Catching and Throwing Teacher Resources

Students attempt to grasp the concept of four downs in football. They practice using predetermined cues on skills such as: Grip, passing and catching a football, routes, making and running simple plays.

Learners perform locomotor movement.  In this locomotor skills lesson, students practice running, hopping, skipping, and walking then form themselves into groups based on a number called out.  Learners identify if more or less students...

Encourage your learners who are blind or visually impaired to participate in sports or recreational activities. This super simple idea uses a beach ball with a bell on it to help kids become comfortable with playing catch. The activity...

Young scholars practice proper throwing and catching activities, different locomotor activities and cooperative activities.

Students practice throwing and catching skills with plastic grocery bags.

Learners listen carefully and react quickly to the circumstances. While working on these skills, students practice physical skills like throwing, catching and defending.

Students practicewith a racket, to learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in different spots .

This is not your typical soccer activity. The basic rules of soccer are used with some flag football adaptations thrown in. When the ball is on the ground, play by the standard soccer rules, but when the ball goes into the air, a player...

Why is learning how to catch and toss so important? If one has visual impairments, learning this basic skill will help him increase orientation and mobility, coordination, and cognitive development,. Mastery of this skill will also mean...

Young scholars practice football skills. For this sports lesson, students are divided into two teams, form a line, and given one football to practice throwing and catching techniques.

Here is a game that can be played by any age level. Just make some small modifications appropriate for your grade level. The premise of the game is to have the fewest balls on your side when the whistle blows to end the game. So given...

Second graders perform various tasks by identifying the action word with teacher. They demonstrate each of the correct critical elements of loco motor, non-manipulative, and manipulative skills.

A great lesson to teach the fundamentals of the underhand toss. Begin with some warm-ups, review how to do the underhand roll, and then teach the new skill of the underhand toss. The teaching activity is scaffolded and includes good...

Students practice the skills of throwing or tossing a balloon straight up into the air and then catching the balloon.

Third graders are introduced to the correct mechanics of throwing. They work in peer groups to demonstrate proper throwing form and critique each other's performance.

Students explore a visual look at the cues for each skill theme taught. They review all the cues that they discuss and practice in PE class. They examine the theme and cues and reminders of cues while working on the theme.

Students practice both underhand and overhand throwing using plastic bags as balls. They also explore how to hit a target, throw a ball through a hoop, or throw a ball to a partner.

Young scholars dribble and catch a ball. In this number dribble lesson students are given numbers and math equations that require them to dribble or throw the ball a specific number of times. The young scholars practice dribbling...

Students practice multiples of the numbers 1-9 and different manipulative skills such as clapping and snapping.

Students participate in a variety of manipulative skills in cross-curricular activities (dramatic play, reading, problem solving) to improve creativity and health education.

Students practice galloping. In this gross motor skills activity, students review how to jump and hop using a jump-rope and hopscotch. The teacher shows the steps to gallop and they hold a noodle and pretend as if they are riding a horse. 

Learners create their own physical education game and then teach it to their classmates. They construct directions for the game which incorporates writing into this activity. They include catching and throwing skills along with involving...

Learners carry a bean bag with a teacher specified body part while traveling in and out of designated spaces. They practice tossing and catching the bag while moving and progress to playing catch with a partner.

Students, in pairs, choose a ball to throw back and forth between them about 9 feet apart (i.e., 3 giant steps). After making a catch both students take one giant step backwards. If a student misses a catch they move one giant step...