KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Team defence
Net and wall games: tactics and strategies in volleyball
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Your learning goal
I can work as a team to cover the court.
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Team 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 work as a team to cover the court.
Key learning points
- Move: jumping to block at the net requires great timing.
- Think: staying alert and ready to move if the ball is coming towards you requires quick reactions.
- Feel: achieving as a team heightens the experience.
- Connect: good communication ensures the ball isn't left.
Words to know
- block
- a defensive play at net to deflect a spiked ball back into the hitter's court
- setter
- the player who "sets" the ball using an overhead pass to a teammate
- libero
- the defensive specialist in the team whose main responsibility is to receive serves and spikes
Common mistakes
Pupils think a position in volleyball is determined by their physical location on the court.
Rotations do occur based on court location but players are also assigned positions, with an assigned role, which they can move into directly after the serve.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Allow planning time for the round robin tournament and when pupils are assigning positions.