: Small Ball Catch
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Approach: Open space Level: Year 4 and year 8 
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Focus: Catching
Resources: 3 small balls, tray, floor plan
Questions/instructions:

Stand on the mark facing the teacher.

Catch the ball that is thrown to you.

You can move towards the ball as you catch it.

Have three goes - the first is a practise catch.

 


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% responses
2006 ('02)
y4
y8

Number of properly thrown balls caught:

3
62 (56)
94 (89)
2
27 (24)
6 (9)
1
9 (16)
0 (1)
0
2 (4)
0 (1)
Catching Technique:
(eyes on ball throughout; body movement if necessary to catching position; hands moved to meet ball; hands and fingers positioned correctly; caught and controlled ball with hands only; elbows bent to absorb force of ball.)
very good/excellent
22 (19)
57 (49)
good
47 (39)
37 (45)
fair
25 (30)
6 (5)
poor
6 (12)
0 (1)
Total score:
6
22 (19)
56 (48)
5
34 (27)
35 (40)
4
18 (20)
6 (7)
0–3
26 (34)
3 (5)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4

Year 8

Commentary:
Most year 8 students were very competent at catching. About one third of year 4 students dropped at least one ball. Mäori and Pasifika students did particularly well. There was a small improvement for year 4 students between 2002 and 2006.
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