Passing and moving to create space
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can work with my team to maintain possession and score points by making effective decisions.
Key learning points
- Move: passing accurately to maintain possession and score requires moving into space quickly, creating passing options.
- Move: passing accurately to maintain possession and score requires aiming at our team mate's target.
- Think: deciding on the best passing option enables our team to keep possession and score.
- Feel: enjoying working hard shows self motivation, which is essential to supporting our team's success.
- Connect: playing by the rules and encouraging others shows respect towards both our own team as well as the opposition.
Keywords
Score - the points that determine who is winning in a game
Possession - the team in control of the ball
Maintain - to take care of something so it keeps working well
Common misconception
Pupils will try and make a pass to score from too far away. Pupils run into the endzone boxes to receive a pass too early and are just standing still in the box.
Encourage pupils to be closer to the scoring zones before trying to make a pass to score. Explain that if we just stand in the box, we aren't helping our team with a passing option.
Teacher tip
Select your preferred focus (hands, feet, sticks). To extend the challenge further and/or if you have a small space, create mini tournament style set ups, whereby two teams play and one team officiates, then they rotate.
Equipment
1 ball per group of 6 (ball type depends on the focus), 30+ cones, bibs
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Why is having possession important?
Q2.Where should you pass and move to?
Q3.What is the best possible outcome for a team who can keep possession?
Q4.What do we mean by encouragement?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Why should we move quickly into space?
Q2.Once we have made a successful pass, what should we do next?
Q3.If we can pass and move to maintain possession and get close enough to the target, what could be the best outcome?
Q4.If we always try our best and show the determination to succeed, what does this mean we are showing?
To help you plan your 3 physical education lesson on: Passing and moving to create space, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 3 physical education lesson on: Passing and moving to create space, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
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