Year 5 - Physical education
Dribbling and control
Invasion games: shooting, scoring and denying space through hockey
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Unit Summary
The unit will enable pupils to enhance their attacking and defensive skills through hockey. Pupils will learn the game specific skills, understanding when, where and why to apply these skills. Pupils will create effective tactics for attack and defence, applying them successfully in modified games.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use your dribbling skills in order to keep control and possession of the ball.
Key Notes
- Move: dribbling requires bent knees and holding the stick with both hands, positioning our right hand slightly lower.
- Move: dribbling with control requires keeping the ball close to our stick and looking up to identify space.
- Think: choosing the correct time to dribble into space makes it difficult for the defender to gain possession.
- Feel: striving to improve our dribbling technique even when it's difficult, demonstrates self-discipline.
- Connect: congratulating our opponents and playing by the rules shows respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dribbling: moving the ball using the flat side of the hockey stick
- control: keeping the ball close and moving it where you want it to go
- possession: the team in control of the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils use the curved side of their stick.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: dribbling requires bent knees and holding the stick with both hands, positioning our right hand slightly lower. Move: dribbling with control requires keeping the ball close to our stick and looking up to identify space.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dribbling'
moving the ball using the flat side of the hockey stick.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils use the curved side of their stick. Correction: Encourage pupils to use the flat side of their stick, rotating it when changing direction. Challenge pupils, but be lenient as they develop this difficult skill.
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