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Year 10 - Physical education

Team defence

Net and wall games: tactics and strategies in volleyball

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 work as a team to cover the court.

Key Notes

  • Move: jumping to block at the net requires great timing.
  • Think: staying alert and ready to move if the ball is coming towards you requires quick reactions.
  • Feel: achieving as a team heightens the experience.
  • Connect: good communication ensures the ball isn't left.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • block: a defensive play at net to deflect a spiked ball back into the hitter's court
  • setter: the player who "sets" the ball using an overhead pass to a teammate
  • libero: the defensive specialist in the team whose main responsibility is to receive serves and spikes

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils think a position in volleyball is determined by their physical location on the court.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: jumping to block at the net requires great timing. Think: staying alert and ready to move if the ball is coming towards you requires quick reactions.

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

a defensive play at net to deflect a spiked ball back into the hitter's court.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils think a position in volleyball is determined by their physical location on the court. Correction: Rotations do occur based on court location but players are also assigned positions, with an assigned role, which they can move into directly after the serve.

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