KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Ball control on the move
Non-examined assessment: football practical
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Your learning goal
I can keep control of the ball on the move.
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Ball control on the move: 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 keep control of the ball on the move.
Key learning points
- Move: using both feet alternately to touch the ball makes it easier to move at pace with the ball.
- Think: if defenders are close, the ball needs to be kept closer to your body to reduce the risk of being tackled.
- Feel: be confident to use a feint or trick to beat an opponent and create space.
- Connect: the ball travels faster than us so dribbling is often not the best option to attack, passing is better.
Words to know
- close control dribbling
- keeping the ball close to the feet in tight spaces, allowing for quick direction changes and precise manoeuvres through densely packed defences
- speed dribbling
- moving the ball quickly forwards, often in open spaces using pace to outrun opponents while maintaining possession
- feints
- using deceptive movements to trick defenders and create space. This technique includes a variety of moves such as step-overs, body feints and skill moves like the Cruyff turn
Common mistakes
Pupils think that GCSE assessment for ball control is just looking at the techniques in isolation or in a 1v1.
Dribbling and 1v1 needs to be seen in conditioned practices to showcase the technique when faced with the position of the defenders and decision making.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Futsal, handball and netball type games are suitable games to transfer and use as competitive practices.