Week 3

Territorial games - Overarm throw

Equipment

Marker cones
Variety of balls of different sizes
Bibs/sashes to distinguish between teams
Targets

Download the Week 3 Territorial Games - Overarm throw activity card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Overarm throw

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the overarm throw.

Success criteria

Student:

Eyes are focused on target area throughout the throw.
Stand side-on to target area.
Steps towards target area with foot opposite throwing arm.
Throwing arm follows through, down and across the body.

When proficient in the above, student:

Throwing arm moves in a downward and backward arc.
Hips then shoulders rotate forward.

Explicit teaching of the overarm throw

Model the skill

Introduce students to the components of the overarm throw by modelling and explaining the movements needed. Say to students:

- Look at your target.
- Point to the target (with your non-throwing arm).
- Stand side-on.
- Step forward and throw.
- Follow through, down and across your body with your throwing arm.
- Swing your arm down and back as you prepare to throw.
- Step, throw and follow-through down and across your body.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback

How to play: A cooperative game in which a ball is thrown between two players. If the ball reaches the catcher on the full, both the catcher and the thrower step back. If it is dropped, both take a step forward. The winning pair is the one that has retreated the furthest. One or more pairs.

Set up

Distribute one ball per pair.
Use 2 markers to establish a ‘gate’ that the ball has to pass through.
Players are equidistant from a marker.

L-o-n-g throw - Playing for Life Activity Card

Skill development games

FMS focus activity - Target and intercept

Skill focus: Overarm throw

Equipment: Targets as shown in image, one throwing object for each pair.

How to play: One player with a bean bag attempts to throw it past an interceptor to hit or land on a target. Play in pairs or other combinations.

Play for a set period (e.g. 90 seconds).
Discourage delays in throwing.
Allocate more points for more distant targets.
Restrict the distance between a player’s and an opponent’s target (e.g. 1m in front).

Target and intercept- Playing for Life Activity Card

Fast start activity card

FMS focus activity - Send and side gallop

Skill focus: Side gallop and overarm throw

Equipment: 8 markers (to set out playing area), 2 markers and 1 ball per pair of students.

How to play: Students play in pairs to throw a ball at a target and side-gallop to collect the ball once thrown.

Place one marker at the starting point and the second ‘target marker’ at a distance that provides an appropriate level of throwing challenge.
Students throw the ball at their marker for their partner to chase using a side gallop and return it.
Students rotate thrower and collector after each turn.

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

4 square

Skill focus: Overarm throw and catch

Equipment: Indoor or outdoor playing area, variety of balls of different sizes, 10 marker cones, bibs to distinguish between teams.

How to play: 8 players are divided into 2 teams. A playing area is divided into 4 and a player from each team goes into a square. The team in possession of the ball passes it to team‑mates in any of the 4 squares, trying to avoid interception. Players remain in their square.

One team takes possession of the ball (receivers) and tries to make as many passes as possible between themselves. The other team (interceptors) tries to intercept the ball.
Players can pass in any direction – no running with the ball.
All players must remain in their own square.
If the interceptors catch the ball or knock it out of play, they take possession.