- low-organizational, inventive, and cooperative games (e.g., tag games, relay race, prisoner's base)
- small-sided and lead-up target games (e.g., bowling, curling, golf, bocce ball)
- small-sided and lead-up striking/fielding games (e.g., long ball, kick ball, softball)
- small-sided and lead-up invasion/territorial games (e.g., two-on-two, three-on-three games using skills from games such as soccer, basketball, and soft lacrosse)
- alternate environment activities (e.g., hiking, aquatics, skating, snowshoeing, orienteering, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, cycling, tracking).
(a) |
Identify the main intention of net/wall games (to send a ball back to the opponent so that the opponent is unable to return it) and suggest how this affects strategies used. |
(b) |
Incorporate appropriate movement skills and strategies into lead-up game play (e.g., three-on-three balloon volleyball, `passing-only' three-on-three basketball). |
(c) |
Distinguish between appropriate offensive tactics (e.g., placing ball farthest away from opponents, quickest and most effective way to move a ball as a team) and defensive tactics (e.g., moving to cover the open spaces, anticipating opponent's ball placement) to be used in various games. |
(d) |
Apply the beginning individual offensive and defensive skills such as blocking, shielding, protecting, as well as spatial orientation while participating in low-organizational and lead-up games. |
(e) |
Create, as a class and with guidance, a checklist of effective game and team tactics and strategies to use in specified games (e.g., placement of the ball on opponent's side of the net in a pickleball game), view classmates performing in a game situation, and provide feedback on the use of the strategies based on the checklist. |
(f) |
Plan and implement, cooperatively in pairs or groups, individual and team offensive and defensive skills and tactics for given situations while participating in a variety of invasion/territorial lead-up games (e.g., two-on-two no dribble "keep-away", two-on-one "person-in-the-middle") and striking/fielding games (e.g., one-on-one kickball-at-the wall, one-on-two T-ball "bat where they are not"). |
(g) |
Participate in a variety of alternate environment activities focusing on enhancing understanding and skill (e.g., follow a map to find various points, locations, or objects in an open area such as the school yard, a park, or a field; cross-country ski, setting goals to increase personal speed over a given distance; play `team kick-the-can' in the snow to strategize and practise tracking skills). |
(h) |
Participate in lead-up (e.g., two-on-two, three-on-three) net/wall games following class-created and/or teacher-given rules that will influence tactics used (e.g., two contact balloon ball in a designated space, designated passing pattern in two-on-two pickleball). |
(i) |
Demonstrate an understanding of how to deliver an object such as a curling rock or bocce ball. |
(j) |
Demonstrate how to vary the weight of the delivery of objects used in target games such as curling, bowling, bocce ball, and class-created target-type games. |
(k) |
Practise striking objects as appropriate for game specific skills (e.g., golf stroke, soft ball batting, tennis serve, floor hockey snap shot). |