KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Ball control in your hand and at your feet
Invasion games: basic tactics to overcome opponents in donor sports
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can move with the ball and evade defenders.
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Ball control in your hand and at your feet: 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 move with the ball and evade defenders.
Key learning points
- Move: controlling the ball in hand is done by using the fingertips to cushion the ball.
- Move: controlling the ball at the feet is done by using small taps with the inside and outside of your foot.
- Think: looking up helps you to understand which space is best to move into and where to move to avoid defenders.
- Feel: confidence is built by repeating different movements with the ball.
- Connect: working together will mean that there are more options for the ball carrier.
Words to know
- pivot
- a movement where a player keeps one foot in contact with the floor
- evade
- the act of escaping from an opponent
- ball carrier
- the player who is in possession of the ball
Common mistakes
Lack of cushioning with hand or foot to keep close touch control and eyes always down to look at the ball.
By using kinaesthetic awareness (touch) and peripheral vision you can control the ball better with a light touch and keep your eyes up to look for space, teammates and defenders.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson is focused on broad concepts/principles that transfer across many sports. It is intentionally a revisit of prior learning that should have taken place in key stage 2 games but there will have been significant differences between the quality of experience and opportunities.