Follow the Leader Throw and Catch

An intermediate throwing lesson for elementary-aged learners that focuses on the approach to throwing a ball. The approach is important in that it gets the body ready to generate more power to throw a ball faster and farther. The...

Young athletes put together the athletic skills they need to play different sports in the eighth week of this physical education unit. First they work on basic skills like running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching. Next, children...

From bunny hops and bridges to bean bag tosses and big ball catches, your activity toolkit will be overflowing with great new ideas for adaptive physical education!

Teach your young players the basic fundamentals of throwing overhand. Fundamental skills like these can be applied to throwing a baseball, softball, or football Show them proper foot position, weight distribution, and arm position....

Here's a fun collection of activities for helping youngsters develop body awareness, walking and running skills, spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and adaptive physical education skills such as following directions.

Students practice throwing and catching skills. In this ball skills lesson, students throw and catch beanbags using a proper throwing technique.

Review the basic steps in throwing a small object. Gather up the class and some beanbags, Nerf balls, wiffle balls, whatever small soft things are around for throwing. Set up targets on the walls of the gym and have the class practice...

Students practice throwing overhand. in this motor skills development lesson plan, students apply the three important steps in throwing as they practice throwing with partners. This lesson plan includes instructions for an overhand...

Young scholars play a game with scarves to practice throwing and catching. They each have a scarf, sit in a circle, and sing a ghost-related song, playing various scarf tricks at the same time.

There are several days worth of activities in this mini unit. Take a look and then break it up to meet the needs of your class. There are activities to work on throwing and catching, and activities for moving like animals. There are some...