Movement Skills - Here are some of the ways I'd like you to practice in Term 2
These are skills to practice in PE time, in order to meet Stage 3 requirements.
You should still be doing your 60 mins of daily activity. These skills do count towards your 60 mins also.
There will be 5 parts listed. You need to do all 5 over the 10 weeks of Term 2, in 2 week blocks.
Don't just do them once. They need to be done continually, but you don't need to do all 5 in the same week.
You will be asked to provide a flipgrid of each practice method
This is combining 2 or more skills together to form a movement sequence.
It could be a run and kick, run and catch, dribble and shoot, leap and balance...etc
Anything where you take a skill and increase the complexity by adding an extra array of movement to the task
This one is fun to practice as you are taking one skill, and performing it in different situations.
Using any equipment you have, practice 1 skill. You can used rolled up newspaper if you have to. Be creative if you don't have any actual sports equipment. You can use a stick and a rock if wanted. 1x Skill, 6x different ways
Check the videos for a visual - Afl Kick, Tennis ball throw at target
"Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong!" - One of my favourite sayings!
This could involve working on mastering a skill. Take a skill you can already do and work on getting it right consistently.
Focus on quality of your movement
eg. Juggling (hands or feet), throwing, catching, bouncing, kicking
Try skills but using equipment that may not be intended. This takes a skill that you can do, and causes you to re-learn and focus on the mechanics of the movement. Sometimes when we do a skill that we don't need to think about, we can make errors due to a lack of concentration. This helps us to refocus on the aspects of the skill itself.
Eg. drop punt a tennis ball, juggle ping pong balls, foot juggle toilet rolls (hmm...check with mum/dad first on that one!)
Above - Aaron Finch, Australian cricketer - Training in isolation
Below - Sir Donald Bradman showing some of his individual training techniques
Ideally, you will video yourself performing a skill. There's heaps of apps that can show your skill in slow motion. Or just use a camera!
Perform the skill a number of times and record. Try and record different angles. (See below for a few app options)
Then sit back and check out your technique. Compare it to a professional performing the skill, or someone showing what it should look like.
Then make corrections and repeat the process.
If you don't have a device to record with (phone, camera, ipad etc), then see if someone can watch you and provide real-time feedback.
Feedback can also come through feel. Once you get enough practice of a skill, it won't feel right when you don't perform it correctly. This is called internal feedback. You could try an easy skill and get internal feedback if you have no device or someone to watch.
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/hudl-technique/id470428362 (IOS)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/video-delay-instant-replay/id1135528824 (IOS)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=borama.co.mirrorcoach&hl=en_AU (Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=borama.co.instantreplay&hl=en_AU (Android)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replay-it/dcdhimjnicocbcjhmfcjlooncidccanl?hl=en (Google Chrome)