KS3 · Physical education · Year 9
Shooting techniques and defence
Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies through handball
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Your learning goal
I can shoot accurately at the goal.
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Shooting techniques and defence: 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 shoot accurately at the goal.
Key learning points
- Move: power is generated by taking steps into a jump shot.
- Move: follow through with your throwing arm towards the target improves accuracy to guide the ball's path after release.
- Think: only the goalkeeper can enter the 6 metre area. Attackers are not allowed to stand in this area while shooting.
- Feel: enduring the complexity of shooting on the move requires resilience.
- Connect: working together in defence reduces the potential of open shots on goal.
Words to know
- standing shot
- a shooting technique whilst stationary
- bounced shot
- shooting on goal with the ball hitting the floor on its way
- jump shot
- a shooting technique performed while the players feet are in the air
Common mistakes
Pupils think the shooter is allowed in the D to score (like netball).
The only person allowed in the D is the goalkeeper, shooters have to shoot from outside the D, otherwise the goal doesn't count.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If you don't have space or equipment for 6+ handball nets, you could use benches or cones as shooting targets or draw goals on the wall in chalk that can rub off. Also using chalk/masking tape to mark out the 'D' may be easier and safer than placing lots of cones down.