KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Catching, throwing and roller ball games
Striking and fielding games: bowling, batting and fielding with accuracy
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Your learning goal
I can catch balls in a variety of positions and throw with accuracy over different distances.
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Catching, throwing and roller ball games: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can catch balls in a variety of positions and throw with accuracy over different distances.
Key learning points
- Move: throwing involves standing sideways on, swinging the throwing arm from behind the body to the front to release.
- Move: catching requires you meet the ball with your hands, cup/grasp the ball and cushion it into the waist
- Think: power comes from an overarm throw and accuracy with underarm throws.
- Feel: helping teammates to improve their catching and throwing skills shows excellent integrity.
- Connect: to be compassionate to teammates receiving the ball, adjust throwing style and speed.
Words to know
- underarm throw
- a throwing action where the arm doesn't go above the shoulder
- overarm throw
- a throwing action where the arm is raised above the shoulder
- accuracy
- being able to throw the ball exactly where you want it to go
Common mistakes
Pupils often throw with a stiff arm and do not step into their pass with the opposite foot, resulting in inaccurate and unbalanced throws.
Ensure that pupils can throw with the correct technique from a static position before adding any movement.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Always provide different balls for pupils to select to help them develop good throwing and catching technique.