Physical Education - Year 8

Physical Education Overview

Term 1: Rugby/Basketball

Rugby - Students will develop their levels of skill through a variety of contact situations including rucking, mauling and the tackle. Students will improve their understanding of the game with a focus on improving their decision making. Students will have opportunities to put skills into practise through small sided games.

Basketball - Students will refine their skills learned from Year 7 in more competitive situations, through various progressions and drills with more competition. A strong focus will be on passing, dribbling, set shots and lay-ups under pressure. Towards the end of the unit, students will be involved in more game related play.

  1. Students will be assessed on their level of understanding, their ability to analyse performance and their practical performance throughout the unit.
Centre Pass

A centre pass occurs after a goal has been scored, when the Centre passes the ball. A short pass is a pass between two players on the same team, where the length of the pass is so short that a defensive player cannot get between the two opposing players.

Tactics

Tactics are the skills required in any game that allows a player or team to effectively use their talent and skill to the best possible advantage. Tactics are plans which are set up for a specific purpose during a performance or match.

Formation

Different formations are played within football consisting of the 10 outfield players. Examples of formations include 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 5-3-2.

Strategy

A plan of action to achieve a target/goal.

Creating Space

Using movement and evasion to create space.

Replay Ball

A player may tap or deflect the ball, let it bounce and then take possession and throw it. The player cannot catch the ball with both hands, drop it and pick it up again; this is called a replayed ball.

Interception

winning possession of the ball as it is being passed from one opposition to another

Movement

moving to enable yourself to be able to receive the ball

Defence

the action of defending from or resisting attack.

Attack

using clear intent to attack the oppositions goal

Patterns of Play

Following a team strategy.

Passing

A method of delivering the ball to a team mate.

Maul

The ball being held in the air in contact with the opposition. A maul compromises of 2 attackers and 1 defender.

Tackle

Only the ball carrier can be tackled by an opposing player. A tackle occurs when the ball carrier is held by one or more opponents and is brought to ground, i.e. has one or both knees on the ground, is sitting on the ground or is on top of another player

Ruck

The ruck is a phase of play where one or more players from each team, who are on their feet, in physical contact, close around the ball on the ground.

Scrum

An ordered formation of players, used to restart play, in which the forwards of a team form up with arms interlocked and heads down, and push forward against a similar group from the opposing side

Pressure

A compelling or constraining influence in the mind OR in defence, giving the opposition limited time on the ball and harrying them into making a mistake

Conversion

A successful kick at goal after a try, scoring two points.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students will be developing their physical fitness, their mental toughness and their drive to overcome difficult challenges.

Create a supportive community:

Students will help to coach each other through tasks and activities. Respect is a key part of rugby/netball. Students will be encouraged to shake hands with opponents, encourage others when defeated and recognise excellent play when it occurs.

Term 2: Football/Netball

Football - Students will refine their first touch and passing technique through a variety of progressive drills. There will be a strong emphasis on decision making. Students will develop their decision making through small sided games and there will be an opportunity to compete.

Netball - Students will build upon the passing and footwork skills learnt in Year 7 and will apply these skills to more complex drills and activities. Students will develop their understanding of the game through small sided conditioned games and will have the opportunity to compete.

  1. Students will be assessed on their level of understanding, their ability to analyse performance and their practical performance throughout the unit.
Passing

The purpose of passing is to keep possession of the ball by manoeuvring the ball on the ground or air between players.

Dribbling

Dribbling is how a basketballer transitions the ball from one end of the court to the other, he or she will weave in or out of the defence.

Catching

Receiving a pass in basketball from either a chest, bounce or overhead pass.

Footwork

Vital skill to be success in netball, learning to land on one foot and then pivot can help you move the ball into different areas.

Interception

winning possession of the ball as it is being passed from one opposition to another

Strategy

a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim.

Creating Space

moving into an area of the pitch that is empty to make space in the area where you were

Possession

keeping the football with your team mates

Movement

moving to enable yourself to be able to receive the ball

Communication

the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Defence

the action of defending from or resisting attack.

Attack

using clear intent to attack the oppositions goal

Lay Up

A method of scoring after a dribble.

Jump Stop

A method of stopping, landing on two feet at the same time.

Travelling

Walking with the ball.

Fast Break

A counter attack turning defence into attack.

Outlet

A pass out of defence.

Rebound

Winning the ball after it hits the backboard from a shot.

Dynamics

This is the quality of a movement. It could be sudden or sustained, sharp or smooth.

Motif

Series of simple movements or gestures that are easily recognisable. they can help illustrate an aspect of a story.

Evaluation

Looking at the positives and negatives of a performance.

Foul

An offence caused when one player makes contact with another player.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students will be developing their physical fitness, their mental toughness and their drive to overcome difficult challenges.

Create a supportive community:

Students will help to coach each other through tasks and activities. Respect is a key part of football, basketball and netball. Students will be encouraged to shake hands with opponents, encourage others when defeated and recognise excellent play.

Term 3: Gymnastics/Hockey

Hockey - Students will develop the necessary passing, attacking and defensive skills to compete within a small sided game. Students will also be challenged to develop their understanding of the tactics involved within the game.

Gymnastics - Students who have participated in Year 7 gymnastics will apply their skills into a duo routine. Duo balances and synchronised movements will be learnt.

  1. Students will be assessed on their level of understanding, their ability to analyse performance and their practical performance throughout the unit.
Back Drop

a move starting on feet and rotating backwards ¼ of a somersault and landing on back

Bed

the part of the trampoline on which performers bounce

Cradle

a move starting on the back, ½ front somersault with ½ twist to back.

Front Drop

a move starting on feet and rotating forwards ¼ of a somersault and landing on front

Pike

a position where the body is bent forward at the hips to 90° or more while the legs are kept straight, with the thighs close to the upper body.

Routine

a combination of movements or manoeuvres displaying a specific range of skills.

Seat Drop

a move starting on feet and rotating backwards a minimal amount (much less than ¼ of a somersault) and landing on seat

Straddle

a position where the legs are split at least shoulder width apart and the legs are kept straight whilst the upper body is aligned forward at the hips at an angle greater than 45°.

Spotter

People positioned at points around a trampoline in order to ensure additional safety for performers who might otherwise fall off without their intervention.

Swivel Hips

a move starting on the seat, a ½ twist in upright position, landing again on seat.

Tuck

a position where the knees are bent and drawn into the chest, with the upper body folded at the waist at angle of greater than 45° from the upper legs.

Twist

rotation around the body's longitudinal axis, roughly defined by the spine.

Backhand

The stroke used to return balls hit to the left of a right-handed player and to the right of a left-handed player.

Baseline

The back boundary line at each end of the court, parallel to the net.

Overhead Clear

A shot hit deep into the opponent's court.

Drop Shot

A shot hit softly and with finesse to fall rapidly and close to the net in the opponent's court.

Smash

Fast downward shot that cannot be returned.

Serve

The stroke used to put the shuttlecock into play at the start of each rally; also called a "service". The serve can be high or short.

Ready position

The position adopted by a player inbetween receiving a shot.

Dribble

run while controlling the ball with the stick

Dribble

run while controlling the ball with the stick

Obstruction

offence of shielding the ball from an opponent with one's body or stick

Pass

to hit the ball to a teammate

Penalty Corner

free hit taken from a point on the back line

Penalty Stroke

free shot taken from a spot 7 yards directly in front of the goalmouth

Shooting Circle

semicircle around each goalmouth from within which all goals must be scored

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students will be developing their physical fitness, their mental toughness and their drive to overcome difficult challenges. With trampolining, students will have the opportunity to be creative and express themselves.

Create a supportive community:

Students will help to coach each other through tasks and activities. In trampolining, there is a significant amount of group work. This encourages different students to work together and help each other.

Term 4: Gymnastics/Hockey

Gymnastics - Students will develop their locomotor skills learning different skills using jumps, twisting rotations, sideward rotations and horizontal circular rotations. Students will discover a variety of ways to perform balances individually as well as beginning to understand inversion. All these movements will be put together to create and individual routine.

Hockey - Students will develop the necessary passing, attacking and defensive skills to compete with in a small sided game. Students will also be challenged to develop their understanding of the tactics involved within the game.

  1. Students will be assessed on their level of understanding, their ability to analyse performance and their practical performance throughout the unit.
Attack

using clear intent to attack the oppositions goal

Catching

Receiving a pass in basketball from either a chest, bounce or overhead pass

Communication

the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Creating Space

moving into an area of the pitch that is empty to make space in the area where you were

Defence

the action of defending from or resisting attack.

Dribbling

Dribbling is how a basketballer transitions the ball from one end of the court to the other, he or she will weave in or out of the defence.

Fast Break

A counter attack turning defence into attack

Footwork

Vital skill to be success in netball, learning to land on one foot and then pivot can help you move the ball into different areas.

Foul

An offence caused when one player makes contact with another player.

Interception

winning possession of the ball as it is being passed from one opposition to another

Jump Stop

A method of stopping, landing on two feet at the same time.

Lay Up

A method of scoring after a dribble.

Movement

moving to enable yourself to be able to receive the ball

Outlet

A pass out of defence.

Passing

The purpose of passing is to keep possession of the ball by manoeuvring the ball on the ground or air between players.

Possession

keeping the football with your team mates

Rebound

Winning the ball after it hits the backboard from a shot.

Travelling

Walking with the ball.

A Drive

An attacking shot played to a half volley of a delivery.

A Sweep

A sweep is a cross bat shot played to a full delivery on the legs.

Appeal

the act of a bowler or fielder shouting at the umpire to ask if his last ball took the batsman's wicket. Usually phrased in the form of howzat (how-is-that?).

Backing Up

A batsman will back up at the non strikers end in order to make scoring a run easier. A fielder will back up fellow fielders by ensuring that they get behind the stumps when a throw is coming in.

Bowled

A method of dismissal when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails.

Cut

An attacking shot played with a cross bat to a shot wide delivery.

Delivery

One bowl.

Forward Defence

A defensive shot played to a delivery that will go on to hit the stumps.

LBW

a method of dismissal when the ball hits the pads or body of the batsman which would have then gone onto hit the stumps.

Long Barrier

A secure method of fielding the ball when it is travelling quickly.

Over

6 deliveries

Short Barrier

A method of fielding when the ball is travelling slowly and needs to be intercepted.

Walking in

a tactic used by the fielding team to make it harder for the batsman to find the gaps.

Catch

A method of dismissal where the batsman hits the ball into the air to be caught without bouncing by one of the fielders.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students will be developing their physical fitness, their mental toughness and their drive to overcome difficult challenges.

Create a supportive community:

Students will help to coach each other through tasks and activities. Respect is a key part of basketball/cricket. Students will be encouraged to shake hands with opponents, encourage others when defeated and recognise excellent play when it occurs.

Term 5: Athletics

Athletics - Students will improve on their current system of pacing, ensuring that they set an appropriate pace for their level of fitness. Sprint technique will be refined. For field events, students will discover more advanced techniques used in the shot put, discus and javelin, including the shuffle and glide.

  1. Students will be assessed on their level of understanding, their ability to analyse performance and their practical performance throughout the unit.

    Athletics - Demonstrate a sprint start plus one track and one field event. Assessment to be graded on the English Schools standards table.

Speed

The ability to move the whole body quickly over a short distance.

Athletics

The sport of competing in track and field events, including running races and various competitions in jumping and throwing

Track Event

Track is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running. Track is categorised under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country and running.

Field Event

Field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of jumping and throwing. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump, while the most common throwing events are shot put and discus.

Relay

A relay race is a track and field event in which athletes run a pre-set distance carrying a baton before passing it onto the next runner. Often, a relay team is a team of four sprinters.

Sprint Start

Sprinters begin the race by assuming a crouching position in the starting blocks before leaning forward and gradually moving into an upright position as the race progresses and momentum is gained.

Throw

To propel an object using the strength of your hands and arms.

Jump

To propel oneself into the air using one's legs either for height (high jump) or for distance (long or triple).

Upsweep

A method of transferring the baton.

Downsweep

A method of transferring the baton.

Lead Leg

The first leg that goes over the hurdle.

Trail Leg

The second leg that goes over the hurdle.

Endurance

The ability to pace yourself over an extended period of time.

Sprint

The ability to move the whole body quickly over a short distance.

Stride Pattern

The number of strides taken between the hurdles.

Limb Speed

The ability to move a limb quickly e.g. arm speed needs to be fast to throw a javelin.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students will be developing their physical fitness, their mental toughness and their drive to overcome difficult challenges.

Create a supportive community:

Students will help to coach each other through tasks and activities. As students are often required to perform maximally, students are also required to encourage others to do the same.

Term 6: Cricket

Cricket - Focus on batting and bowling will be evident throughout this unit of work. Students have been taught strong fundamentals in Year 7 and this year will develop a range of batting techniques alongside structured fielding positions.

  1. Students will be assessed on their level of understanding, their ability to analyse performance and their practical performance throughout the unit.
Long Barrier

A secure method of fielding the ball when it is travelling quickly.

Short Barrier

A method of fielding when the ball is travelling slowly and needs to be intercepted.

Appeal

the act of a bowler or fielder shouting at the umpire to ask if his last ball took the batsman's wicket. Usually phrased in the form of howzat (how-is-that?). Common variations include 'Howzee?' (how is he?), or simply turning to the umpire and shouting.

Bowled

A method of dismissal when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails.

LBW

a method of dismissal when the ball hits the pads or body of the batsman which would have then gone onto hit the stumps.

A Drive

An attacking shot played to a half volley of a delivery.

Forward defence

A defensive shot played to a delivery that will go on to hit the stumps.

Cut

An attacking shot played with a cross bat to a shot wide delivery.

A Sweep

A sweep is a cross bat shot played to a full delivery on the legs.

Delivery

One bowl.

Over

6 deliveries

Walking in

a tactic used by the fielding team to make it harder for the batsman to find the gaps.

Backing Up

A batsman will back up at the non strikers end in order to make scoring a run easier. A fielder will back up fellow fielders by ensuring that they get behind the stumps when a throw is coming in.

Catch

A method of dismissal where the batsman hits the ball into the air to be caught without bouncing by one of the fielders.

Backstop

The fielder behind the batsman.

Innings

One teams time to bat.

Bowling Square

The area from which the bowler bowls.

Half Rounder

One of the most common terms used in the game of rounders is the half-rounder. Half-rounders get scored when the batter successfully circumnavigates the track but without having hit the ball.

No Ball

When the ball is delivered incorrectly.

Rounder

A 'rounder' is rounders terminology for a score awarded to the batter. It occurs if he successfully strikes the ball and he reaches the fourth post before another ball gets bowled.

Runs

an individual score which is achieved by running between the wickets.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural
Develop the individual:

Students will learn the discipline of refining specific technique, over and over again. This art of discipline can be transferred across into all areas of life.

Create a supportive community:

Students will help to coach each other through tasks and activities. In dance, there is a significant amount of group work. This encourages different students to work together and help each other.

Term 3 - 6 : PE at Becket Keys during Covid

PE in lockdown at Becket Keys – Online curriculum

During the lockdown period PE lessons will be continuing as per the timetable. We will, therefore, be providing work for the students on a weekly basis. Work for physical education lessons has been published on the schools VLE system. It compromises of a variety skill or fitness related tasks which the students will complete at home. A reminder will be sent to the students via Satchel One on the day of their PE lesson. Additionally, students will be able to contact their PE teacher via Satchel One if they require any guidance or feedback.

We are also offering an extra-curricular provision for those who are passionate towards their health and fitness. The Race around the World challenge encourages students to log their exercise with the PE department. Students are able to either run, walk or cycle their way to fitness within this scheme. Distances are collated as a school, year group and form to generate a common goal of racing around the world together. Please follow our progress at #BKRaceAroundtheWorld.

For those of you who would like skill or game based extra-curricular activities the PE staff have been posting a variety of skill-based tasks via Twitter @BecketKeysPE for the students to continue to work on their sporting fundamentals.

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