Year 9 · Physical education · beta
Invasion games: adapt tactics and strategies in contact sports
This unit explores ways to adapt tactics and strategies in full-contact sports like rugby. Pupils will learn how to respond to specific types of breakdown such as free kicks, rucks, mauls and scrums as they seek solutions to gain territory, maintain momentum and counterattack.
This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.
Prior knowledge
- Pupils know different attacking strategies are needed to find a gap to penetrate the oppositions defence.
- Pupils understand how to work as a unit to defend.
- Pupils are able to initiate contact safely.
- Pupils show compassion and care for each other when going into contact with individuals of different size/confidence in a tackle.
Source curriculum references
- Build on and embed the physical development.
- Become more competent.
- Become more confident.
- Become more expert in techniques and apply across different sports and physical activities.
- Understand what makes a performance effective and how to apply principles to own and others' work.
- Interest in getting involved in exercise, sports and activities out of school and in later life.
- Use a range of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in team games.
- Develop technique and improve performance.
- Work in a team.
- Take part in competitive sport.
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