Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 9
Gaining confidence in contact
I can make contact safely with someone else to prevent them advancing with the ball.
- Year 9
Gaining confidence in contact
I can make contact safely with someone else to prevent them advancing with the ball.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: keeping your head to the side and leading with your shoulder makes tackling safer and reduces risk of injury.
- Move: wrapping your arms fully around an opponent will help control the tackle and bring them down effectively.
- Think: making contact above the shoulders is illegal and puts players at serious risk of injury.
- Feel: confidence comes from practising correct technique and trusting your body in each tackle.
- Connect: adjusting the intensity applied to a tackle helps build confidence in less experienced/smaller players.
Keywords
Tackle - a defender brings the ball carrier down to the ground
Confidence - the degree to which a performer believes they have the ability to perform and complete tasks with success
Contact - physical interaction between players where touching, holding or tackling is allowed as part of the game
Common misconception
Tackling harder always makes it more effective.
Controlled technique, not force, makes a tackle successful and reduces the chance of injury or penalties.
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: Gaining confidence in contact, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: Gaining confidence in contact, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Equipment
20 + balls (optional type), 30+ cones, 14 rounders posts, 4 sets of 8 bibs and 2 x Tupi/bins/boxes.
Content guidance
- Additional qualification required
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
