Year 10 - Physical education
Handball: defending and marking
Non-examined assessment: handball practical
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Unit Summary
This unit provides pupils with the knowledge and opportunity to replicate skills in isolation and in performance scenarios in handball. As a team sport participated in by many pupils it will cover passing/ receiving, ball handling, dribbling, shooting, blocking, screening and decision making.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to actively defend and mark to allow your team to gain possession of the ball and to stop the other team scoring.
Key Notes
- Move: raising your arms as an opponent releases the ball, increases chances of blocking the ball and gaining possession.
- Move: firm body position with a wide stance is crucial for effectively screening an opponent to control their movement.
- Think: using your torso to block a player will not impede the obstruction rule but holding or pulling is prohibited.
- Feel: using your body to control your opposition's movement takes confidence and assertiveness.
- Connect: coordinating with teammates to ensure they recognise the screen helps to exploit the space successfully.
Vocabulary To Learn
- screen: where a player positions themselves to block an opposition using their body to control their positioning
- block: a defensive action where a player uses their hands or arms to intercept and stop an opponent's shot on goal
- marking: is a defensive strategy where a player closely guards an opponent to limit their attacking possibilities
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Screening is a defensive move only used to stop the team with the ball scoring.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: raising your arms as an opponent releases the ball, increases chances of blocking the ball and gaining possession. Move: firm body position with a wide stance is crucial for effectively screening an opponent to control their movement.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'screen'
where a player positions themselves to block an opposition using their body to control their positioning.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Screening is a defensive move only used to stop the team with the ball scoring. Correction: Screening can be used by attackers to 'screen' or block defenders to allow an attacking teammate more space to move or score.
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