Cricket Scheme of Work (KS4)

This Cricket scheme of work product includes key stage four plans for:

Year 7: Ball familiarisation Throwing & Catching Off Drive & On Drive Forward Defence Backward Defence Intercepting Long Barrier Bowling Year 8: Throwing & Catching in Cricket One-Handed Retrieval  Batting - The Pull Shot Batting - The cut Bowling - swing Running between the wickets Wicket -  Keeping & Games Year 9: Retrieving, fast-moving ball,  Bowling - Spin bowling in Cricket Batting - Backward Drive in Cricket Cricket Batting - Lofted drives Wicket keeping in Cricket Pairs Cricket Year 10 & 11: Pairs Cricket Full Games of Cricket Practices for areas  of development

Some of the objectives that are delivered through the Cricket Lesson Plans and Schemes of Work (KS3 & KS4) include:

• To be able to perform the basic Cricketing skills of Receiving, Intercepting, Throwing, Batting, and Bowling to incorporate these into small-sided games. 
• To understand and know how to perform these skills and where these are used on a Cricket field. 
• To understand and know the simple laws used in the game of Cricket and how players score runs and umpire. 
• Throughout the phases students are constantly asked how to outwit opponents; evaluate performances; analyse strengths and weaknesses; whilst developing, adapting and refining skills, strategies and tactics to produce high levels of performance and high-quality techniques.
• To perform, develop and incorporate the skills of Receiving, One-handed intercepting, Long Barrier, Throwing, Batting using the Pull and Square Cut, Running between the wickets, Calling, Wicket - Keeping and Bowling in Cricket.  To use their knowledge and understanding to perform, refine and adapt these skills and other skills with precision, accuracy, fluency and clarity in any situation.  
• To perform, develop and incorporate the skills of throwing, catching and retrieving on the move, Spin Bowling, Backward drive, Lofted drive, and Wicket – keeping.
• To also have a developing knowledge and understanding of tactical and positional play within the game of Cricket, which will enable them to start to plan when playing competitive games. 
• To also be able to recognise the importance of responding to changing situations within the game in attack and defence.  
• To perform, develop and incorporate the skills of throwing, catching and retrieving on the move, Spin Bowling, Backward drive, Lofted drive, and Wicket – keeping.
• To also have a developing knowledge and understanding of tactical and positional play within the game of Cricket, which will enable them to start to plan when playing competitive games. 
• To also be able to recognise the importance of responding to changing situations within the game in attack and defence.