KS3 · Physical education · Year 8
Outwitting the opposition in competitive pairs games
Striking and fielding games: competition and performance analysis in cricket
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Your learning goal
I can use a range of cricket skills to outplay the opposing team to win.
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Outwitting the opposition in competitive pairs 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 use a range of cricket skills to outplay the opposing team to win.
Key learning points
- Move: hitting the ball into the ground when batting prevents unnecessary outs but also reduces run rate.
- Think: balancing the risk of getting out, with failure to generate runs, requires careful thought.
- Feel: managing the stress and emotions of winning and losing whilst playing fair is a skill in itself.
- Connect: playing team sports provides a sense of togetherness and camaraderie but comes with highs and lows.
Words to know
- camaraderie
- a friendly, trusting and supportive relationship between people
- sportspersonship
- the practice of showing respect, fairness and graciousness in sport whether you win or lose
- risk
- the chance something unwanted might happen
Common mistakes
Pupils may believe that when they are not batting, they don't need to pay attention to what is happening on the field.
Being a good team member requires us to encourage our teammates and be aware of what is happening in the game, even when our turn to bat has not finished or even started yet.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Place cones in key fielding positions around the field and keep moving fielders around the different positions after each over to keep pupils active and not stood in the same spot.