B3 Physical Education · Term 1, Week 8

Locomotor, Manipulative and Rhythmic Skills

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.1.8.1.9 - Perform the two-handed throw pattern (as throwing in football).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

  1. Demonstrate the correct stance for a two-handed throw, with feet shoulder width apart and knees slightly flexed.
  2. Perform the overhead two-handed throw, moving the ball above the head before releasing it forward.
  3. Execute the two-handed chest throw with correct hand placement and follow-through.
  4. Perform the two-handed side throw with proper body rotation and weight transfer.
  5. Explain in one sentence when the two-handed throw is useful in football, netball, or basketball.

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Curriculum details

Strand
Motor Skill and Movement Patterns (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Locomotor, Manipulative and Rhythmic Skills (1.8)
Content standard
B3.1.8.1 - Demonstrate competence in the motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities (games, athletics gymnastics and dance)
Indicator
B3.1.8.1.9 - Perform the two-handed throw pattern (as throwing in football).
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 8 (Week 8 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Physical Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 33

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners start by going through warm-ups. Learners with balls to stand feet shoulder width apart. Learners hold the ball with two hand and move their hands with balls above the head. Learners slightly flex their knees and swing their hands to throw ball over the head as in soccer. Learners practice two hands chest throw and side throw as in basketball and netball, etc. cool down to end the lesson.