KS2 · Physical education · Year 4

Combine passing and receiving

Invasion games: maintaining possession and stopping an attack in ball games

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Your learning goal

I can apply passing and moving skills to keep possession and create opportunities to score points.

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Combine passing and receiving: 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 apply passing and moving skills to keep possession and create opportunities to score points.

Key learning points

Move: keeping possession of the ball requires us to move into space, creating an angle to receive a pass.
Move: accurate passing requires our hips to face the target and follow through towards the target.
Think: deciding when, where and why to pass and move will result in scoring opportunities.
Feel: integrity enables us to work as hard as we possibly can and keep trying even if we aren't successful.
Connect: working effectively as a team to keep possession and create scoring opportunities requires cooperation.

Words to know

passing: moving the ball from one player to another
receiving: controlling the ball when it comes to you
possession: the team in control of the ball

Common mistakes

Pupils stand behind defenders when waiting to receive the ball. Pupils keep moving into space but don't look at the player with the ball to acknowledge they are ready to receive a pass.

Encourage pupils to move to the side of the defender creating an angle for the pass. Support pupils to communicate (verbal and non verbal) when they are ready in a space.

For parents, carers and teachers

Have a range of balls availbale so you can challenge pupils to switch focus and context. Mix up the teams that pupils play in so pupils are challanged to collaborate with lots of different peers. Develop dodging skills and verbal/non verbal communication.