Week 4

Territorial games - Side gallop

Equipment

Marker cones
Balls
Targets
bibs/sashes to distinguish between teams

Download the Week 4 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.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback - Follow the line

A designated player tries to tag players who are hopping around a court area following the lines. Once tagged, players form ‘force fields’ for the remaining players.

Designate one player as the tagger. All other players are scattered around the court on a line.
On your signal, players begin to move around the court, following the lines.
The tagger tries to tag players by following the lines.
Once a player is tagged, they must sit down in the spot they were tagged and become a ‘force field’. This means they stop any players from getting past, except for the tagger.
‘Force fields’ cannot move.
The game continues until all players have been tagged.

Skill development games

Pick some spots, join the dots - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS focus activity - Pick some spots, join the dots

Equipment: 4 marker cones, music (optional).

How to play: Players identify a set number of spots (spatial placements) around the room, then link or sequence the various spots using the side gallop.

Players walk around the room and identify and name 4 spots (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4).
Teacher calls out a sequence (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 3).
Players then link the spots called using a side gallop.
Vary the leg students lead.

FMS consolidation activity - Names

Skill focus: Catch

Equipment: Light ball.

How to play: Players in a circle throw a ball to other players in the circle. An interceptor inside the circle tries to intercept the ball. Only the interceptor can move. Groups of 4–6 players.

Players on the circles can’t move.
The player throwing the ball calls out a name (the receiver) and passes the ball to that player.
If the ball is intercepted, the thrower changes places with the interceptor, or change after 4 throws.

Names - 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.