Year 7 - Physical education
Outwitting opponents and ball handling under pressure
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 get free to attack and maintain possession under pressure.
Key Notes
- Move: a change of direction can be used to get into space to receive a ball.
- Think: it is important to respond quickly to where there is open space on court.
- Think: the patella is also referred to as the kneecap.
- Feel: moving into space persistently when being marked requires determination.
- Connect: signalling, good contact and a positive body movement should be used before receiving the ball.
Vocabulary To Learn
- feint: to go one way by moving the feet and the body, then set off in another direction and into space
- obstruction: a rule stating you must be 1 metre away from the ball holder when defending
- third: the netball court is divided into three sections, a goal third at each end and a centre third
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- An attacker should move as as soon as their teammate catches the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: a change of direction can be used to get into space to receive a ball. Think: it is important to respond quickly to where there is open space on court.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'feint'
to go one way by moving the feet and the body, then set off in another direction and into space.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: An attacker should move as as soon as their teammate catches the ball. Correction: A feint is an effective way to create space as we wait for the ball handler to present the ball ready to make the pass, rather than moving too early and the defender being able to catch up with you.
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