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Australian football league: tactics, strategies and game play
I can develop offensive and defensive plays within a team to play a simplified version of Aussie Rules football.
- Year 10
Australian football league: tactics, strategies and game play
I can develop offensive and defensive plays within a team to play a simplified version of Aussie Rules football.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: holding hands up in a wide Y shape and shuffling side to side during zonal defence helps cover more ground.
- Move: sprinting away from your defender into open space creates clear passing options to maintain possession.
- Think: the oval field has defenders, midfielders and forwards, similar to football.
- Feel: confidence comes from visualising and experimenting with ways to create gaps in the field to attack.
- Connect: defenders communicate and shift together to prevent any gaps forming.
Keywords
Zonal defence - when players defend the space instead of marking an opponent directly
Behind - a score worth one point, awarded when the ball is kicked between the behind post and the goal post or if the ball hits a goal post.
Goal - a score worth six points, achieved when the ball is kicked between the two taller, central goal posts without being touched.
Common misconception
Pupils just stick with one payer on the opposite team and chase them.
The game moves too fast to just stick with 1 player, so it is better to work with teammates to create zonal defence.
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Australian football league: tactics, strategies and game play, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 physical education lesson on: Australian football league: tactics, strategies and game play, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Equipment
1 AFL ball between 2, 1 tag belts/tags per pupil, 30+ cones, 8 tall posts (rounders) and 8 small posts (cones)
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
