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Unit Summary

The unit will challenge pupils to enhance their attacking and defensive skills. Pupils will have a clear understanding of when, where and why to apply these skills during a game. Pupils will be able to develop effective tactics for both attacking and defending and apply these successfully in games.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to dribble into space, changing direction with control, in order to keep possession of the ball.

Key Notes

• Move: dribbling successfully requires keeping the ball close with control using hands, feet or sticks.
• Move: changing direction to move away from our opposition when dribbling helps us to keep possession of the ball.
• Think: deciding when and where to dribble will help our team to keep possession of the ball.
• Feel: not giving up by showing self-discipline will help us develop our dribbling technique.
• Connect: effective communication between team mates helps the team to keep possession of the ball when dribbling.

Vocabulary To Learn

• dribbling: moving the ball with your feet or hands while keeping control of it
• control: keeping the ball close without losing possession
• possession: the team in control of the ball

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Pupils take strong touches of the ball and move with the ball too far away from themselves so lose control easily.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Attack vs defence Study Guide
• Denying space Study Guide
• Dribbling and passing to maintain possession and create scoring opportunities Study Guide
• Dribbling to attack and create space Study Guide
• Transition from defence to attack with a defensive focus Study Guide