Year 8 - Physical education
Ball familiarisation in rugby
Invasion games: tactics and strategies to outwit through rugby
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop knowledge of the rules and apply a wider range of tactics and strategies through rugby. Pupils will apply attacking and defensive strategies with creativity and careful consideration of safety.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to run confidently with the ball in two hands.
Key Notes
- Move: carrying the ball uses two hands whilst running at pace and changing direction.
- Think: a try is scored by grounding the ball in your hands with downward pressure.
- Feel: creativity involves using a variety of passes and ways to pick up/offload the ball.
- Connect: awareness of others is required to avoid collisions, especially when moving at pace.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pop pass: a short, quick pass used to maintain continuity and create attacking opportunities, especially in close-contact situations
- try: a goal scored by grounding the ball over the oppositions try line, resulting in five points
- scoop: the action of picking up a loose ball from the ground while on the move
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is better to move with the ball in one hand and score a try with one hand.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: carrying the ball uses two hands whilst running at pace and changing direction. Think: a try is scored by grounding the ball in your hands with downward pressure.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pop pass'
a short, quick pass used to maintain continuity and create attacking opportunities, especially in close-contact situations.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: It is better to move with the ball in one hand and score a try with one hand. Correction: Despite it perhaps being more comfortable to have the ball in one hand (or under the arm) when running, it does not keep the ball as safe and therefore increases the risk of dropping the ball and therefore your team losing possession.
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