Year 10 - Physical education
Flag football: tactics, strategies and game play
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 develop offensive and defensive plays as a team to play flag football.
Key Notes
- Move: a run is timed to create space to catch the ball from the quarterback to the receiver..
- Move: a blitzer should sprint directly towards the quarterback after the snap to pull the tag before the QB can pass.
- Think: unlike American football, no players are allowed to block the blitzer from tackling the quarterback.
- Feel: using your imagination helps develop creative ways to outwit the opposition.
- Connect: constant communication in defence is needed to enable everyone to know who they are marking.
Vocabulary To Learn
- receiver: a player who runs routes to catch passes from the quarterback and tries to advance the ball without being tagged
- quarterback: the leader of an offensive play who receives the ball from the snap
- blitzer: the nominated defensive player who rushes towards the quarterback with the primary goal of tackling them or forcing a hurried throw
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think the attacking players can block the blitzer so that the quarterback remains able to pass the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: a run is timed to create space to catch the ball from the quarterback to the receiver.. Move: a blitzer should sprint directly towards the quarterback after the snap to pull the tag before the QB can pass.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'receiver'
a player who runs routes to catch passes from the quarterback and tries to advance the ball without being tagged.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think the attacking players can block the blitzer so that the quarterback remains able to pass the ball. Correction: In flag football, blocking the blitzer is not allowed. Attackers must avoid physical contact and the quarterback must rely on quick throws and good timing to avoid being tagged by the blitzer.
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