Dynamic Dodging: Building Agility and Spatial Awareness
Fundamental Movement Skills
•Year 2
•6 Lessons
This unit develops Year 2 students' fundamental dodging skills through progressive movement challenges that build from individual exploration to competitive team play. The focus is on developing quick directional changes, spatial awareness, and tactical thinking whilst building confidence in dynamic movement situations. Through carefully structured activities, students learn to read situations, make split-second decisions, and work collaboratively in increasingly complex game scenarios.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use our body to quickly change direction and avoid obstacles or opponents?
Key Objectives:
- • To explore and develop effective dodging techniques
- • To understand when and why we need to dodge in physical activities
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use clever dodging to escape from defenders and create space for ourselves?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop effective dodging technique with head up, low body position, and quick direction changes
- • Apply dodging skills in game situations to evade taggers and defenders
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we use dodging skills to attack and defend successfully in games?
Key Objectives:
- • Apply dodging skills in attacking and defending situations
- • Understand the roles and timing of attacking and defending
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we work together as a team to dodge defenders and achieve our goals?
Key Objectives:
- • Apply dodging skills in team game situations
- • Develop tactical understanding of when, where and why to dodge
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we use effective dodging techniques to be successful in team games?
Key Objectives:
- • To consolidate students' knowledge of how, where and why to dodge in game situations
- • To demonstrate effective dodging technique with head up, low body position and quick directional changes
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we use our dodging skills to compete successfully as a team?
Key Objectives:
- • Apply dodging techniques effectively in competitive situations
- • Demonstrate tactical understanding of when, where and why to dodge