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Year 10 - Physical education

Games: can you create a competitive game aiming to control a ball?

Remote learning: designing competitive games

Unit Summary

This unit offers opportunities to design games requiring ball control and tactical skill to achieve personal bests in complex tasks. Pupils will think creatively to adapt games to their environment and equipment, while challenging others to reach their own personal bests.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to create a competitive game to develop ball control skills that can be replicated by others.

Key Notes

  • Move: keeping the ball close enough to maintain possession and using the right amount of force supports ball control.
  • Think: choosing the right ball skills and adapting them to different challenges requires concentration.
  • Feel: overcoming challenges while maintaining control builds confidence and determination.
  • Connect: imagining how actions would affect others in a game and adjusting ball skills creates opportunities.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • skill: competence and finesse in carrying out an action
  • control: to keep possession of the ball by using appropriate force, timing and body position so you can move, change direction or perform a skill without losing the ball
  • dribble: moving with the ball while keeping it close and under control with hands or feet

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • You can only dribble with your hands or feet.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: keeping the ball close enough to maintain possession and using the right amount of force supports ball control. Think: choosing the right ball skills and adapting them to different challenges requires concentration.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'skill'

competence and finesse in carrying out an action.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: You can only dribble with your hands or feet. Correction: You can also use an implement to dribble with.

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