Friday, April 27, 2007

Lesson 3 Specific Movement Skills

Welcome to today's lesson! Today we are learning about specific movement skills. Did you know that our bodies have something called "muscle memory"? Muscle memory is our bodies way of "rememering" new skills. This is why it is really important to practice new skills many times with perfect technique - otherwise we will develop muscle memory for badly performed movements!

Specific movement skills build on fundamental (or basic) movement skills in that you use the fundamental skills you have learnt and adapt or slightly change the skill to make it applicable to your sport. This is known as transfer of skills. We saw an example of transfer of skills last lesson when we adapted the overarm throw to do a netball shoulder pass.

It is important that we learn to transfer our skills in a variety of ways (for example, different styles of passing a netball) because we play games in a dynamic environment. Dynamic means changing or moving. Sports are dynamic because the environment does not stay the same. Players move, the weather changes, penalties occur etc...

Many sports players train for their sport in a predictable environment. This is because it is easier to develop skills without the initial distraction of a dynamic environment. Once a player has developed a skill, they will often practice it in a dynamic environment (e.g: a 'friendly' game)so that they are fully prepared to use their new skill in a competitive game.

Today we are going to analyse how fundamental movement skills can be transferred to specialised soccer skills.

Activity 1:

Have a look at a minute or 2 of the first two video clips below. While you’re watching, look for examples of skipping, hopping, balancing and other fundamental movement skills that may or may not have been transferred to a specific soccer movement skill.

Question: Why do you think the soccer players needed to specialise the fundamental movement skills? Would soccer be the game it is today if the players could only do basic movement skills?


Activity 2:

Now, have a look at the first minute or 2 of 2 of the video clips under the heading 'indoor soccer'. Have a look again for examples of specific movement skills. While you are doing this, look for skills that have been adapted more or less for indoor soccer and outdoor soccer.

Question: Why do you think some skills are used more or less in the different types of soccer?

Activity 3:

Now it is time to reflect on what we have learnt about specialised movement skills. Open up your laptop or get out some paper and a pen, and answer these questions:

Q1: describe how you would adapt skipping to the sport of indoor soccer. Why is it necessary to adapt the fundamental skill of skipping to a specific soccer skill?

Q2: imagine you are a soccer coach, and are coaching a beginners team. The team have good fundamental movement skills, but don’t know anything about soccer. What soccer skill would you teach your team first, as the most important? Why did you choose that particular skill? How would you teach your team the skill?

Activity 4:

Divide into groups of four. Devise a game called "netfoot", incorporating the skills you have practised and observed from last lesson and this lesson.

When developing your game, consider the following points:

1) What are the major rules? (come up with 3-4)
2) What are the major fundamental movement skills you will need to play the game?
3) What specific movement skills will you need to play the game?
4) What is the aim of the game?
5) How do you play?

At the end of the lesson each group will briefly present their game to the class, explaining the 5 points listed above. You can make your presentation as a powerpoint document, or in any way you like. Remember, you are trying to sell your game to the class as they will vote in an orderly fashion on their favourite 3 games, which we will play next lesson.

Which means... DON'T FORGET YOUR PRACTICAL GEAR FOR NEXT LESSON!!!





indoor soccer:





Lesson 2 worksheet

Be Active, Be Healthy
Lesson 2 – Practical Lesson
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS

In this lesson you will divide into groups of 3. In these groups you will spend a few minutes at 9 different stations, where you will practice one or more of the fundamental movement skills we learnt about last week.

Each of the stations has either a netball or a soccer theme. At some stations, the fundamental movement skill you will practice has been modified to make the skill more applicable to the sport of netball or soccer. Skills that are sport specific are called specific movement skills.

Below is a peer assessment table for each of the stations you will complete today. What you need to do is swap sheets with your group members, so that everyone has someone else’s sheet. Make sure you have written your name on your sheet! After everyone in your group has had at least 3 turns at practising the skill at each station, you need to spend a short amount of time assessing how well you think the person you are assessing performed the skill.

Use the boxes marked “yes” or “no” to indicate if the person you are assessing completed each individual component of the task, then grade them as ‘developing’, “proficient”, or “super” according to the number of ‘yeses’’ and “no’s” they have received. E.g.: all “yes” is super, mostly “yes” is proficient, and less than half “yes” is developing.

Station 1: Static Balance / The catch

In this drill player one stands at the cone with the ball. Player 2 stands at the cone 10m away facing player 1.
Player 2 must jog towards player one. Player 1 must time a pass so that player 2 catches the ball about 2m away from player 1.
Player 2 must catch the ball, land on two feet, and then take one step forward. Player 2 must then balance on their front foot for 10 seconds.
Repeat 3 times, then player 2 becomes player 1, and the person who sat out becomes player 2. Repeat again with original player 1 having a go as player 2.

Individual component
Yes
No
Eyes on the ball


Arms out to receive ball


Ball brought into body


Elbows bent


Eyes straight ahead while balancing


Balance on one foot for 10 seconds


Body stationary while balancing


General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super

Station 2: Sprint Run / Static balance

Player 1 stands at cone with ball. Player 1 holds ball in front of them at chest height. Player 2 stands at cone 10m away facing player 1.
Player 2 all out sprints towards player 1.
When player 2 is 3ft away from player 1 they must stop running, and put their arms up in defence of the ball.
Hold stance for 10 seconds.

Individual component
Yes
No
Head steady


Look where they’re going


Body slightly bent forward


Elbows bent, arms pumping


Landing on balls of feet


Standing on balls of feet while defending


Body stationary while defending



General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super


Station 3: Vertical Jump / The Catch

Player 1 stands on cone with ball. Player 2 stands on opposite cone facing player 1.
Player 1 is to place a pass high, directly above (not behind) player 2’s head.
Player 2 is to time a vertical jump, to catch the ball in the air.

Individual component
Yes
No
Eyes on the ball


Crouch down


Jump up high


Swing arms forward and up as they jump


Land on 2 feet, knees bent


Arms out to receive ball


Ball brought into body



General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super


Station 4: Slide / The Catch

Player 1 stands at cone with ball. Player 2 stands at opposite player 1 in between their 2 cones.
Player 1 is stationary, while player 2 slides from side to side.
Player 1 is to time a pass so that player 2 catches the ball as they reach each cone. Player 2 is to pass back and continue to slide over to the other cone.

Individual component
Yes
No
Faces forward to all times


Keep weight on balls of feet


Bring feet together before sliding leading foot out


Fast footwork


Arms out to receive ball


Eyes on the ball


Ball brought into body



General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super

Station 5: The Skip / Dodge

Player 1 stands at cone with ball at their feet.
Player two stands 1.5m away facing player 1.
Player 2 skips on the spot and from side to side, ready for player 1 to make a break with the ball (soccer style)
After 5 secs of player 2 skipping, player 1 makes a break to the side. Player 2 dodges in the direction of player 1 to follow and defend.

Individual component
Yes
No
Looking forward while skipping


Keep weight on balls of feet


Hopping from foot to foot


Hopping rhythmically


Leaning in direction of dodge


Pushing off from opposite foot in dodge


Looking where they want to go in dodge

General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super

Station 6: Overarm Throw / The Catch

Player 1 stands at cone with ball.
Player 2 stands at opposite player 1, facing player 1.
Players throw netball shoulder passes for at least 10 throws each.

Individual component
Yes
No
Eyes on the ball


Transfer weight onto front foot


Front foot opposite side of body to throwing arm


Follow through with wrist and fingers after throwing ball


Arms out to receive ball


Fingers spread, hands slightly cupped ready to receive ball


Ball brought into body



General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super


Station 7: The Leap / The Catch

Player 1 stands at cone with ball.
Player 2 stands at opposite player 1 at cone 10m away.
Player 2 takes a run up of about 4 steps, and then leaps towards player 1.
Player 1 places a pass so that player 2 catches the ball with their arms outstretched as they land.

Individual component
Yes
No
Eyes on the ball


Took a run up before leap


Both legs straight during flight


Land on ball of landing foot


Bend knees on landing


Arms out to receive ball


Ball brought into body



General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super


Station 8: The Kick

Player 1 stands at cone with ball.
Player 2 stands at opposite player 1 at cone 5m away.
Players place kick to each other.

Individual component
Yes
No
Approach ball at a slightly indirect angle


Eyes on area of ball that makes contact with foot


Contacting ball with top of foot/ laced area of shoe


Follow through with leg in intended direction of ball


Extending arms for balance



General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super


Station 9: The Hop

Players line up at first cone. Players must hop to opposite cone 10m away.

Individual component
Yes
No
Faces forward to all times


Keep weight on balls of feet for land and push off


Maintain balance


Swing arm forward for balance as hop is made


Head remains steady


General skill proficiency: (please circle) developing proficient super

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Welcome to the Be Active, Be Healthy Blog!



Hello and welcome to all the girls in Mr Kap's year 7 PD/H/PE. My name is Miss Cleary and this is my blog that we will be using this term. Here you will find resources and notes for your lessons. If you have any questions, just leave a comment on this posting and I will get back to you asap.

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