Create, understand and apply attacking tactics in game situations | Physical education

Starter quiz

Which player is responsible for trying to stop the opposition scoring in a game?
- attacker
- defender ✓
- referee
How can you ensure all your team applies effective tactics?
- good communication ✓
- being respectful
- accurate passing
What should you do when your team makes a tag?
- celebrate
- quickly step back ✓
- take the ball
After a tag is made, if the defender is in front of the ball player, they are ...
- offside. ✓
- onside.
- winning.

What must you do with the ball when you’ve carried it to the opposition's try line to score a try?
- Throw it.
- Hold it up.
- Place it down. ✓
What is an attacking tactic that can help create space and improve your team's chances of scoring a try?
- slow passes
- overlapping run ✓
- forward pass
What is a benefit of performing a dummy pass that can help you create more attacking opportunities?
- tricks the referee
- tricks your opponent ✓
- tricks your teammate
When implementing attacking tactics in a game, what can increase the chances of success?
- effective decision making ✓
- scoring more tries
- good defending

Move: we must pass and move accurately and consistently with good technique in order to create attacking opportunities.
Move: executing effective overlaps and dummy passes increases the chances of scoring in a game.
Think: making effective decisions as to which tactics to use in a game can increase our chances of success.
Feel: striving to improve our performance by identifying our strengths and weaknesses demonstrates strong integrity.
Connect: suggesting ways our team can improve their performance shows excellent leadership and resourcefulness.

Pupils believe that when they use an attacking tactic it will always be successful.

Remind pupils that not all tactics work but they should continue to try hard and use a variety of tactics.

Try - the method of scoring points in rugby by successfully placing the ball on the ground with downward pressure
Overlap - running behind and around a teammate to receive a pass
Dummy pass - pretending to pass the ball to mislead defenders and create space