Year 5 Dodgeball
Develop more complex dodgeball skills, including accurate throwing, dodging using weave and leg lift, snatch catch, and defensive blocking for a teammate. Know more rules for dodgeball, including being able to play using varied rules in conditioned games.
Knowledge Organiser
Prior Learning
Increased confidence in a range of throwing, catching, blocking and dodging skills such as tunnel catch, duck dodge and blocking for a teammate. Developed team tactics such as a team throw and play to the return line.
Unit Focus
Develop more complex dodgeball skills, including accurate throwing, dodging using weave and leg lift, snatch catch, and defensive blocking for a teammate. Know more rules for dodgeball, including being able to play using varied rules in conditioned games.
We are learning...
- to improve accuracy, aiming at different body areas
- to use the snatch catch effectively
- to develop smaller dodging movements like the weave and leg lift
- to use the block-and-catch tactic
- to use counter-attacking tactics in dodgeball
- the hand up rule and using it in a game
Key Questions
- When would you use a pick-up and throw in dodgeball
- When would you use a lower-body weave? Upper body? Leg lift?
- What happens if your teammate catches a ball you blocked?
Equipment
Foam dodgeballs, bibs, cones, hoops, benches, mats.
Vocabulary
Defence, snatch catch, counterattack, weave, conditioned game.
Rules
Lines
- Stay within the court boundaries.
- If you collect a ball off-court, return through your team’s backline.
- Players must return from behind the back line when they have gone to collect a
- Players may leave the court to collect balls (hand must be raised)
Assessment Overview
Head – Apply a range of rules, including rule variations in conditioned games
Hand – Attempt a counterattack as part of a team
Heart – As a team, work to bring eliminated players back on
Diagram
Lesson Overview
Year 5 Dodgeball Lesson 3
- To develop smaller dodges, such as upper and lower body weaves and leg lifts.
- To remember and use previous dodging skills, such as ducking and jumping.
- Explain when and why the weave and leg lift are used.
We are learning: to develop smaller dodging movements like the weave and leg lift
Activity: 10 – second tag and ‘no catch’ dodgeball
Year 5 Dodgeball Lesson 1
- Develop the ability to pick up and throw a ball quickly.
- Apply the pick-up and throw technique to hit an opponent in a game.
- To reflect on how an effective pick-up improves gameplay.
We are learning: to quickly pick up a ball from the ground and throw it accurately.
Activity: Assessment for learning
Year 5 Dodgeball Lesson 2
- Use the snatch catch for catching rapid balls
- Solidify the main catching rules for dodgeball
- Use snatch catching skills in a game
We are learning: to use the snatch catch effectively
Activity: Snatch catch and dodgeball game
Year 5 Dodgeball Lesson 4
- To practise blocking a ball so a teammate can catch it.
- To apply the block-and-catch tactic in a game.
- To understand and explain why blocking for a teammate to catch is a useful strategy in dodgeball.
We are learning: to use the block-and-catch tactic
Activity: Swamp ball
Year 5 Dodgeball Lesson 5
- Use speed and quick reactions to throw a ball quickly
- Apply counter-attacking tactics in dodgeball
- Discuss the effectiveness of counter-attacking in dodgeball games
We are learning: to use counter-attacking tactics in dodgeball
Activity: Kickball Dodgeball
Year 5 Dodgeball Lesson 6
- Apply new skills and use the hand-up rule in a competitive game.
- Use counterattacking as a tactic during gameplay.
- Reflect on and discuss how effective different tactics and skills worked in a game.
We are learning: the hand up rule and using it in a game
Activity: Hand up rule and round robin competition