Year 8 - Physical education
Marking players, marking space and adapting on the fly
Invasion games: tactics and strategies to outwit opponents in donor sports
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Unit Summary
This unit explores a wider range of tactics and strategies to include dispersal, penetration, support and screening in attack whilst defensive strategies of delay, compactness, depth, balance and control/ restraint can be applied in many sports with the ball in hand, at feet or on a stick.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to adapt defensive strategies to suit the situation.
Key Notes
- Move: marking tight and remaining goal side enables you to stop attackers who are in shooting range.
- Think: effective defensive tactics rely on the whole team implementing them at the same time.
- Think: knowing when to mark a player or mark an area/zone requires effective decision making
- Feel: self-expression of your own feelings, thoughts or ideas are important for heightened enjoyment.
- Connect: organisation of defensive strategies requires clear communication and commitment from all.
Vocabulary To Learn
- delay: decision of a team/unit or an individual oabout when to press and when to drop off
- compact: positioning players in a concentrated area to limit distance between platers
- restraint: a measure that keeps someone under control
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Some pupils commit to zone defence but others get distracted into chasing the ball, therefore moving out of position.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: marking tight and remaining goal side enables you to stop attackers who are in shooting range. Think: effective defensive tactics rely on the whole team implementing them at the same time.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'delay'
decision of a team/unit or an individual oabout when to press and when to drop off.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Some pupils commit to zone defence but others get distracted into chasing the ball, therefore moving out of position. Correction: It is essential that all team members follow the same defensive strategy of player-to-player or zonal marking to avoid leaving big gaps.
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