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Year 7 - Physical education

Playing and officiating your own small sided games fairly

Invasion games: basic tactics to overcome opponents through netball

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 officiate a small-sided game.

Key Notes

  • Move: keeping in line with the ball will ensure accurate reading of the game.
  • Think: having an understanding of the basic rules of the game is essential o officiate.
  • Feel: confident decision making will give others freedom to play safely and fairly.
  • Connect: being fair and accurate when making decisions is important for building trust.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • centre pass: starts the game from the centre circle. The centre pass is then alternated between each team after a goal has been scored
  • free pass: awarded to the opposing team for a minor incident. Usually an error the individual has made i.e. not involving anyone else
  • penalty pass: a penalty involving another player that is taken where the infringement occurred and the offending player stands out of play

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils think when they go offside or do footwork they have to stand out of play as this is a penalty pass.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: keeping in line with the ball will ensure accurate reading of the game. Think: having an understanding of the basic rules of the game is essential o officiate.

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

starts the game from the centre circle. The centre pass is then alternated between each team after a goal has been scored.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils think when they go offside or do footwork they have to stand out of play as this is a penalty pass. Correction: Both of these infringements do not include another player so a free pass is awarded. If a player obstructs or contacts an oppositing player a penalty pass is then awarded.

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