Year 7 - Physical education
Movement, space, passing and receiving
Invasion games: basic tactics to overcome opponents through netball
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Unit Summary
This unit will build on fundamental skills and apply tactics to overcome opponents through netball. Development of basic passing, receiving, footwork, dodging, shooting, and defending skills with positivity in small sided games. Pupils will learn the rules of netball and names of major bones.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to send and receive the ball whilst applying the footwork rule.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing and catching with control requires balance to securely ground a landing foot.
- Think: the landing foot is used to pivot around and to direct the body to open up space.
- Think: the tarsals and metatarsals are located in the foot.
- Feel: asking for the ball in space and in good time requires confidence.
- Connect: sending and receiving the ball requires awareness of where the feeder is.
Vocabulary To Learn
- footwork rule: after catching the ball, you may not reground the landing foot until you release the ball again. Your landing foot can remain grounded and become the pivot foot
- chest pass: a pass from the torso, typically using two-hands
- shoulder pass: a one handed pass relesaed from the shoulder
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think the chest pass is only used for shorter distances.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing and catching with control requires balance to securely ground a landing foot. Think: the landing foot is used to pivot around and to direct the body to open up space.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'footwork rule'
after catching the ball, you may not reground the landing foot until you release the ball again. Your landing foot can remain grounded and become the pivot foot.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think the chest pass is only used for shorter distances. Correction: The chest pass is a very versatile technique that can be used for short and longer distances. It works well as a technique to pass when aiming for the space a teammate is moving into.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Outwitting opponents and ball handling under pressure Study Guide
- Playing and officiating your own small sided games fairly Study Guide
- Positional awareness to defend Study Guide
- Transition from defence to attack Study Guide
- Working cooperatively to learn to shoot with precision and understanding Study Guide
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