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Title - Four Steps to a Successful Overhand Throw
By - Jason Moody
Primary Subject - Health / Physical Education
Grade Level - K-5

Standards Addressed:
    SC Standards - 1,2,5,6,7
General Goal(s):
    The student will demonstrate a correct overhand throw.
Objectives:
    Observe the steps to a good throw:

    1. Side to Target
    2. Weight on back foot with arm in a "Lazy L" shape
    3. Transfer weight to front food with good step and waist rotation (keep arm back)
    4. Follow through
Required Materials:
  • milk crates,
  • tennis balls (5+ per student is best),
  • table/bleachers (anything that the crate can stand on and get knocked off of)
Activity:
    It is important to require the students to throw hard to get the correct form. To do this, you need an activity that requires less accuracy and more power.
Step-By-Step Procedures to Activity:
  • Divide the class into equal teams of 3-5 students.
  • In relay form, have the students face a milk crate.
  • Each person in the front of the line throws a tennis ball as hard as possible at the crate to knock if off the table. Set the students about 5-20 feet away ( 5 feet for Kindergarten, 20 feet for 5th graders).
  • Each time a crate is knocked off the table, have the student that knocked it off set it back up and record a point on a board. The student can retrieve any ball that is scattered on the gym floor or get a new one if the ball they threw did not return to them. This keeps students away from the other throwers.
Conclusion:
    The students love this simple game. It is easy to set up, and the students throw hard and get plenty of throws.
Assessment:
    Teacher Observation (check sheet with four keys to successful throw)

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