Year 8 - Physical education
Evasion skills and supporting the ball carrier
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 time a run and a pass to cross the gain line.
Key Notes
- Move: supporting the ball carrier is best achieved with runs at pace from deep.
- Move: side-steps help when dodging round and wrong footing defenders but need to be done at pace.
- Think: ensuring the ball keeps moving up the field either via running or passing prevents stalemate situations.
- Feel: reading, reacting and selling dummies to the opposition are creative ways to break the gain line.
- Connect: repeated practice with the same individuals enables accelerating to correctly time a support run to improve
Vocabulary To Learn
- gain line: an imaginary line across the pitch parallel to the try line when there is a breakdown in open play, such as a ruck, maul or scrum
- dummy: a deceptive move where a player pretends to pass, kick, or move in a certain direction to mislead defenders
- side step: a term used for a quick movement one way and then the other to wrong foot the defender
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Evading space is solely about the ball carrier getting past the defender.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: supporting the ball carrier is best achieved with runs at pace from deep. Move: side-steps help when dodging round and wrong footing defenders but need to be done at pace.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'gain line'
an imaginary line across the pitch parallel to the try line when there is a breakdown in open play, such as a ruck, maul or scrum.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Evading space is solely about the ball carrier getting past the defender. Correction: In reality, a supporting runner's positioning often determines whether an attacker breaks the gain line. A well-timed support line can draw defenders, create passing opportunities, or make a dummy pass more effective.
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