Year 10 - Physical education
Flag football: 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 explain the origins, objectives and main rules to flag football.
Key Notes
- Move: the fingers slide down the outside of the ball to apply spin on the quarterback overarm pass upfield.
- Move: keeping your eye on the ball while sprinting, with hands in the air allows you to catch it before the defender.
- Think: tackles are made by pulling a flag (tag) from the ball carrier's waist in this non contact game.
- Feel: confidence comes from transferring skills from rugby and other invasion games to a new context.
- Connect: you can support each other by drawing on knowledge within the group of American football activities.
Vocabulary To Learn
- down: attempts or plays to advance the ball toward the opponent's end zone
- touchdown: scored when a player carries the ball into, or catches the ball within, the opponent's end zone, worth 6 points
- end zone: the area of the field where scoring occurs
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think they have 6 'downs/tags' like tag rugby or rugby league.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: the fingers slide down the outside of the ball to apply spin on the quarterback overarm pass upfield. Move: keeping your eye on the ball while sprinting, with hands in the air allows you to catch it before the defender.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'down'
attempts or plays to advance the ball toward the opponent's end zone.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think they have 6 'downs/tags' like tag rugby or rugby league. Correction: In flag football, teams only have 4 downs (or attempts) to advance the ball 10 yards or score. If they don't succeed within those 4 downs, the ball is turned over to the other team.
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