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GRADE – III-IV-V Unit: Coordination [Caterpillar Catch] DATE -

General
Outcome

Activities Benefits Health Cooperation Do It Daily…For Life

Specific
Body
Outcomes Basic Application Functional Image Wellbeing Commu Fair Leadership Teamwork Effort Safety Goal Setting Active Living
nication
Personal
Play
Skills
of
Fitness
In the
Basic Skills Challenge Community
Introduction/Warm Up Aerobic warm up of large muscle groups and 1. Competing teams can be as close or as far away from each other
cardiovascular system - as the coach desires
This unit will focus on the following: Definitions (from dictionary.com) 2. Coaches can emphasise the catching position (feet shoulder
Agility: the power of moving quickly and easily Balance: a state of bodily width apart & knees bent), watching the ball, soft hands and the
equilibrium
Coordination: Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in importance of accurate throwing during this activity
the execution of movements. 3. So get catching and remember to enjoy your cricket!!!
Learning Activities/Teaching Strategies
1. Set up – Teacher will put the set up before the class
2. Teacher Will Bring the Students from the class in a proper line taking
care of the discipline and will arrange them for the activity. Closure/Cool Down Review the activity and how our body can
3. Teacher will start the class with the warm up achieve benefit in different ways
4. Teacher will introduce and explain the activity to the class.
5. Teacher will divide the class into equal groups
6. The player at the top of the line has between 1-5 balls and on the
coach’s say-so, throws the balls one at a time to the player opposite.
Today we are using 3 balls Equipment: Cones, Hoops, Agility Ladders Big Soft Ball.
7. After releasing each ball, the player sprints along the player line to the
other end ready to catch the balls as they move in a crossways fashion
down the line Assessment Ideas:
8. Each player repeats this process – catching each ball, releasing each A - Student ability to move easily and quickly
ball, then sprinting down the line on their side – this creates the B – student’s experiencing agility component of functional fitness
‘Caterpillar’ motion with the group gradually moving down the field C – student’s cooperation with team during tasks
9. The team to reach the designated finish line first is the winner D – student’s ability to participate actively, willingly, and safely in
10. Players are not allowed to move along the line until they have caught
and released every ball balance activities
11. If a ball is dropped, a 10-second penalty is incurred on that team where
they must stop and count for 10 seconds before continuing