KS2 · Physical education · Year 3
Striking and fielding games
Striking and fielding games: fielding vs batting
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Your learning goal
I can understand and explain the concept of batting and fielding in games.
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Striking and fielding 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 understand and explain the concept of batting and fielding in games.
Key learning points
- Move: when we are batting, we must throw or hit the ball into space away from fielders to help our team score points.
- Move: when we are fielding, we should run as fast as possible to retrieve the ball and throw accurately to the marker.
- Think: knowing why the batters are trying to score points and the fielders are trying to stop them, helps our tactics.
- Feel: always trying our hardest when batting and fielding, even when we make mistakes, shows we have integrity.
- Connect: congratulating our team members and opponents shows respect.
Words to know
- batting
- when a player uses a bat to hit a thrown or bowled ball, aiming to score points by hitting it far
- fielding
- when players on the non-batting team try to catch or stop the ball and get the batters out
- score
- winning points in a game situation
Common mistakes
Pupils may find when they move to throw/strike the ball, it goes somewhere different to where they had intended.
Encourage the striker/thrower to turn their body, as well as their head and shoulders towards the space they would like the ball to go.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use cones/markers as visual targets so pupils can see the spaces they can aim for. Ensure there is enough space for the activites so fielders are safe to run quickly to retrieve the ball and batters can run between cones without any interference.