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Ball Skills & Teamwork

Sending and Receiving

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Year 1

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6 Lessons

This unit introduces Year 1 students to fundamental sending and receiving skills through a carefully scaffolded journey from individual exploration to strategic partner play. The emphasis is on building confidence with ball handling whilst developing crucial early game concepts like positioning, timing, and spatial awareness. Through progressive cooperative challenges, students develop the building blocks for future invasion and net games whilst fostering positive partnership skills.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Rolling and Defending

45 min

Big Question:

How can we use rolling skills to score and defend in games?

Key Objectives:

• To slide a beanbag/ball accurately towards a target or over an opponent's goal line
• To move effectively to defend and stop objects from crossing their goal line

Lesson 2

Hitting and Sending with Hands

45 min

Big Question:

How can we use our hands like tools to send a ball exactly where we want it to go?

Key Objectives:

• Explore different ways to hit a ball using hands in various directions
• Practice sending a ball accurately to a partner using hand striking techniques

Lesson 3

Moving to Receive and Return

45 min

Big Question:

How can I position my body to successfully receive and return a ball to my partner?

Key Objectives:

• Move position to get in line with a ball to return it
• Get into positions to return balls to partners

Lesson 4

Partner Sending and Receiving

45 min

Big Question:

How can we work together as partners to send and receive objects successfully?

Key Objectives:

• Work with a partner to receive and return objects to score points against the opposition
• Describe how you work with a partner to receive and return successfully

Lesson 5

Rally Skills and Ball Control

45 min

Big Question:

How can we work together to keep a ball moving back and forth?

Key Objectives: