Year 11 - Physical education
Korfball rules and how to introduce them
Invasion games: tactics and strategies when leading a team in Korfball
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Unit Summary
This unit challenges pupils to apply some tactics and strategies gained from netball and basketball to a new sport whilst focusing on respect for others and leadership skill development. Pupils will apply more advanced tactics and strategies whilst securing their understanding of a new game.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to play a simple game of Korfball in mixed teams of eight.
Key Notes
- Move: pivoting with the ball helps you find space and better passing angles to accurately reach a teammate.
- Move: running into space to catch the ball, shakes off a defender so you can shoot or pass to an unmarked teammate.
- Think: knowing that only four players from each team are allowed in each half supports tactical decision making.
- Feel: a confident person maintains a positive outlook, viewing setbacks as learning experiences.
- Connect: effective communication enables the switching of attackers to defenders every second goal, ensuring inclusion.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Korf: a word that means "basket" in Dutch, the game was first developed in the Netherlands in 1902
- gender rules: males can only guard males and females can only guard females as the game is designed to be inclusive and promote equal participation
- pivoting: a movement technique that allows a player to rotate on one foot while keeping the other foot grounded
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils forget that after 2 goals are scored they swap positions.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: pivoting with the ball helps you find space and better passing angles to accurately reach a teammate. Move: running into space to catch the ball, shakes off a defender so you can shoot or pass to an unmarked teammate.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Korf'
a word that means "basket" in Dutch, the game was first developed in the Netherlands in 1902.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils forget that after 2 goals are scored they swap positions. Correction: After 2 goals are scored in Korfball, the attackers then swap and become the defenders and the defenders swap and become attackers (on both teams).
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