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- Year 10
Building skills and confidence in kin-ball
Effectively responding to dynamic situations in game play.
- Year 10
Building skills and confidence in kin-ball
Effectively responding to dynamic situations in game play.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: extension of the elbows and fingers when pushing the kin-ball generates more power, accuracy and control.
- Move: staying on the balls of the feet, knees bent and weight slightly forward, improves agility and stopping quickly.
- Think: reacting to sudden changes in play requires quick thinking.
- Feel: being patient and supportive enables others to learn new skills in a safe environment.
- Connect: planning and reviewing tactics together allows all players to feel involved.
Keywords
Reaction time - the speed at which players respond to the ball's movement, teammate actions, or opponent plays
Ready position - the stance and posture of the body to react quickly and effectively to incoming hits
Support - words or gestures that help other players stay positive and motivated
Common misconception
The kin-ball is light as it is full of air and travels slowly so it doesn't require much strength.
When the kin-ball is dropping to the floor, trying to stop it with outstretched arms takes significant effort and core strength.
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Building skills and confidence in kin-ball, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Building skills and confidence in kin-ball, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 4 physical education lessons from the Kin-ball: communicating and solving problems through an inclusive game unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
2 kin-balls, 20 cones
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
