Year 10 - Physical education
Keeping the ball safe
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 pick up and run with the ball, and play touch rugby.
Key Notes
- Move: picking up a ball from the floor requires a scoop by reaching first in front of the ball to prevent a knock-on.
- Move: hold the ball tightly to the chest when being tackled to avoid loss of possession.
- Think: the laws of rugby encourage quick passing and moving to try and evade the opposition whilst attacking territory.
- Feel: fumbles are reduced with increased time practising ball skills to build confidence.
- Connect: clear communication helps prevent handling errors by increasing awareness of the location of other players.
Vocabulary To Learn
- knock-on: when a player drops and fumbles a ball forwards when trying to catch a pass
- fumble: clumsy handling that often results in a drop ball and turnover
- support runner: a player who runs a well-timed, deliberate run off the ball handler to receive a pass or draw a defender
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think the best thing to do when a defender is about to tackle you is to (panic) pass the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: picking up a ball from the floor requires a scoop by reaching first in front of the ball to prevent a knock-on. Move: hold the ball tightly to the chest when being tackled to avoid loss of possession.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'knock-on'
when a player drops and fumbles a ball forwards when trying to catch a pass.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think the best thing to do when a defender is about to tackle you is to (panic) pass the ball. Correction: Panic passing before contact in rugby often leads to turnovers, as the pass is rushed, inaccurate, and easier for the opposition to intercept or disrupt, therefore the best decision can sometimes be to keep hold of the ball and take it into contact.
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