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- Year 10
Teaching others to play adapted cricket games
I can teach others a new game and understand how to make adaptations to suit the participants.
- Year 10
Teaching others to play adapted cricket games
I can teach others a new game and understand how to make adaptations to suit the participants.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: an accurate underarm action is required to bowl in stoolball.
- Move: changing the dimensions of the pitch or type of equipment used will alter the level of challenge.
- Think: players of different prior experience, standard and motivation will respond differently to different games.
- Feel: empowerment and creativity help when making new and exciting ways to adapt games to teach others.
- Connect: taking responsibility for teaching a game to a small group, builds communication and leadership skills.
Keywords
Adapt - make something suitable for a new use or purpose
Conditioned (game) - where special rules or limitations are added to focus on practicing specific skills or tactics
Teach - impart knowledge or instruct someone as to how to do something
Common misconception
Many pupils do not consider how adaptations and conditions can make games more enjoyable for different people, preferring to play the full version of a game even when it might be a struggle.
Helping pupils to be conscious of other people's motivations and understand how adaptations can make the game more accessible and enjoyable.
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Teaching others to play adapted cricket games, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Teaching others to play adapted cricket games, 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.
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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.
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Equipment
stoolball posts and bats (or alternatives), tennis balls, cones
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
