Year 10 - Physical education
Australian football league: rules and basic skills
Invasion games: tactics and strategies in world games
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Unit Summary
This unit explores tactics and strategies that can be transferred to a variety of world games including Kabaddi, flag and Aussie Rules football (AFL). These popular participation and spectator sports from different cultures require pupils to pick up new rules and adapt tactics to play as a team.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to incorporate the main attacking skills of Aussie Rules.
Key Notes
- Move: the ball is fisted by holding it in one hand and striking it with the other fist.
- Move: dropping the ball straight on to your foot and keeping your eyes on it, ensures a clean and accurate punt.
- Think: catching a kick that travels over 15m, without being touched, achieves a mark which results in a free kick.
- Feel: confidence comes from transferring skills from rugby and other invasion games to another new context.
- Connect: adapting quickly to unfamiliar rules builds collective problem-solving and communication skills.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Aussie Rules (AFL): the Australian football league, the professional league for Australian rules football
- mark: when a player catches a ball directly from a kick that has travelled at least 15 metres, without being touched, that player is then awarded a free kick
- handball: a method of passing the ball by holding it in one hand and hitting it with the other fist
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think they can run freely with the ball in Aussie rules.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: the ball is fisted by holding it in one hand and striking it with the other fist. Move: dropping the ball straight on to your foot and keeping your eyes on it, ensures a clean and accurate punt.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Aussie Rules (AFL)'
the Australian football league, the professional league for Australian rules football.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think they can run freely with the ball in Aussie rules. Correction: In Aussie Rules, players must bounce or touch the ball to the ground every 15 metres when running with it. Running freely without doing so results in a turnover.
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