KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
Stopping and returning the ball
Striking and fielding games: striking and fielding skills through cricket
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Your learning goal
I can demonstrate good fielding skills by stopping and returning the ball quickly and accurately in a game of cricket.
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Stopping and returning the ball: 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 demonstrate good fielding skills by stopping and returning the ball quickly and accurately in a game of cricket.
Key learning points
- Move: to stop the ball, track it, crouch down low and create a barrier with your foot sideways behind your 2 hands.
- Move: running to meet the ball and returning it quickly to the bowler can reduce the number of runs scored.
- Think: after stopping the ball, we must decide quickly if we will return the ball using an underarm or overarm throw.
- Feel: keeping the score in games shows we can take responsibility and play by the rules.
- Connect: working together to resolve disagreements in a game shows good communication.
Words to know
- fielding
- when players on the team that is not batting try to catch or stop the ball and get the batters out
- returning
- accurate and quick throws to the wicketkeeper, bowler or other fielders
- barrier
- stopping the ball by creating a physical obstacle with the body
Common mistakes
Pupils take their eyes off of the ball when they approach it, as they look to see where they are going to throw it.
When pupils take their eyes off the ball, they increase the chances of misfielding it. Ensure pupils track the ball into their hands, before looking up to decide where to throw it.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Ensure pupils are rotating around the different positions - wicketkeeper, bowler, batter, fielder.