Year 10 - Physical education
Attacking formations and match play
Net and wall games: tactics and strategies in volleyball
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Unit Summary
This unit will build core skills and develop the use of game tactics to outwit opponents in pressurised situations. Pupils will sharpen their team working skills with a focus on managing conflict and generating the conditions for a great game regardless of the skill level of the participants.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to build a rally to win the point.
Key Notes
- Move: varying placement of the ball allows you to outwit an opposition and find holes in their defence.
- Think: creating opportunities to hit a set from next to the net puts your team on the attack.
- Feel: decision making on formation and positions is empowering.
- Connect: celebrating good attack, defence or attempted attack and passes with a high 5 shows a growth mindset.
Vocabulary To Learn
- decoy: an attacking play to disguise who will receive the set for a spike
- dink: a legal push of the ball over blockers hands
- hitter: player primarily responsible for attacking the ball over the net to score points
- accountability: taking responsibility for your contribution
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The feet can not be used as a body part in volleyball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: varying placement of the ball allows you to outwit an opposition and find holes in their defence. Think: creating opportunities to hit a set from next to the net puts your team on the attack.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'decoy'
an attacking play to disguise who will receive the set for a spike.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The feet can not be used as a body part in volleyball. Correction: Using the foot to contact the ball is legal but the foot must remain in contact with the ground. Players only tend to use this to slide the foot into the path of the ball as they simply cannot kick the ball.
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