Week 2

Striking and fielding games - Leap

Equipment

Marker cones
Hoops
Tennis balls
Hitting tees
Bats

Download the Week 2 Striking and fielding games - Leap task card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Leap

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the leap.

Success criteria.

Student has:

Eyes focused forward throughout the leap.
Knee of take-off leg bends.
Trunk leans slightly forward.

When proficient in above, student has:

Legs straighten during flight.
Arms held in opposition to the legs.
Lands on ball of the foot and bends knee to absorb landing.

Explicit teaching of the leap

Model the skill:

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

- Look straight ahead.
- Bend knee to take off.
- Scissor legs.
- Stretch your arms out.
- Lean into the leap.
- Land softly.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback:

Students form groups of four. Each group has two short skipping ropes stretched out on the ground. Each student has a turn at leaping over the two ropes. Students should gradually increase the distance between the ropes to increase the distance of the leap.

Independent practice with immediate teacher feedback - River, tock, bridge:

In groups, students line up behind a marker. In front of each marker should be a ‘river’ made out of skipping ropes, a rock made out of beanbags and a bridge made out of markers that students leap over. On ‘Go’ the students follow their group around their obstacle course and then leap their way back to the starting marker. Remind students to look straight ahead, bend the knee of the take-off leg, scissor their legs in the air, stretch their arms out, lean slightly forward and land softly.

Skill development games

Form a group - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS consolidation activity - Form a group

Skill focus: Leap

Equipment: Marker cones

How to play: Players leap around in different directions avoiding body contact with other players. The coach calls a number and players form a group of that size.

Mark an area free of obstructions - disperse the players.
Players start leaping.
Try several group sizes before you get to the number you would like for a subsequent activity, eg. start by calling 2s, then 6s and finally the group size you want, such as 4’s - you may want to add a “new peoples to the group” rule for the second and third calls.

FMS consolidation activity - Batting blast

Skill focus: Two-hand strike

Equipment: 1 batting tee, 1 bat and 1 softcore ball per group.

How to play: The batter hits the ball, from a tee, at different targets. The aim is to work on moving towards the ball and swinging freely.

Pair students and make one the batter and one the fielder.
The batter hits between the target or at their own target.
Once a batter hits 3 balls, students swap roles.
Make up your own scoring system, students love scoring challenges.

Activity adapted from Cricket Australia HPE Program.

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Hit 4 and go

Equipment: A suitable indoor or outdoor playing area as shown, range of bats/rackets and balls (sponge balls, softballs or tennis balls), marker cones (for running and playing area), batting tee(s)

How to play: A batter hits 4 consecutive balls into the field and then skips between marker cones as many times as possible. When the fielders have returned all 4 balls they call out ‘STOP!’ (4–5 per group).

2 teams – batters and fielders

Batter:

Hits 4 balls, off a tee, one after the other, into the playing space.
When the last ball is hit, the batter skips between the marker cones as many times as possible.

Fielders:

Fielders skip to return the balls to the home base – balls must be inside the hoop to count.
Fielders call ‘STOP!’ when the last ball reaches home base.