KS3 · Physical education · Year 9
Advanced defensive strategies and positional play
Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies through handball
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Your learning goal
I can adapt defensive strategies depending on the situation.
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Advanced defensive strategies and positional play: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can adapt defensive strategies depending on the situation.
Key learning points
- Move: defenders stand tall and reach in towards the ball with one hand, whilst blocking a bounce pass with the other.
- Move: moving as a defensive unit helps to block the ball carrier's path to goal.
- Think: physical contact is part of the game, however you are not allowed to deliberately run into another player.
- Feel: when marking stronger players, or the right hand side where more attacks come, requires increased persistence.
- Connect: good communication from teammates helps with the decision making process when marking a player.
Words to know
- close marking
- defending very close to assigned attackers to limit movement and options
- block
- when a defending player uses their body/arms to stop or deflect a shot, or a pass made by an attacker, usually to prevent a goal
- shifting
- move as a unit to cover spaces and close gaps as the ball moves
Common mistakes
Pupils think the only way to defend is to mark 1 player on the opposite team.
Sometimes moving as a unit, where you shift together, can prevent any of the attackers from making a break and getting the ball up the court.
For parents, carers and teachers
- In the conditioned practices, pupils may focus more on the opportunity to attack and shoot, so you may wish to take that opportunity out and play 'endball' rules instead to focus on the defensive learning.