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Year 10 - Physical education

Kabaddi: rules and basic skills

Invasion games: tactics and strategies in world games

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 main rules of Kabaddi and take part in basic Kabaddi games.

Key Notes

  • Move: sprinting back to the midline quickly increases your chances of evading defenders and gaining the point.
  • Move: using quick, low-reaching actions with your hand or foot allows you tap the defenders and gain 1 point.
  • Think: to score a team must send a player (raider) into the opposing court whilst chanting 'Kabaddi' repeatedly.
  • Feel: confidence comes from experience and layering on the rules gradually.
  • Connect: defenders rely on each other to tackle the raider and prevent a point being scored after a touch is made.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • raider: the player who enters the opponent's half of the court to score points by tagging opponents while chanting "Kabaddi, Kabaddi"
  • defender: the players who try to stop the raider from returning to their half by tackling them
  • chant: the continuous saying of "Kabaddi, Kabaddi" by the raider while in the opponent's half to demonstrate breath control.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils often forget to chant "Kabaddi Kabaddi" when they are a raider.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: sprinting back to the midline quickly increases your chances of evading defenders and gaining the point. Move: using quick, low-reaching actions with your hand or foot allows you tap the defenders and gain 1 point.

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

the player who enters the opponent's half of the court to score points by tagging opponents while chanting "Kabaddi, Kabaddi".

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils often forget to chant "Kabaddi Kabaddi" when they are a raider. Correction: Remember chanting "Kabaddi, Kabaddi" is how the raider shows they haven't taken a breath during the raid and if they forget, the raid doesn't count.

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