Year 9 - Physical education
Review basic skills, rules and tactics of handball
Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies through handball
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Unit Summary
This unit explores ways to adapt skills, tactics and strategies and apply them with adherence to the rules of handball. Pupils will develop their resilience as they utilise the full rules and officiate their own games.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to move with the ball and abide by the basic rules of handball.
Key Notes
- Move: taking three steps with the ball in hand enables the creation of space to pass or shoot.
- Move: dribbling low and close using fingertips helps to stay in control and quickly change direction or speed.
- Think: players can dribble the ball but can only hold it for a maximum of three seconds before passing or shooting.
- Feel: adapting to rules that allow three steps whilst carrying the ball takes time to reset the muscle memory.
- Connect: supporting less confident classmates shows kindness.
Vocabulary To Learn
- invasion game: a team sport where players try to move into the other team's area to score points or goals while defending their own
- dribble: repeatedly bounce the ball while moving
- 3 steps: a player can take up to 3 steps whilst holding the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think that to take 3 steps with the ball, you have to be dribbling.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: taking three steps with the ball in hand enables the creation of space to pass or shoot. Move: dribbling low and close using fingertips helps to stay in control and quickly change direction or speed.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'invasion game'
a team sport where players try to move into the other team's area to score points or goals while defending their own.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think that to take 3 steps with the ball, you have to be dribbling. Correction: You only need to dribble if you want to take more than 3 steps. Once you catch the ball, you're allowed 3 steps without dribbling.
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