Year 10 - Physical education
Going into contact
Non-examined assessment: rugby union 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 rugby. As a popular team sport offered by many pupils it will cover passing/ receiving, ball handling, tackling, rucking, scrums, line outs, kicking and decision making.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to tackle and form rucks and mauls safely.
Key Notes
- Move: driving your body weight up and under an opponent forces them backwards, stopping their attacking momentum.
- Move: additional attackers and defenders at the breakdown enter from behind the backfoot of the last player and bind on.
- Think: joining a ruck or maul must be done from the back foot to be onside.
- Feel: confidence to initiate contact comes from repeated execution with the correct technique.
- Connect: supporting less confident classmates to execute successful tackles in practice conditions shows kindness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- smother tackle: a more upright tackle that wraps the player and ball to prevent an offload
- duck and clean: a player lowers their body to get underneath an opponent before driving them away to secure possession
- late tackle: a penalty offence for tackling a player who has already passed or kicked the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils fail to fully commit to a tackle which allows players to break free and score.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: driving your body weight up and under an opponent forces them backwards, stopping their attacking momentum. Move: additional attackers and defenders at the breakdown enter from behind the backfoot of the last player and bind on.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'smother tackle'
a more upright tackle that wraps the player and ball to prevent an offload.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils fail to fully commit to a tackle which allows players to break free and score. Correction: Defenders must fully commit to tackle the ball carrier and keep hold until they are on the ground to avoid giving the opposition an overlap or charge through scoring opportunity.
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