KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Marking and rebounding
Non-examined assessment: basketball practical
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Your learning goal
I can mark a player and try to steal or rebound the ball using the correct body position.
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Marking and rebounding: 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 mark a player and try to steal or rebound the ball using the correct body position.
Key learning points
- Move: making your body as tall and wide as possible when marking, closes down your opponent's space.
- Move: maintaining quick feet while tracking your opponent is the quickest way to stay with them.
- Think: diving in to steal the ball risks making contact which will result in a foul against you.
- Feel: use self awareness of your own upper body to pressure an opponent when off the ball.
- Connect: keeping your body upright and agile when marking the ball shows respect for the opposition.
Words to know
- tracking
- closely following an opponent's movements and positioning to anticipate their next move
- defensive stance
- a stance on the balls of the feet with knees bent to allow fast movement to the side
- steal
- a key defensive skill to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent and take the ball from the offensive player
Common mistakes
Pupils think defence is a solo effort and only needed when marking the player with the ball.
Individual defensive skills are crucial, however defending as a cohesive unit leads to the attacking team being denied space and vision to move the ball.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The activities in this lesson have a defending focus, however they can be used to emphasise other key skills such as dribbling, shooting and passing.