Week 2

Target games - Static balance

Equipment

Marker cones
Tennis balls and small coloured balls or boccia balls

Download the Week 2 Target Games - Static balance activity card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Static balance

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the static balance.

Success criteria.

Student has:

Non-support leg bent, not touching the support leg.
Head stable, eyes focused forward.
Trunk stable and upright.

When proficient in above, student has:

Support leg still, foot flat on the ground.
No excessive arm movements.

Explicit teaching of the static balance

Model the skill

Model the static balance to students while explaining the components needed to effectively balance.

Say to the students:

- Stand still with your foot flat on the ground.
- Hold your bent leg away from your other leg.
- Look at something in front of you.
- Stand up tall when you balance.
- Relax your arms.

Guided practice

Ask students to talk about what is needed for good balance. Discussion should centre around the components of the balance.

In small groups students stand behind a leader on a line and complete the following activities.

Students walk forwards, backwards, sidewards along a line with arms out to the side and head held up.
As a variation, students repeat the movements balancing a beanbag on their head.
Students walk forwards along the line heel to toe, then backwards toe to heel, with arms out to the side and head up. As a variation, students repeat the movements balancing a beanbag on their head.
Mark a number of zig-zag patterns along the ground with markers. Students stand behind a leader and walk heel to toe, toe to heel with arms out. As a variation, students walk in pairs heel to toe, toe to heel, holding hands and facing sideways. This can form a train, caterpillar etc.

Skill development games

FMS focus activity - Leader balance

FMS focus: Static balance

Equipment: Marker cones for playing area

How to play: Students follow a leader around a designated playing area. On the teacher's signal the leader performs a static balance that students replicate.

Teacher selects a locomotor movement.
Students follow their selected leader while performing the movement.
On the teacher's signal the leader stops to perform different static balances (for example, one foot, two feet and knee balances).
All students attempt to replicate this balance.
Once the leader has performed a balance they move to the back to allow for a new leader.

Fast starts activity card - Leader balance

Corner bowls - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS consolidation activity - Corner bowls

Skill focus: Sprint run

Equipment: 4 marker cones, target ball, 2 balls of the same colour for each player (players need different coloured balls from eachother)

How to play: 2 players work together to out-score opponents by accurately placing balls close to the target and displacing opponents’ balls to deny access to the target. Play in groups of 4.

Each player in turn rolls one ball at a time towards the target until all players have had 2 turns.
After each turn player runs around the playing area boundary.
Complete 4 games, with each player taking a turn to play first.

Modified small-sided games

Kolap

Equipment: Tennis balls, targets, marker cones.

How to play: Pairs roll balls (kolaps) to stop on a target. If the ball goes outside of the target, the player tries again from where the ball stops. The game continues until all balls are in the target. Players aim to reach a set score.

Play in pairs, and each player has 4 kolaps.
One at a time, players roll the kolap at a target.
If the kolap lands outside of the target, the player tries again from where the kolap stopped.
Continue until all kolaps are within the target.
Once one pair lands all kolaps within the target, then next pairs begin.