KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Specialist skills
Non-examined assessment: rugby league practical
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Your learning goal
I can perform in a scrum and use accurate kicks to gain meters.
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What you’ll learn
I can perform in a scrum and use accurate kicks to gain meters.
Key learning points
- Move: rolling the ball into the scrum at an angle towards your team will make it easy to pass out to their teammates.
- Move: follow through with an upward motion of the kicking leg to kick the ball higher.
- Think: scrums are used to reset play but pushing isn’t really required as energy is best saved to get back and defend.
- Feel: confidence to apply new skills in a competitive environment requires repeated practice.
- Connect: respecting the value that different shapes and body sizes bring to the game of rugby helps team cohesion.
Words to know
- up and under kick
- a high kick to run on to and challenge for the ball in the air
- scrum
- how play is restarted after a stoppage caused by a minor infringement
- intercept
- a player catches a pass or kick intended for an opposing player, gaining possession of the ball for their team
Common mistakes
In a rugby scrum you have to push (like in union).
Because the scrum half can throw the ball in at angle that is advantageous to their team, there is not much point pushing. It's better to save energy to get back to defend but if the other side are being lazy, it might be beneficial to push.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Be aware of space and direction with the kicking practice, and you may wish to have forward positions working on the scrum whilst the backs are working on their kicking.