Year 3 - Physical education
Passing and creating space
Invasion games: principles of attack and defence through ball games
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Unit Summary
The unit of work will introduce pupils to the principles of attack and defence, with a particular focus on passing, moving and scoring. Pupils will show integrity as they learn to keep possession and eventually score in order to win a modified game. The unit will focus on games using hands and feet.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to pass and move the ball accurately, creating space in order to help your team keep possession.
Key Notes
- Move: creating space for a pass requires us to move quickly into an open space.
- Move: passing accurately by sending the ball to a teammate's targets makes it hard for defenders to intercept the ball.
- Think: making effective decisions on where to pass and move to, enables our team to keep possession of the ball.
- Feel: applying maximum effort by trying to create space even if we are finding it difficult shows self motivation.
- Connect: demonstrating respect to our teammates and encouraging them to keep going helps to keep possession.
Vocabulary To Learn
- passing: transferring the ball from one player to another
- creating space: making room around you so you or your team can pass and move successfully
- possession: the team in control of the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils stand still once they are in a space and just wait for the ball to come to them.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: creating space for a pass requires us to move quickly into an open space. Move: passing accurately by sending the ball to a teammate's targets makes it hard for defenders to intercept the ball.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'passing'
transferring the ball from one player to another.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils stand still once they are in a space and just wait for the ball to come to them. Correction: Explain that we must keep moving to find spaces to ensure our team always has several passing options. If we stand still, the defenders could intercept the ball.
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