Week 1

Territorial games - Side gallop

Equipment

Marker cones
Balls
bibs/sashes to distinguish between teams

Download the Week 1 territorial games - Side gallop activity card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Side gallop

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the side gallop.

Success criteria

Student:

Weight on the balls of the feet.
Hips and shoulders point to the front.
Head stable, eyes focused forward or in the direction of travel.

When proficient in the above, student:

Smooth rhythmical movement.
Brief period where both feet are off the ground.

Explicit teaching of the side gallop

Model the skill

Model the side gallop to students while explaining the movements needed to effectively side gallop.

Say to the students:

- Use light springing steps.
- Take off and land on the front of your foot.
- Make your body face to the front.
- Keep eyes straight ahead (or look over your shoulder.)
- Step, close, step, close.......or step, together, step, together.

Fast start activity card - Bank, river, shore

Guided practice: Bank, river, shore

Equipment: 8 markers (to set out playing area), 4 markers (to set out the river).

How to play:

All students must line up along the 'river'.
Explain to students that the marked line to left of the 'river' is the bank and the line to the right of the 'river' is the shore.
The teacher calls out either river, bank or shore. Students must side gallop to get to the corresponding destination as fast as possible.

Skill development games

Choosing teams

In a sport education approach, affiliation is promoted by students being a member of the same team over a period of time. It is intended that students remain in these teams for the duration of each sport program for the skill development and the modified small-sided games, so that they can develop and learn together.

Place students in equal teams, 4 teams is optimal, at the beginning of the skill development session. Strategies for forming groups can be found in the Game-based learning in sport and physical activity e-learning course.
To further promote affiliation students can decide on a team name.

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.

FMS consolidation activity - Interceptor

Skill focus: Overarm throw

Equipment: Any kind of light ball, markers

How to play: 2 players pass a ball to one another. An opponent between the 2 players attempts to intercept the ball. Players change roles frequently.

Divide the players into groups of 3
Each group chooses an interceptor – the other 2 are passers. The interceptor must stay on the line.
The 2 passers try to keep possession of the ball. The interceptor tries to touch or catch the ball.
Rotate roles – after an agreed number of games, one of the passers becomes the interceptor. Alternatively, every time the interceptor touches or catches the ball, a point is scored.

Interceptor - Playing for Life Activity Card

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Keep the ball

Skill focus: Overarm throw and catch

Equipment: Indoor or outdoor playing area, one ball, bibs/sashes or alternative to distinguish players

How to play: 2 teams are distributed over the court. The team with the ball aims to make 5 passes between team-mates without the ball being intercepted.

The team with the ball:
- Try to make 5 passes between team-mates – then change possession.
- Travelling with the ball is limited to 2 steps.
The team without the ball:
- If the defenders prevent 5 passes being made, they score one point and become the attacking team.

Note – No contact between players. Ball cannot be taken out of the hands of a player.