Year 8 - Physical education
Officiating your own games
Invasion games: tactics and strategies to outwit opponents through football
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Unit Summary
This unit will apply a wider range of tactics and strategies through football. Increasingly complex approaches to attack and strategies to defend will be applied whilst enhancing knowledge of the rules and tactics specific to football. Pupils will also work on their organisational skills.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to referee a game fairly and also rotate around playing positions to enable everyone to experience all roles.
Key Notes
- Move: a short, sharp blast on the whistle with good volume is generated by blowing out forcefully.
- Think: choosing when to play advantage and when to blow up for a foul requires quick critical thinking.
- Feel: reversing your officiating decision based on player reactions or pressure makes future decision making very hard.
- Connect: open and proactive communication helps members of both teams understand and react well to decisions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- referee: official in charge of enforcing the rules of the game, responsible for making decisions to ensure fair play
- decisive: having the ability to make clear, firm and quick decisions without hesitation
- review: carefully examining and evaluating strengths and areas for improvement
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may lack confidence when officiating and fear making incorrect decisions. They may also struggle with peer pressure and be tempted to change their decisions.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: a short, sharp blast on the whistle with good volume is generated by blowing out forcefully. Think: choosing when to play advantage and when to blow up for a foul requires quick critical thinking.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'referee'
official in charge of enforcing the rules of the game, responsible for making decisions to ensure fair play.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may lack confidence when officiating and fear making incorrect decisions. They may also struggle with peer pressure and be tempted to change their decisions. Correction: Encourage pupils to make clear, firm decisions and remind them that mistakes are part of learning. Teach referees to stand by their decisions and use short, clear explanations. Also ensure the players are respectful of those decisions.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Building a team to perform tactics and strategies together Study Guide
- Movement with the ball: dribbling, receiving and turning at pace Study Guide
- Passing and movement off the ball when attacking Study Guide
- Positioning and creating options in attack Study Guide
- Score and add defenders to increase complexity Study Guide
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