Invasion games: maintaining possession and stopping an attack in ball games

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Move: application of tactics, strategies and compositional ideas

Connect: teamwork and leadership

Why this why now

The unit will extend pupils’ understanding of invasion games, developing the principles of attack and defence. This invasion unit builds on prior learning by looking at the application of dribbling in attack, as well as defending as a team to stop the opposition’s attack. The focus will be through a ball skills lens as opposed to focusing on a specific sport to continue to enable the effective transfer of skills across multiple sports and activities. Later, pupils will have the opportunity to work together in teams to design tactics and strategies as they attempt to beat their opponents.

Prior knowledge requirements

Pupils will know how to pass and move into space.
Pupils understand why we have to pass and move into a space.
Pupils can use passing and moving skills to keep possession.
Pupils can use passing and moving skills to create a scoring opportunity.
Pupils know how to score points in games.
Pupils can apply basic defensive principles in games.
Pupils understand how to collaborate in teams.
Pupils can communicate within their teams.
Pupils know what it is important to be able to communicate in teams.
Pupils can create and apply tactics in games.

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Why this why now

The unit will extend pupils’ understanding of invasion games, developing the principles of attack and defence. This invasion unit builds on prior learning by looking at the application of dribbling in attack, as well as defending as a team to stop the opposition’s attack. The focus will be through a ball skills lens as opposed to focusing on a specific sport to continue to enable the effective transfer of skills across multiple sports and activities. Later, pupils will have the opportunity to work together in teams to design tactics and strategies as they attempt to beat their opponents.

Prior knowledge requirements

Pupils will know how to pass and move into space.
Pupils understand why we have to pass and move into a space.
Pupils can use passing and moving skills to keep possession.
Pupils can use passing and moving skills to create a scoring opportunity.
Pupils know how to score points in games.
Pupils can apply basic defensive principles in games.
Pupils understand how to collaborate in teams.
Pupils can communicate within their teams.
Pupils know what it is important to be able to communicate in teams.
Pupils can create and apply tactics in games.