Approach: Open
space |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8
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Focus:
Large
ball skills.
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Resources:
Large ball, 4
bibs. |
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112KB |
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Questions/instructions:
Stand
in one spot. Don’t walk around.
Bounce the ball:
1. 5 times with your right hand.
2. 5 times with your left hand.
3. 5 times with your right hand
/ left hand. |
right
/ left
right / left
right / left
right / left
right / left |
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%
responses
2002 ('98) |
y4
|
y8 |
Single
hands:
|
good
control, both hands |
71
(80) |
89
(91) |
good
control, left hand |
6
(7) |
3
(3) |
good
control, right hand |
11
(8) |
5
(1) |
neither
hand good control |
12
(5) |
3
(5) |
Alternating
hands:
|
pattern
complete, excellent technique |
19
(23) |
41
(57) |
pattern
completed without error |
41
(38) |
39
(33) |
pattern
completed, one error |
19
(16) |
9
(7) |
wrong
pattern but good control |
3
(2) |
6
(0) |
other
response |
18
(21) |
5
(3) |
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Total
score:
|
5
|
18
(22) |
41
(56) |
4
|
32
(39) |
34
(28) |
3 |
21
(12) |
11
(9) |
2 |
15
(14) |
11
(5) |
1 |
6
(9) |
2
(1) |
0 |
8
(4) |
1
(1) |
Commentary
About 20 percent more year 8 than year 4 students completed each component
well. There appeared to be a small decline in performance at both year
levels between 1998 and 2002. |