Football practical assessment
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can apply my skills and tactical understanding in a conditioned and full context game.
Key learning points
- Move: cardiovascular endurance helps maintain the correct playing position and pressure on the ball throughout gameplay.
- Think: deciding when to attack on goal and when to regroup to work another angle requires patience.
- Feel: individuals need to manage their emotions well to cope when the team performance isn't going to plan.
- Connect: leadership of self and others through positivity and words of encouragement helps the collective performance.
Keywords
Throw-in - awarded when the ball crosses the touchline (sideline) and taken by the opposing team from whoever touched it last
Free kick - an unimpeded kick of a stationary ball awarded to one side as a penalty for a foul or infringement by their opposition
Corner - awarded when the whole ball crosses the goal line, either in the air or on the ground when it was last touched by a defending player
Offside - an attacking player is beyond the last defender when the ball is played
Common misconception
In a GCSE assessment the assessor will expect to see you be on the ball as an attacker and trying to beat defenders with tricks and feints.
An assessor is looking for the selection of the most appropriate skill for the situation to outwit an opponent which could be a passing option or creating space. It is more about the contribution to the team performance and strategic application.
Teacher tip
The practices in previous lessons can be used at the start of the lesson to recap the skills in progressive practices and conclude with game play.
Equipment
1 football per game, 22 bibs, football goals
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What does closing down a defender deny?
Q2.When is it important to be the goal side of a player?
Q3.A block tackle is more effective with which part of the foot?
Q4.What is the key aim of jockeying a ball?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What skill is needed to know who to send the ball to on a throw in?
Q2.What is awarded if there has been a foul outside the 18 yard box?
Q3.What is the rule when an attacking player is beyond the last player when the ball is played?
Q4.What are we showing if we use words of encouragement to our team?
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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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