Year 6 - Physical education
Defensive scenarios
Invasion games: scenarios, tactics and power play in ball games
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Unit Summary
This unit of work will challenge pupils to consistently develop effective attacking and defensive skills and be able to apply these in a variety of game based scenarios. Pupils will create and apply tactics in games, adapting them as the game situation changes, in order to beat the opposition.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply a range of defensive skills, at the right time, as the defensive scenario changes.
Key Notes
- Move: moving quickly, being ready on our toes and exploding with speed are vital defensive skills in all scenarios.
- Think: knowing when, where and why to use each defensive skill requires careful decision making to prevent an attack.
- Feel: as the situation in the game changes, showing self motivation to improve is important for our team to succeed.
- Connect: suggesting ways for our team to improve and supporting our teammates throughout the games shows respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- defensive skills: special moves or abilities you use to try to stop the opposition scoring
- scenario: a made-up situation that helps decide what happens next
- prevent: making sure the other team can't win by stopping them from scoring
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils are deflated and lack self-motivation if their team does not have possession of the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: moving quickly, being ready on our toes and exploding with speed are vital defensive skills in all scenarios. Think: knowing when, where and why to use each defensive skill requires careful decision making to prevent an attack.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'defensive skills'
special moves or abilities you use to try to stop the opposition scoring.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils are deflated and lack self-motivation if their team does not have possession of the ball. Correction: Get pupils to think carefully about the tactics and strategies that can be used to prevent the attack from scoring and help the defensive team regain possession.
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