Year 9 - Physical education
Counterattack and momentum swings
Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies in contact sports
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Unit Summary
This unit explores ways to adapt tactics and strategies in full-contact sports like rugby. Pupils will learn how to respond to specific types of breakdown such as free kicks, rucks, mauls and scrums as they seek solutions to gain territory, maintain momentum and counterattack.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use pace and creativity to counterattack and stop the opposition scoring points.
Key Notes
- Move: staying linked by holding hands or using a bib helps defenders close gaps and work together to stop the raider.
- Move: quickly instigating a strong grip around the raider's waist can prevent them evading the defenders.
- Think: maintaining your position inside the court area, while holding the raider, ensures your tackle is valid / counts.
- Feel: creative thinking and experimenting with alternative ways to respond to a scenario support deeper understanding.
- Connect: support play is needed to capitalise on a counterattack to trap a raider in your half of the court.
Vocabulary To Learn
- counterattack: an attack made in response to one by the opposition (repeat)
- raider: the player who enters the opponent's half of the court to score points by tagging opponents
- baulk line: a line on each side of the court that the raider must cross to make their raid valid and be eligible to score points
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think that tackling a raider individually is the only option.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: staying linked by holding hands or using a bib helps defenders close gaps and work together to stop the raider. Move: quickly instigating a strong grip around the raider's waist can prevent them evading the defenders.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'counterattack'
an attack made in response to one by the opposition (repeat).
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think that tackling a raider individually is the only option. Correction: In Kabaddi, Raiders have 30 seconds to make the raid and get back across the half way line. As a result, if the defense hold up the raider until their time runs out, it is an unsuccessful raid and the raider doesn't score.
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