Week 3 - Lawn Bowls
Skill focus: Aiming, rolling distance and accuracy
Session equipment:
Balls (with Blu-tack© stuck on the side of each ball)
Skittles
Cricket balls
13 balls: 1 jack, 6 red and 6 blue (or similar)
Markers or cones
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Fast start - Ready, Set, Go
Equipment: 8 markers to set up 25m x 25m playing area
How to play:
Students scatter in the playing area. On the teacher’s signal, they start running around in the space. Students are given the following instructions to respond to:
Red –freeze on the spot
Yellow – leap around the area
Green – run around the area
CHANGE IT!
Increase the complexity of the three movements. For example, jumping jacks, high plank, and balance on one leg.
Decrease the complexity of the three movements. (eg. balance on one leg, clap hands, do arm circles)
Students move in one direction only (e.g. clockwise/anti-clockwise).
Vary the locomotor movements.
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Skill development
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.
Once the teams are determined you can add the team and student names to the Lawn Bowls draw template.
Activity 1 - Triangle Roll
Equipment: Marker cones, 2 tennis balls per player, 2 skittles per player.
How to play: Players in threes stand on the points of a triangle and roll a ball to one another. (Play with 3 or more.
Increase the distance between players to 6–8 metres apart.
Place a skittle at each point of the triangle.
Players try to roll a ball so it stops next to a skittle.
Add a second skittle at a different distance. Players bowl one ball at each skittle.
Activity 2 - Target Relay
Equipment: 2 balls per player, with Blu-tack© stuck on the side of each ball.
How to play: Target gates are set up over a course at varying distances. Players take turns to bowl their ball around a course, aiming to have their bowl rest next to each target gate. (Play in groups of 3 or 4.)
Set up a relay course for each group of 3 or 4.
Each player starts at a different target.
Players bowl their first ball towards the target.
They bowl a second ball if the first one does not reach the target.
Players then collect their ball(s) and move to the next target, and so on.
Activity 3 - Hit the Target
Equipment: 2 balls per player, with Blu-tack© stuck on the side of each ball.
How to play: Targets are set up at varying distances from a bowling line. Players score points by bowling balls at the targets, aiming to have them come to rest as close as possible to the targets without hitting them. (Play in groups of 3 or 4.)
Players bowl two balls each at any of the targets, trying to get them as close as possible to the targets without hitting them.
After the first round, two players bowl at the same target at the same time.
Points are scored by the player getting closest to the target.
Activity 4 - Corner Bowls
Equipment: 4 marker cones (square 4x4 metres), 2 tennis balls per player, 1 cricket ball as the target.
How to play: Two players work together to outscore opponents by accurately placing balls close to the target and displacing opponents’ balls to deny access to the target. (Play in groups of 4.)
Players bowl balls towards the target.
Each player in turn rolls one ball at a time towards the target until all players have had 2 turns.
Modified small-sided games
It's time for competition!
Teams compete against each other in the game outlined below. You can use the 'Lawn Bowls Draw' as a guide to organise the competition, across the 4 sessions try to ensure each team has a fair number of games.
Allocate 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss for each game played. Record results and points in the School sport program results spreadsheet.
Remember, to give students an update of the leader board each week.
Game - Team Boccia
Equipment: Playing area marked as shown, 13 balls: 1 jack, 6 red and 6 blue
How to play: A target game requiring players to bowl as many of their balls as close to a jack as possible. (Play in 2 teams of 4–6.)
The red team throws the target ball (called a ‘jack’) anywhere onto the ‘valid area’.
The side throwing the jack also plays the first coloured ball.
The opposite side then plays their first coloured ball into court, then the teams take turns for a nominated number of bowls or until everyone has had a bowl.
If the jack is thrown or knocked out of court, it is placed on the cross and play continues.
Scoring:
The side with the most balls closest to the jack scores one point for each scoring ball (i.e. each ball closer than the opposing team’s closest ball). If two or more balls are equally close, they score one point each.
The winning team – highest total number of points.
Reflection
2 stars and a wish
Ask students - what are 2 things you feel you did well today?
What are you going to try and improve on next week?
Students can answer reflection questions as a whole class, small group or in pairs.
