KS3 · Physical education · Year 8
Marking players, marking space and adapting on the fly
Invasion games: tactics and strategies to outwit opponents in donor sports
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Your learning goal
I can adapt defensive strategies to suit the situation.
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Marking players, marking space and adapting on the fly: 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 adapt defensive strategies to suit the situation.
Key learning points
- Move: marking tight and remaining goal side enables you to stop attackers who are in shooting range.
- Think: effective defensive tactics rely on the whole team implementing them at the same time.
- Think: knowing when to mark a player or mark an area/zone requires effective decision making
- Feel: self-expression of your own feelings, thoughts or ideas are important for heightened enjoyment.
- Connect: organisation of defensive strategies requires clear communication and commitment from all.
Words to know
- delay
- decision of a team/unit or an individual oabout when to press and when to drop off
- compact
- positioning players in a concentrated area to limit distance between platers
- restraint
- a measure that keeps someone under control
Common mistakes
Some pupils commit to zone defence but others get distracted into chasing the ball, therefore moving out of position.
It is essential that all team members follow the same defensive strategy of player-to-player or zonal marking to avoid leaving big gaps.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson can also be delivered through basketball, netball or handball but the introduction of a completely different game of Tapu Ae helps level the playing field and interest levels of all. You should offer detail about the cultural heritage of the game.