KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Attacking-specific skills and strategies
Kin-ball: communicating and solving problems through an inclusive game
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
Apply skills and strategies in attack to increase the chances of scoring.
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Attacking-specific skills and strategies: 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
Apply skills and strategies in attack to increase the chances of scoring.
Key learning points
- Move: the direction and size of the force that you apply to the kin-ball affects it's trajectory.
- Think: hitting the kin-ball away from defenders increases the chances of scoring.
- Feel: effectively applying new skills in competition increases confidence.
- Connect: producing a stable “set” requires effective teamwork.
Words to know
- force
- physical effort applied to the ball to control it's movement during play
- scanning
- quickly observing and assessing the positions and movements of opponents and teammates before making a play
- anticipate
- ability of players to predict and react to the movement of the ball and the actions of the opposing teams
Common mistakes
Punching is an effective way of hitting the kin-ball.
Hitting with your hands clasped together helps to prevent injury, improve stability, ensure accuracy and enable faster, stronger hits.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If size of class demands more than 4 per team, play with substitutes or adapt the game to have more players.

