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Year 5 - Physical education

Dribbling and passing to maintain possession to create scoring opportunities

Invasion games: shooting, scoring and denying space through hockey

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 passing, receiving and dribbling skills to create successful scoring opportunities in a game situation.

Key Notes

  • Move: accurate passing, receiving and dribbling are necessary to outwit an opponent creating scoring chances in games.
  • Move: passing and dribbling the ball at speed helps create space in the attacking area to create more scoring chances.
  • Think: good decision making helps us select when and where to pass or dribble in a game in order to create attacks.
  • Feel: striving to improve our performance even when our team is struggling demonstrates self discipline and resilience.
  • Connect: to create scoring opportunities we need to cooperate and communicate effectively with our team.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • attack: trying to score points
  • outwit: using tactics and strategies to gain an advantage over our opponents
  • scoring: how a team or individual accumulates points to determine the winner of the match

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils think they can only dribble or pass and not effectively combine both, struggling to transition between the 2 actions.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: accurate passing, receiving and dribbling are necessary to outwit an opponent creating scoring chances in games. Move: passing and dribbling the ball at speed helps create space in the attacking area to create more scoring chances.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'attack'

trying to score points.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils think they can only dribble or pass and not effectively combine both, struggling to transition between the 2 actions. Correction: Focus on the importance of both skills and how key decision making on when to use each action is vital.

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