Year 9 - Physical education
Tackling and blocking
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 tackle and block attacking players.
Key Notes
- Move: use an open hand to knock the ball out of your opponent's hands when tackling.
- Move: block the ball with your hands up and palms out, just as it leaves your opponent's foot.
- Think: tackles must target the body or the hand that is holding the ball.
- Feel: be brave when tackling and blocking, and ask others for help if you are struggling with the technique.
- Connect: collaborating and trusting your teammates helps increase opportunities to block or tackle in a game situation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- near hand tackle: a tackling technique to knock the ball from an opponent's possession with the open hand
- blocking: a defensive technique used to prevent an opponent from passing, kicking or shooting the ball
- defender: the primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils use the wrong hand which leads to fouls and ineffective tackles, or they dive into the tackle, allowing attackers to easily sidestep away.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: use an open hand to knock the ball out of your opponent's hands when tackling. Move: block the ball with your hands up and palms out, just as it leaves your opponent's foot.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'near hand tackle'
a tackling technique to knock the ball from an opponent's possession with the open hand.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils use the wrong hand which leads to fouls and ineffective tackles, or they dive into the tackle, allowing attackers to easily sidestep away. Correction: Always use the nearest hand to flick the ball away. Stay balanced when tackling, moving your feet quickly and timing the tackle properly.
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