Year 9 - Physical education
Advanced ball handling and evasion
Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies through Gaelic football
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Unit Summary
This unit explores ways to adapt skills, tactics and strategies from football, rugby and handball to Gaelic football. Pupils will learn how to transfer skills of running with the ball, kicking and tackling plus new skills like fisting and soloing as they experience a game that will be new to most.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use deception and speed of movement to evade a defender.
Key Notes
- Move: roll offs and side steps require fast feet and agility to evade an opponent.
- Think: roll offs and side steps are movements used to evade an opponent.
- Think: faking a solo or a pass misleads the defender and creates space to shoot or move in a different direction.
- Feel: as time exposed to playing a new game increases, so too does confidence and ability to play to the rules.
- Connect: empathy and support is shown when some individuals pick up the rules and skills faster than others.
Vocabulary To Learn
- side stepping: a feinting movement used to evade a defender by quickly shifting weight to one side before exploding in the opposite direction
- roll off: a turning movement where a player uses their body to spin away from a defender to maintain possession of the ball
- fake: using subtle movements such as a shoulder dip or shift in weight to send the defender the wrong way
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The fake is too subtle and not performed at a fast enough pace. Pupils make fake too early so it is easy to read.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: roll offs and side steps require fast feet and agility to evade an opponent. Think: roll offs and side steps are movements used to evade an opponent.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'side stepping'
a feinting movement used to evade a defender by quickly shifting weight to one side before exploding in the opposite direction.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The fake is too subtle and not performed at a fast enough pace. Pupils make fake too early so it is easy to read. Correction: Use clear and exaggerated movements when faking and shift your weight explosively. Wait until the defender is close before performing your faked movement.
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