Year 9 - Physical education
Ways to move with the ball and basic skills
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 move with the ball using soloing and hand passes to maintain possession.
Key Notes
- Move: the ball is dropped onto the instep (laces) of foot and volleyed back into hands whilst on the move.
- Move: you can use an open hand pass over a short distance or fist pass to pass accurately over longer distances.
- Think: you can carry the ball for four steps before either bouncing, soloing (drop kicking it back to hands) or passing.
- Feel: it is enjoyable to transfer skills and learn new techniques in an unfamiliar game.
- Connect: communicating with each other will increase success when playing small sided games.
Vocabulary To Learn
- soloing/toe tap: after 4 steps, a player has a choice between bouncing, performing a solo/toe tap or playing the ball away
- hand pass: supporting the ball with one hand and striking it with the open palm of the free hand to pass over a short distance
- fist pass: supporting the ball with one hand and striking it with the closed fist of the free hand
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When soloing the ball, pupils don't flick their toe upwards causing the ball to travel in front of them. When passing, pupils throw the ball, forgetting the correct open or closed hand passing action.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: the ball is dropped onto the instep (laces) of foot and volleyed back into hands whilst on the move. Move: you can use an open hand pass over a short distance or fist pass to pass accurately over longer distances.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'soloing/toe tap'
after 4 steps, a player has a choice between bouncing, performing a solo/toe tap or playing the ball away.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When soloing the ball, pupils don't flick their toe upwards causing the ball to travel in front of them. When passing, pupils throw the ball, forgetting the correct open or closed hand passing action. Correction: When the foot impacts the ball, flick your toes up so the ball travels back into the hands. Pupils should spend a lot of time repeating their hand passing skills to avoid throwing the ball when under pressure.
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