THE THROW (INTRODUCTORY SESSION)
Warm-Up
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Suggested session activities:-
 Sporting Stars
Children move around a large space to music. When the music stops they have to pretend to be either a
tennis player serving a tennis ball, a javelin thrower or a fast bowler in cricket. The children can shout out
the name of a sporting star at the same time as they do the action e.g. Tim, Andy or Serena etc.
 Zone Throw
Children use bean bags and are encouraged to throw over-arm for distance. Throwing zones can be marked
out using cones, hoops, existing lines or skipping ropes. The children stand behind a line and try and throw
the bean bags into each successive zone/hoop. The children could be awarded points e.g. yellow zone=2,
green=4 etc and be given a challenge of scoring over 10.
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 Beat Your Best
The children stand behind a line and can either throw a sponge ball or bean-bag. The children are throwing
for distance and their best throw is measured. The children measure the distance they can throw with both
their left and right arm.
 Fill the Hoop
Children stand in a circle with a large hoop or circle marked out with a skipping rope in the middle. Paper
balls are put into four boxes/waste paper bins that are positioned round the outer circle. On command the
children have to run and collect a paper ball and try and throw it into the target. The teacher counts how
many balls are in the circle after thirty seconds. The children try and beat the previous score.
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1. Boxed Out
Children stand behind a line with a number of bean bags. A large empty cardboard box is placed in front of
the children. A line is marked out using chalk, a skipping rope or use an existing line. The children throw the
bean-bags at the box and try and move it over the line.
Cool-down
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THE THROW (DEVELOPMENT SESSION)
Warm-Up
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Suggested session activities:-
 Snowballs
The children are split into two teams. Team A stand behind one line and team B stand behind a line opposite
A with an area of ‘no man’s land’ in between the two teams. Both teams have a number of paper or foam balls.
The idea is to throw as many of the balls as possible behind the line of the opposing team. Balls that land
behind the line can be returned but balls that land in no man’s land cannot be retrieved until the end of the
game. When the teacher says stop the number of balls behind each team’s line are counted. The team with
the least number of balls wins.
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 Beat Your Best
The children stand behind a line and can either throw a sponge ball or bean-bag. The children are throwing
for distance and their best throw is measured. The children measure the distance they can throw with both
their left and right arm. The children should be encouraged to beat their previous personal best score.
 Hovering Hoops
Children work in pairs and need a hoop and a soft ball. One child holds the hoop out horizontal with the floor
at waist height. The other child stands opposite with a ball and tries to throw the ball through the hoop.
Depending on the skill level of the child the hoop can be lowered or made higher or the distance between the
two children can be increased.
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 Criss Cross
Children are split into two teams and need one ball per team. The children stand in two lines opposite each
other and different coloured cones can be used to mark each position.
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Each team has a ball and on command throws the ball from one line to the other along their team. The
distance between the lines can be changed as the skill level improves.
Cool-down
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THE THROW (EXTENSION SESSION)
Warm-Up
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Suggested session activities:
Knock Down
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Children stand in two lines facing each other, soft balls situated on one side. On command children throw the
balls at the cones to try and knock them down. The children from the opposite side collect the balls and then
try and knock down any remaining cones. More cones can be added to make the task easier or removed or the
distance increased to make it more difficult.
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Target throw
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The children are split into two teams. One team stands round one half of a circle and the other team round
the other half. The circle can be divided using an existing line, chalk line, tape or skipping rope. A target is
placed in the middle of the circle. A cardboard box or something that won’t roll can be used to begin with
and as the skill level increases the target can be changed. The children all have a soft ball or bean bag and on
command throw their object at the target. The object of the game is to make sure that the target is in the
opposing teams half of the circle after all the objects have been thrown.
 Beat Your Best
The children stand behind a line and can either throw a sponge ball or bean-bag. The children are throwing
for distance and their best throw is measured. The children measure the distance they can throw with both
their left and right arm. The children should be encouraged to beat their previous personal best score.
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Overarm Over-take
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The children are split into two teams of four. One team are the fielders and the other team are the runners.
Four cones are arranged in a diamond shape and a fielder stands on each of the cones. Cone one is called
base. The fielder starts with the ball at base and so does one of the runners. On command the runner starts
to run round the cones and the fielders try and throw the ball round all of the bases to try and beat the
runner back to base. All four runners have a turn and count up their score out of four and then they change
places with the fielders. A soft ball or object should be used during this activity.
Cool-down
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