Week 1

Net and court games - Skip

Home > Stage 1 Year > Skip

Equipment

20 marker cones
Bean bags, tennis balls, soft rubber or foam balls (1 per student)

Download the Week 1 Net and Court Games - Skip activity card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Skip

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the overarm throw.

Success criteria

Student:

Shows a rhythmical step-hop.
Head and trunk are stable, eyes are focused forward.
Arms are relaxed and swing in opposition to legs.

When proficient in the above, student:

Lands on ball of the foot.
Knee of support leg bends to prepare for hop.

Explicit teaching of the skip

Model the skill:

Model the skip to students while explaining the movements needed to effectively skip:

Say to the students:

- Use light springing steps.
- Keep eyes straight ahead.
- Step, hop, step, hop.
- Take off and land on the front of your foot.
- Make sure your body faces to the front.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback:

Explore the skip by asking students to:

use different distances between steps
keep feet low
spring to gain height
use different arm positions.

Students use existing playground markings as tracks for skipping. Encourage students to move along these tracks, looking in the direction of the track.

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.

FMS focus activity - Underarm return relay

FMS: Skip and catch

Equipment: Marker cones, mini volleyball (or similar)

How to play: Players skip to a point, return and on the way back pick up a ball and throw it underarm to the team-mate next in line. The pattern continues. (Play with 4 or more.)

Mark a starting line and a midway line, and place a distant marker to skip around (turning point).
Place the ball on the midway line.
Player 1 skips around the turning point and back towards the team, picking up the ball on the midway line.
At the pick-up point, players throw the ball up in the air and catch it 3 times.
The ball is thrown overarm (or set) to player 2, player 1 joins the end of the team.

Underarm return relay- Playing for Life Activity Card

2 sqaure bounce - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS focus activity - 2 square bounce

FMS: Catch

How to play: A court is divided into 2 with a player in each half. The server serves the ball into the receiver’s half – the receiver tries to catch the ball after one bounce. Play 1 v 1.

The ball must cross the line above waist height.
Play continues until one player cannot return the ball after one bounce, or the ball is thrown out of court, or the receiver drops the ball.
The serve alternates between players.
Play to a specified number of points, (e.g. 5) or a set time limit (e.g. 3 minutes).

CHANGE IT!

Play 3 v 3 – alternate serves between teams. Ensure each player has an opportunity to serve.
Restrict the time in possession depending on the ability of the players (e.g. 3 seconds or more).
Provide a ‘no-go’ or bounce-free zone.
Restrict the type of passes that players can use (e.g. chest pass, one handed pass, overhead pass, underarm pass).
Allow students to select different rules to suit their ability and make the competition more even (e.g. one student is allowed two bounces and their opponent only one).

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

No go

Equipment: Tennis balls, targets, marker cones.

How to play: Players are divided into 2 teams separated by a ‘no‑go’ barrier. The ball is thrown across the barrier. The opposing team must catch the ball and send it back.

Set up the playing area as shown.
The ‘barrier’ between the 2 teams is the no-go area.
Divide the players into 2 teams.
The ball is thrown across the barrier above waist height.
The opposing team must catch the ball on the full or after one bounce and send it back.
Players must catch and throw in one movement.