is to not run hard at the wall and
taggers are only allowed to tag below the shoulders.

Skill review and new skill development:

-This is the first lesson on throwing students have had, the teacher
will begin with an explanation of a two hand chest pass.
- Teacher will first demonstrate this with class seated on the floor
and every students in full vision of the their demonstration.
-Students will then be divided into pairs and situated in two lines
facing each other in the space. Students will then be seated again
and shown an example using a ball this time of how students are
expected to hold the ball then the hand action use whilst throwing
it. (Two hands spread either side of the ball with the ball held
against your chest, push the ball outward using both hands
simultaneously then use the flick of the wrist to project the ball out
of your hands)

Progression:
-Students will begin in close proximity to their partner and practice
the two handed pass as demonstrated. As students skill level
progresses the teacher will increase the distance between each
partner.
-The whistle will be blown and the teacher will demonstrate the
under arm throw (Hold ball in one hand using the palm to stabilize
the ball and the fingers to grasp it, hold ball at waist height, take
one step forward with the leg corresponding to the arm throwing the
ball whilst moving the arms in a backward motion and as the foot
stepping forward teacher the ground bring the arm forward and use
the flick of the wrist to project ball out of hand)
-Students will begin practicing this activity same as they did with
the chest pass and the gradual increase of distance will be
monitored by the teacher.
-Lastly the introduction of the over arm throw will be exampled, the
whistle will be blown and the teacher will demonstrate how to
correctly hold the ball and the arms action in bringing the ball back
behind the head and using the flick of the wrist when bringing ball
forward to project the ball off the fingers)
-Practice of this technique will be same as above.

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Activity:

Human netball
Area: Inside gymnasium

Equipment: two pimple balls

Skills: Throwing, catching

Instructions: Students will be divided into four groups. Each group

will be given a different colored bib set. Two teams will play in one
half of the gym (areas divided by colored cones) One students from
each team will be designated as the goals and the teams aim is to
pass the ball safely to this person (whom will stand at the edge of
each area) and this will count as a goal. This student is allowed to
run up and down their edge but are not allowed to step forward pass
the cones into the playing area. To keep each students participating
after each goal is scored the person will change roles with another
teammate.
-Each team need to pass the ball 5 times before passing it to their
goals, and once they have the ball they are not allowed to move,
simply allowed to pivot.
-The defending team is not allowed any contact and any contact
above the shoulders results in an automatic goal for the opposite
team.
-The four teams will play all at once, with one game down one end of
the gymnasium and another down the opposite end.
-Students are encouraged to vary the type of throw they use and
practice each of their learnt skills.
* Instructional language used by teacher will need to be precise and
clear to ensure no student throws the ball dangerously, or uses
unnecessary contact during the activity.

Adaptations:
-If students seem to find the game to easy the area in which they
play will be increased and teams will have to pass ten times before
being able to score a goal
-If the activity proves to hard students will be instructed to remain
one meter from each person and only have to pass the ball 3 times
before scoring a goal.

*Good sportsman ship will be encouraged and applauded with the

main aim to keep all students positively participating in the activity.

Cool down:
-Students will hold hands in a circle then put both arms out and
ensure they cannot touch the people either side of them to create
space.

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-As we have worked hard on the muscles in the top half of the body
we will begin with arms stretches that the students will model from
the teacher.
-Progressing down to the chest, shoulder and back where varied
stretches will again be modeled.

Lesson recap:
-Students will remain in their circle be asked to share what they
learnt and what they found challenging about the lesson, we will go
around the circle and students will be encouraged to pick and
answer different to the one given before them.

Movement lesson on Throwing 2

Target Audience: Grade one students

Number of students: 20

Duration: 50 minutes

Learning outcomes:
Students will:
- Confidently display under arm, over arm and two hand throw
- Accurately reach target over varied distances

Introduction:
Teacher will begin the lesson by calling on students to come to the
front of the class and demonstrate one of the three throwing actions
learnt in the previous lesson. During this process questions will be
put to the seated students about the technique of the throw being
displayed. These questions can vary from What part of the hand
does the ball rest on during this throw? Does it help to take a step
forward in this throw? and What wrist movement help to make this
throw more effective?

Once the teacher has assessed the level of recall the students have
from the previous lesson they will physically demonstrate all three
throws once again to the students drawing attention to the focal
points that showed the need for development from the previous
lesson.

Equipment:
-Enough tags for one per students
-Cones

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-Colored bibs
-An array of different sized and weighted balls

Warm up:

Tail Tiggy: Students are given one tag each that they are to tuck
into the back of their pants. Cones will mark the designated area in
which students are allowed to run. When I blow my whistle the
students have to try and steal as many tags from other people as
possible tucking them into the back of their pants before I blow my
whistle again. When my whistle is blown those with no tags have to
freeze on the spot and try to grab the tag of a passer by to gain re-
entry into the game. Important to explain to students to run with
their heads up to avoid any contact that may hurt another person.
When whistle is blown all students must freeze with hands on head
facing the teacher.

Skill review and skill development:

-Students will be divided into four groups. In these groups they will
get into a circle and allocate a certain person that each person
passes the ball to so that in each group has a turn at catching and
throwing during each cycle. Students are at arms width apart and
are to throw the ball to their allocated person using the throw the
teacher will call out (e.g., under arm, chest pass, over arm).
-Once these skills are revised and show improvement the teacher
will demonstrate a bounce pass, this pass will then be added into
the passes called out by the teacher as each of the four groups
participate in their throwing cycle.

Activity:

Skittles

Area: Gymnasium

Equipment:
-Six cones
-Six balls (soft foam balls)
-Cones

Skills: Running, throwing and catching

Instructions: Students are divided into two groups. One group

remains on one side of the cones, and the other group on the other
side. The cones are positioned down the center of the gym and at
the far end of each side there are three bowling pins, these are
placed so that there is one on either edge of the area and one in the
center (see attached diagram). The six foam balls are lined up
along the cones that mark the center of the area. Each side remains

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against their back wall with one hand touching the wall at all times
until the teacher blows their whistle. Once the whistle is blown both
sides run to the center trying to grab a ball before the other side.
Once a ball is retrieved the aim is to use it to knock down the other
teams bowling pins. The team to successfully knock down the other
teams pins first, wins. Certain team tactics may need to be
emphasized before the game begins. Such as making three team
members responsible for defending their pins, other team members
fielders who constantly look to retrieve a thrown ball, and other
team members the throwers who have to try and knock down the
pins. These positions will be constantly rotated; the teacher will
monitor this rotation. If a student catches a ball on the full, that
team gets to put one of their pins back standing.

The aim of the game is to keep students all participating and

working together as a team, and deciding which throw best suits the
distance and target they need to hit.
*Clear instructional language to ensure students do not run head on
into each other during the initial beginning of the game will need to
be emphasized, and ensure the students use safe throwing practices
and arent to hard. No student is to aim for another student directly.

Adaptations:
-If the activity is to hard use a smaller area and bigger balls, such as
pimple balls, perhaps also make the targets larger items such as
wickets instead of pins.
-If the activity is to easy add more balls and make them smaller,
also the defenders of the pins are not allowed closer than two
meters of the pins.

Cool down:
Teacher runs through full body stretches, these will include stretches
of the quads, hamstrings, calves, back, shoulder, chest and arms.
Students will get into the same circle as exampled in the previous
lesson and students will copy the stretch modeled by the teacher.

A slow nice and easy 2 laps of the gym will then be walked with the
teacher calling out different actions as students walk for example
skip, walk backwards and hands in the air.

Lesson Recap:
Students will be given the opportunity to express what they found
challenging, exciting or what they didnt understand. They will also
be asked to reflect on whether they thought their throwing had
improved or not.