KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Positional awareness to defend
Invasion games: basic tactics to overcome opponents through netball
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Your learning goal
I can mark players and deny space in different positions.
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Positional awareness to defend: 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 players and deny space in different positions.
Key learning points
- Move: tracking alongside your opponent, staying close to them, makes it difficult for them to get free.
- Think: using open vision to look at where the opponent is and where the ball is equires focus.
- Think: the fibula and tibia form the lower bones of the leg.
- Feel: concentration is needed to track as a defender.
- Connect: observing how an attacking opponent moves, can inform a defender's response.
Words to know
- goal line
- the boundary line at both ends of the court running parallel to the net
- goal defence (GD)
- the player allowed in centre and their own defensive goal third and their goal circle to defend shots
- goal keeper (GK)
- the player allowed in their own shooting circle and their defensive goal third to defend the GS
Common mistakes
Defending in netball is mainly a role when your opponent has the ball.
Defending occurs in all positions and each player needs to track their opponent to try to deny them the opportunity to receive a pass.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The lesson focusses on defence, however the activities are suitable to revisit previously learnt attacking skills and positional understanding.