KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Handball: footwork and dribbling
Non-examined assessment: handball practical
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Your learning goal
I can move with the ball to create space and keep possession whilst playing within the rules of handball.
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Handball: footwork and dribbling: 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 to create space and keep possession whilst playing within the rules of handball.
Key learning points
- Move: accelerating after a fake step in the opposite direction helps to get past a defender.
- Move: dribbling with bent knees and a low body position maintains balance and allows for agile changes in direction.
- Think: passing or shooting the ball before the fourth step/dribble will not break the travelling rule.
- Feel: it takes time to reset muscle memory when learning that you can take 3 steps while carrying the ball.
- Connect: using good communication and eye contact with teammates enables greater success at keeping possession.
Words to know
- feint
- faking the direction of movement by stepping or changing direction
- dribbling feint
- a player suddenly changes the direction of their dribble
- double dribble
- bouncing a ball, holding it and bouncing the ball again
- travelling
- if a player does not pass or shoot the ball before taking the fourth step
Common mistakes
Dribbling is always the best option to move with the ball.
While dribbling can be helpful to gain ground up the court, it can slow down the game, whereas passing can often be faster and more efficient at breaking through a defence.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Using taller obstacles like rounders posts may provide a step between a cone and a defender to allow pupils to gain confidence in feint and dribble feint.