Students in 3rd through 5th grades will learn the proper technique of the throw this week. The throw will be broken down into 4 parts: The side turn, the ball behind head, the slide step, and the twist and throw. Students will be assessed and helped by throwing without the ball and with the ball. Throw emphasis will be to get a low and powerful throw, like a baseball pitcher. After the practice time, we will use our skills to play "Target Ball". Six teams of two or three students, each with a crate of tennis balls, will take aim and throw to a large target, trying to hit it or knock it down. Students will go one at a time to make sure they are still using the proper technique but the short line will almost move non-stop. After this game, we will regroup for the same game but all students will throw constantly from their crate of balls to the new target, a bowling pin.
Students in Kindergarten through 2nd grades will continue last weeks lesson beacuse of the K-2 wheel. On Thursday they will start throwing. The same lesson will be taught to second grade using the four steps, groups will have only 2, and the targets will be closer. Kindergarten and first grades will being throwing by learning their throwing hand and starting the throw by turning the correct way. Students will throw for power and distance and then aim at bowling pins about 15 feet away. Everyone will thow together so students will gets lots and lots of throwing attempts!
