Year 8 - Physical education
Tackling and contact in 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 replicate the correct safe tackling technique.
Key Notes
- Move: a safe tackle is made by hitting the ball carrier low, with your head to the side of their body and wrapping arms.
- Move: keeping arms wrapped until the ball carrier is secured on the ground, before releasing, prevents a missed tackle.
- Think: if your head is in front of the ball carrier there is a high risk of injury.
- Feel: playing with different people can increase experience at responding to how attackers try to evade space.
- Connect: adjusting the intensity applied to a tackle helps build confidence in less experienced/smaller players.
Vocabulary To Learn
- tackle: a defender brings the ball carrier down to the ground
- confidence: the degree to which a performer believes they have the ability to perform and complete tasks with success
- high tackle: a tackle above the line of the shoulders is considered dangerous play and results in a penalty and possible yellow or red card
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupil think that if they go in to tackle at the legs they will get kicked in the face.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: a safe tackle is made by hitting the ball carrier low, with your head to the side of their body and wrapping arms. Move: keeping arms wrapped until the ball carrier is secured on the ground, before releasing, prevents a missed tackle.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'tackle'
a defender brings the ball carrier down to the ground.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupil think that if they go in to tackle at the legs they will get kicked in the face. Correction: If you tackle low, with your head to the side and wrap their legs with your arms, they'll go down safely and you won't get kicked.
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