Year 8 - Physical education
Passing and movement off the ball when attacking
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 pass quickly, accurately and then move into space to be available for another pass.
Key Notes
- Move: one and two-touch passes speed up the movement of the ball.
- Move: players should keep their eyes up to scan all parts of the pitch for space, opportunities and movement of others.
- Think: careful timing and good decision making is required to execute runs upfield to create scoring opportunities.
- Feel: to continue to improve you must concentrate on gaps and skills you struggle most with, even though it's hard.
- Connect: working as a team and supporting each other helps to improve communication.
Vocabulary To Learn
- scanning: looking up at all parts of the pitch
- possession: when a team maintains control of the ball by passing and moving
- pressure: applying defensive intensity to an opponent in possession of the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils often think they need to take multiple touches before passing the ball.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: one and two-touch passes speed up the movement of the ball. Move: players should keep their eyes up to scan all parts of the pitch for space, opportunities and movement of others.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'scanning'
looking up at all parts of the pitch.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils often think they need to take multiple touches before passing the ball. Correction: Encourage pupils to make quick decisions using one or two touch passes, and encourage pupils to scan before receiving the ball so they know where to pass to next.
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