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PRIMARY SCHOOL CRICKET LESSON PLAN – CATCHING
EQUIPMENT/RESOURCES• Cones• Balls• Stumps
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY• Splitintopairs• Setpairofcones3mapart• Playersthrowunderarmlookingtoreachtheirpartneraroundtheir bellybutton.• Canprogressintoagame.Howmanycatchescanthewholeclasstakein 2minutes?Repeatlookingtobeatpreviousscore.Dripincoaching points 1. Ready position 2.Watchtheball 3.Headinlinewiththeball 4.Handstogetherwithbigcatching area 5. Soft hands
TIMINGS5mins–WarmUp10mins–DevelopmentActivity15mins–CatchingTennis15mins–HandHockey15mins-CatchingCaterpillar(canbedoneatwalkingspeedasacooldown)
OBJECTIVES• Acquiringanddeveloping skill• Improvecatchingskills• Improveco-ordinationand agility
PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES• Icancatchaballthrown from3metresconsistently• Icancatchaballfrom10 metresconsistently
QUESTIONSQ – How closely do we watch the ball?A – Very.Q – Why would we move to get head in line with the ball?A – Givesusbestchanceto watchballveryhard.
Q – Why do we want to be able to catch in cricket?A – Itgetstheoppositionout.Q – What do our hands do when they catch the ball?A – Relax.Softhands.
OBSERVATIONSPlayers struggle to hit ball consistently • Workongeneralhand eyeco-ordination. EGBalloonkeepups. • Workwithshorter distancesandself catches • Usebiggerballs,softer balls,beanbags,clothsetc.
VOCABSporting
•Co-ordination
•Watchtheball
Cricket
• Ready position
• Soft hands
• Catching area
CRICKET SKILLS• Catching• Underarm throw• Teamwork
Playermovement
Player
Startline
Finishline
Ball
GAME
Ballmovement
CATCH AND MOVE -WARM UP ACTIVITY• Setoutaconedareathatwillbebigenoughto fitallyourplayersinwhilstbeingsmallenough thattheywillneedtododgeeachother regularly.• Playersshouldbeaskedtomoveaboutinside theareaavoidingeachother.Startmoving slowlyandincreasethespeed.• Introducesomeballs,aboutonebetweentwo. Playersthrowacatchtoateammateasthey movearoundthearea.• Changethewayplayersareaskedtomove suchasskip,highknees,heelflicks,sideways, inacrouchedpositionetc.• Aftereachcatchplayersleavetheareaand performapressup,squatthrustetc.• Introduceaballeachsothatplayersthrow simultaneouscatchestoeachother.• Switchplayersonmentallyastheyhaveto recallnamesoffamouscricketers,grounds, teamsetc..• Changeanyaspectyouwanttogetthedesired resultwhichisplayersthathavewarmedup physicallyandmentally.
CATCHING TENNIS• Redsareplayingagainstgreenand yellowagainstblue.• Ballthrownunderarmtolandin opponentsarea.Ballmustclearnet (stumps).Opponentsjobistocatchball andpreventballfromlanding.• Pointsscoredbyballlandingin opponentsarea.• Ballthrownbackandforthuntiltheend ofthegame.• Teamwithmostpointswins.• Canbeplayedwithjusttwoteams.
EASIER/HARDER• Allowhighthrows.• Removenetthatwillthenallowlowerand morechallengingthrows.• Changesizeandweightofballsoruse beanbagsetc.• increaseanddecreasedistancebetween teams.• Addinextraballs.• Eliminator.Ifplayerdropsballorclosest toitwhenitlandsisoutuntilno-onefrom teamisleft.
CATCHING CATERPILLAR• Splitplayersintoteams.• Teamstensplitintotwogroupsthatface eachotherinalinearmslengthapartand 2mfromotherhalfbehindthestartline.• Ballthrowninazigzagalongtheteam. onceplayerhasthrowntheballtheyrun totheendofthecaterpillararmslength fromendplayer.• Teamwithallplayersoverfinishline firstwins.
EASIER/HARDER• Increase/decreasedistancebetween thelines.• Changeobjectbeingcaught.• Ifballdroppedteamhastostartagain.• Ballcanberolledratherthanthrown.
Stumps(net)
Ball
Cone
Player