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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