KS2 · Physical education · Year 6
Throwing competition
Athletics: athletic challenges refined
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Your learning goal
I can take part in a throwing competition and understand how to use my body to throw as far as possible.
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What you’ll learn
I can take part in a throwing competition and understand how to use my body to throw as far as possible.
Key learning points
- Move: to throw, stand side on, transfer weight forwards from our back leg, rotate our body and extend our throwing arm.
- Think: using the correct throwing technique will help us to generate power and throw further.
- Feel: in a competition, we must compete with honesty by collecting our scores accurately.
- Connect: when we make suggestions to help improve our groups performance we are developing our trust.
Words to know
- javelin
- a long, pointed spear-like tool used in an athletics event called the javelin throw
- shot put
- an athletics event in which an athlete throws a heavy object called a 'shot' as far as possible
- compete
- the process or act of trying to win.
Common mistakes
Pupils believe that you throw the shot in the shot put event, similar to how you throw the javelin.
Although 'throw' is often the terminology used when competing in the shot put, pupils should push the shot which starts from under their chin. A throwing action, when using a heavier shot, would likely cause a wrist/elblow/shoulder injury.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Establish ground rules for sending, transporting and using the equipment at the start of the lesson. Equipment should be carried and retrieved at a walking pace, and placed on the ground for the next person.