Study Guides

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 control the ball with both feet and use dummy passes to create space.

Key Notes

• Move: to cushion and control an incoming pass successfully you have to use the inside and outside of both feet.
• Move: moving into a variety of positions supports the ball carrier with keeping possession.
• Think: identifying space behind, ahead and beside the player with the ball, supports your team to keep possession.
• Feel: self-regulation is managing your emotions in healthy ways to include controlling impulsivity.
• Connect: successful use of a dummy pass, in order to pass to a teammate in space requires clear communication.

Vocabulary To Learn

• one-touch: controlling and passing the ball with the first touch of the foot
• dispersal: the act of spreading something around to create space using both width and depth
• rondo: a game of keeping possession with lots of short passes

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Pupils wait until a defender is too close before trying to make a pass and consequently lose possession often.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Design set plays to overload the attack Study Guide
• Marking players, marking space and adapting on the fly Study Guide
• Playing smart with the ball in your hands Study Guide
• Playing smart with the ball on a stick Study Guide
• Responding to tactical challenges in different scenarios Study Guide