Main Activities: Key Teaching Points

Catching/Throwing Sports
Date:15/05/13 Equipment
Demonstrate and
Cones/hoops Paper Targets
Hit the target (5-10 mins) enforce proper
Balls1x person (crocodile balls, footballs) Bibs/Sashes throwing technique
Rubber
Split participants into pairs and space them 10m chicken
apart on parallel lines (point towards
In-between each pair place a target (i.e. cone(s)) in-between each pair target, lead with
Group: opposite foot to
Participants aim to hit the target with a ball. If successful they take a step back
Duration: 1 hrcan go
Session throwing hand)
Game for a certain time period, or until a number of hits are made, or until a person from the pair
Number: week away from the target.
reaches a certain distance
9
Modifications: change size/type of ball, change target, change
Warmthrowing style (over/underarm)
up games:
Safety Considerations: inaccurate throws coming from other pairings. Key Teaching
Scarecrow Tigi (5 Mins) Points:

Designate 1-3 players as taggers, rest of class run free

When tagged can only be freed by another untagged classmate running through tagged persons Teaching spatial
legs Catch 5 (5-10 mins) awareness ie run to
Students split into 2 teams. empty space
Modifications: change being a scarecrow to flushing the toilet, freeing the prisoner etc.
A member from each team does paper scissors rock to determine who starts with the ball
Safety Considerations: be mindful of clashing participants, slips, trips, falls, set clear boundaries
The aim is for the team in possession of the ball to complete a specific number of catches in a row
If the tem in possession drops a catch or the ball hits the ground with them touching it last, or if the
other team catches the ball there is a turnover Emphasise correct
Killer Whale (5mins) throwing and
Modifications: hot potato, change number of catches required, can/cant move when in possession of ball, catching
Enforce technique,
correct
Designate
change 1-3 taggers (killer whales)
type of ball. emphasise strategic
dribbling technique.
Other
Safety players (non-taggers
Considerations: No hardeach have
throws, a basketball
watch to bounce
for collisions around
between players thinking (i.e.
Emphasise moving
looking
Taggers must try and steal as many basketballs as possible within the allotted time period into space)
at where youre
going instead of
looking at the ball
Modification: youre dribbling.
Dribble using only less dominant hand, two bounces per step
Safety Considerations: Make students aware of clashing hazard, slips, trips, falls

Reaction Game (5mins) Emphasise a

Australian Sports Commission
calming
Spilt groups into even groups of 3-5 and place in a circle formation environment to
Place a ball in the middle of the group