Year 5 - Physical education
Transition from defence to attack with a defensive focus
Invasion games: shooting, scoring and denying space in ball games
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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 react quickly when your team loses possession of the ball and can apply defensive tactics during a game to prevent the opposition from scoring.
Key Notes
- Move: transitioning from attack to defence requires quick reactions and changes in body position to be ready to defend.
- Move: looking for space to guard, staying on our toes and following the attackers' movements helps to stop an attack.
- Think: switching between attack and defence requires quick thinking and a strong understanding of our defensive tactics.
- Feel: self-discipline stops us getting frustrated as possession changes and we transition from attack to defence.
- Connect: communicating quickly when we lose possession helps our team effectively transition from attack to defence.
Vocabulary To Learn
- transition: switching from playing defence to attack, or the other way around
- tactics: plans you create and use to try to win or succeed
- defensive: trying to stop the other team from scoring or getting ahead
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils get frustrated when they lose possession and fail to carry out their defensive tactics.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: transitioning from attack to defence requires quick reactions and changes in body position to be ready to defend. Move: looking for space to guard, staying on our toes and following the attackers' movements helps to stop an attack.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'transition'
switching from playing defence to attack, or the other way around.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils get frustrated when they lose possession and fail to carry out their defensive tactics. Correction: Remind pupils how important it is to defend and try and stop the attack. If we give up, it's likely our opponents will score.
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