KS3 · Physical education · Year 9

Gaining confidence in contact

Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies in contact sports

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Your learning goal

I can make contact safely with someone else to prevent them advancing with the ball.

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Gaining confidence in contact: 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 make contact safely with someone else to prevent them advancing with the ball.

Key learning points

Move: keeping your head to the side and leading with your shoulder makes tackling safer and reduces risk of injury.
Move: wrapping your arms fully around an opponent will help control the tackle and bring them down effectively.
Think: making contact above the shoulders is illegal and puts players at serious risk of injury.
Feel: confidence comes from practising correct technique and trusting your body in each tackle.
Connect: adjusting the intensity applied to a tackle helps build confidence in less experienced/smaller players.

Words to know

tackle: a defender brings the ball carrier down to the ground
confidence: the degree to which a performer believes they have the ability to perform and complete tasks with success
contact: physical interaction between players where touching, holding or tackling is allowed as part of the game

Common mistakes

Tackling harder always makes it more effective.

Controlled technique, not force, makes a tackle successful and reduces the chance of injury or penalties.

For parents, carers and teachers

Contact versions of the game should only be managed by suitably experienced and qualified staff (inc. concussion training). It is the school's decision whether gumshields are complusory for pupils. Option to spend more time on any of these topics as appropriate in the context of your learners.