UNIT 7: NETBALL
KEY UNIT COMPETENCE: Develop Netball tactical skills
7..1 Prerequisite (Knowledge, skills, attitudes and values)
Students of senior five will learn better Netball tactical skills if they have well
developed Netball technical skills learned in S4 and physical exercises.
7.2 Cross-cutting issues to be addressed
Gender:
In teaching and learning process of Netball, the teacher must prepare and
provide physical activities that engage both girls and boys equally to exploit
their full potential and talents without any discrimination or prejudice.
Inclusive education:
The teacher as a facilitator he/she must consider different special education
needs and select Netball activities to adapt his/her teaching approaches to
students. This creates a positive attitude and helps all students to participate
actively and develop their competence levels.
Financial education:
The teacher should integrate Financial Education into his/her teaching/
learning activities by providing the local and no cost teaching material where
is possible. He/she must encourage students to make their own materials that
can help them to develop competences not only in sport at school but also in
their daily life.
Standardization culture:
The teacher must choose and select the standardized materials to use in his/
her teaching/learning process of Netball. It is necessary to provide appropriate
materials required to the levels of students and help them to develop culture of
checking and using the quality of sport materials for the competitions before
using them in order to prevent injuries and other accident.
Environment and sustainability:
The teacher should provide materials and deliver the lesson by encouraging
students to protect the environment and well use of materials. The teacher
helps them to develop the spirit of keeping safe the environment they use in
physical education and sports activities.
Peace and values education:
The teacher helps students to develop fair play and social values by avoiding
violence and conflict in their Netball games and by setting clear and relevant
instructions. He/she should provide the activities that help students to develop
their competence peacefully.
Comprehensive sexuality education:
The teacher provides Netball activities and sets instructions that prevent sexual
harassment, any kind of gender-based violence like sexual abuse and physical
contacts oriented to the sexuality intention
Genocide studies:
While conducting Netball exercises, the teacher should take a time to explain
students how sports should be used to fight against Genocide ideology and
how to prevent it. For example, to organize Genocide memorial tournaments at
school and give the message related to the Genocide.
7.3 Guidance on introductory activity
Before introducing the lesson one of this unit, you must introduce the whole
unit. The teacher as a guide, facilitator and expert, ask questions or give activity
related to tactical skills used in Netball in order to help them to predict what tobe learned in the whole unit.
7.4 List of lessons/sub-heading
Lesson 1: Offensive playing positions
a) Learning objective
Develop tactics of offensive playing positions
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of offensive
playing positions exercises if they have well developed Netball technical skills
learned in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four;
– Let some groups present their findings;
– Assist them to clarify their findings;
– Introduce tactical skills of offensive playing positions in netball;
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
offensive playing positions and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
Explain to the students that offensive playing positions are namely:
– Goal Shooter.
– Goal Attack.– Wing Attack.
Offensive tactics in netball
– Ensure passes are accurate and into the space, enabling the moving
player to attack the ball.
– Use arms to maximize speed on sprint to circle edge.
– Land in an upright and balanced position as close to the circle edge as
possible.
– Ball to shooter must be placed away from the defender.
Circle edge drive exercise
Players in 1 line have a ball each, player in opposite line sprints to receive a
pass on the circle edge. Feeder (after passing ball) also drives to circle edge
to support the first attacking player. Meanwhile the attacking player withthe ball passes to the shooter and makes a shot for goal.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of offensive playing
positions?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the offensive
playing positions exercises?
Connect
– Can you identify types of offensive playing positions in the Netball
game situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of offensive playing positions in Netball will help
you to be successful player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 2: Defensive playing positions
a) Learning objective
Develop tactics of defensive playing positions
a) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim.
b) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of defensive
playing position exercises if they have well developed Netball technical skills
learned in S4 and physical exercises.
c) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four;
– Let some groups present their findings;
– Assist them to clarify their findings;
– Introduce tactical skills of defensive playing position in netball;
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
defensive playing position and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
d) Lesson body
Explain to the students the following different defensive playing positions:
– Wing Defence.
– Goal Defence.– Goal Keeper.
Defensive tactics in netball
Request students to do the following:
– As a defender, tell them to keep their head up, arms down and keep
their feet moving.
– Body up on the opposing player with the ball.
– Contest the ball.
– Keep communicating with the Goal Defender and Centre for a defensiveset-up on a centre pass.
Activity 7.2
Place 3 players in a triangle 3-4m apart, one with the ball (thrower). 4th
player (defender) stands opposite thrower, between and a little in front of
the other two players (receivers). Thrower then makes chest pass to either
receiver, defender must try to intercept. After five clean interceptions,
players rotate.
A player attempting to intercept or defend the ball must be at least (0.9m)
away from the player with the ball. This distance is measured from the
landing foot of the player in possession of the ball.
Variation
Set up a limited area approximately 5m square. Two teams of four players, one
attacking the other defending. Attacking team pass the ball around the area
while defence try to restrict their space by staying on the inside and forcing
them out. Place a time limit or number of interceptions before swapping teams
over.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of offensive playing positions
in Netball?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the offensive
playing positions exercises in Netball?
Connect
– Can you identify types of offensive playing positions in the Netball
game situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of offensive playing positions in Netball will help
you to be successful player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 3: Dodging exercises
a) Learning objective
Perform exercises of dodging.
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical skills,
training bibs, rim.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of dodging exercises
if they have well developed Netball technical skills learned in S4 and physical
exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four;
– Let some groups present their findings;
– Assist them to clarify their findings;
– Introduce tactical skills of dodging in netball;
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
dodging and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
Dodging exercise:
– Feet shoulder width apart (weight evenly distributed).
– Players on their toes, ready to move.
– Player takes two steps one way, drops the shoulder, push off the outside
foot to change direction and drive onto the ball the opposite way.
Activity 7.3
Set up a limited area approximately 3m square. Three players A, B and C,
the attacking player A is a flower in front faced two players, C defends B to
receive the ball from A. The player B on toes ready to take two steps one
way, drops the shoulder then push off the outside foot to change directionand drive onto the ball the opposite way.
Cool down exercises
- Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by insisting
on most used parts.
- Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
- Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of dodging in Netball?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the dodging
exercises in Netball?
Connect
– Can you identify types of dodging in the Netball game situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of dodging in Netball will help you to be successful
player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 4: Change of direction and speed exercises
a) Learning objective
Perform exercises of changing direction and speed
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of change of
direction and speed exercises if they have well developed Netball technical
skills learned in S4 and physical exercises
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four.
– Let some groups present their findings
– Assist them to clarify their findings
– Introduce tactical skills of change of direction and speed in netball.
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
change of direction and speed and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
During changing direction and speed exercises focus on the following points:
– Jump higher
– Run further before changing direction
– Faster push off
– Drive harder to the ball
Set up 6 cones in zig zag disposition, individually, students run through withspeed by changing direction reach each cone as a limit to change direction.
Activity 7.5
In pairs group straightly arranged, each group has a thrower or receiver
(in next group) student holding the ball stands with the defender find the
receiver of the next group who at the same time try to lose their defenderusing the dodge and continue until to the last group.
Cool down exercises
Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by insisting
on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of change of direction and
speed in Netball game?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the change of
direction and speed exercises in Netball game?
Connect
– Can you identify types of change of direction and speed in the Netball
game situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of change of direction and speed in Netball will help
you to be successful player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 5: Blocking and rebounding exercises
a) Learning objective
Perform exercises of blocking and rebounding.
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of blocking
and rebounding exercises if they have well developed Netball technical skills
learned in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four.
– Let some groups present their findings.
– Assist them to clarify their findings.
– Introduce tactical skills of blocking and rebounding in netball.
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
blocking and rebounding and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
Explain to the students that rebounding in netball is when a player attempts a
goal by shooting but the ball hits the goalpost and bounces back into play. The
rebounding drill below is especially important for your GS, GA, GK and GD as
they are the only players allowed in the shooting circle - and how they react to
a rebounded shot might mean the difference between scoring or conceding a
goal.
Activity 7.6
Set up two lines (A, B, C, D and 1, 2, 3, 4) on the shooting circle in V disposition
towards the goalpost, player A throws to player 1 and then follows in to
mark and catch the rebound from the 1 player’s shot. The player A returns
the ball to the next player in their line and joins the back of the 1 player’sline. The player 1 in turn joins the back of the A player’s line.
Activity 7.7
In this exercise the GS is blocking the GK in the circle from moving towards
the side the 2nd pass is thrown (right to left). By the GS turning towards
the player with the ball the GS will have created a space i which to receivethe ball.
Variation
Ball tarts in the middle 1/3 passed to player in the attacking 1/3 and the GS has
to get free to receive the ball, marked by the GK. The GS can pass the ball out
of the circle again until she receives the ball in a shooting position close to thepost.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of blocking and rebounding
in Netball?
- Which challenges did you face during the execution of the blocking and
rebounding exercises in Netball?
Connect
– Can you identify types of blocking and rebounding in the Netball game
situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of blocking and rebounding in Netball will help you
to be successful player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 6: One on one shadowing (man to man)
a) Learning objective
The students of senior five will develop one on one shadowing exercises in
Netball. Apply tactics of one on one shadowing
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of one on one
shadowing exercises if they have well developed Netball technical skills learned
in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four.
– Let some groups present their findings.
– Assist them to clarify their findings.
– Introduce tactical skills of one on one shadowing in netball.
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
one on one shadowing and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
Activity 7.8
Set two cones approximately two meters apart. Attacking player sidesteps
between the two cones at an even pace while the worker shadows the
player and identifies the colored cones being shown.
Each player should work for 30secs-1min before switching roles. Ask
players to work as the defensive player twice each, and switch the pairs
around so everyone gets a look at a different opponent.
Activity 7.9
Players run in pairs along the length of the court. The defender runs
alongside the attacker, trying to keep the attacker on the outside edges of
the channel by turning their body as the attacker jogs/ changes direction.
Do this four times and then swap roles.
Focus on:
– Small foot base keeping on your toes (making small movements using
side steps and slip steps).
– Weight centrally balanced with knees flexed.
– Defender half covers the attacking player with their body slightly
angled in order to see the person with the cones.
– Keep head still and eyes up (you should be able to see the cones and
attacking player at the same time without turning the head).
– Use arms appropriately to increase speed.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of one on one shadowing in
Netball game?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the one on one
shadowing exercises in Netball game?
Connect
– Can you identify types of one on one shadowing in the Netball game
situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of one on one shadowing in Netball will help you to
be successful player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 7: Intercepting a pass and a throw
a) Learning objective
Apply tactics of intercepting a pass and a throw
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better Netball tactical skills of intercepting
a pass and a throw exercises if they have well developed Netball technical skills
learned in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups, students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four.
– Let some groups present their findings.
– Assist them to clarify their findings.
– Introduce tactical skills of intercepting a pass and a throw in netball.
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
intercepting a pass and a throw and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
Activity 7.10
Intercepting timing
Using 3-5 lines of players (depending to the class size), in front of each line
in 1.5m stand a receiver P faced a correspondent flower T (with interval
of 2m). Every receiver P ready to receive an overhead pass given by a
correspondent thrower T but the pass intercepted by a player from the
line behind the receiver P according to the timing when the ball is released
from the flower T.
Activity 7.11
Interception in 3 seconds
In groups of three players (A, B, C), two of them A and B stand face to face
with 5m of interval, make a chest pass between them and the player C try
to intercept their passes by cutting between A and B side to side within 3seconds.
Activity 7.12
Intercepting left & right
In groups of four players (A, B, C and D), three of them A, B and C stand
on an equilateral triangle of 3m of interval, the receiver’s B and C facing
the thrower A then make a chest pass between them and the player D also
facing the thrower A stands inside the triangle try to intercept left and rightpasses from A to B and C with speed.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically.
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of intercepting a pass and a
throwing Netball game situation?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the intercepting
a pass and a throw exercises in Netball game situation?
Connect
– Can you identify types of intercepting a pass and a throw in the Netball
game situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of intercepting a pass and a throw in Netball will
help you to be successful player/in the teams/ society?
Lesson 8: Zone defending exercises
a) Learning objective
Perform exercises of zone defending
b) Teaching resources
Balls, playground, whistle, stopwatch, cones, videos related to netball tactical
skills, training bibs, rim.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior five will develop better zone defending exercises if they have
well developed Netball technical skills learned in S4 and physical exercises.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– In groups students brainstorm about different tactics used while
playing netball as they learned in senior four.
– Let some groups present their findings.
– Assist them to clarify their findings.
– Introduce tactical skills of zone defending in netball.
– Invite students to start warm up and stretching exercises.
Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
– Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up
based on body’s parts to be used more while performing exercises of
zone defending and stretch their muscles properly.
– Randomly one student leads warm up and stretching exercises.
– Guide them while performing warm up and stretching exercises.
e) Lesson body
Activity 7.13
Defender as a pair
The two defenders are covering the space inside the circle - and a bit like
piggy in the middle they are trying to win back the ball.
As one defender moves towards the player with the ball and tries to prevent
one pass, the other defender attempts to cover the space for the other pass.
Players need to constantly be communicating to ensure they know who is
doing what.
Cool down exercises
– Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by
insisting on most used parts.
– Randomly, one of students leads cool down exercises.
– Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically.
– Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– How did you proceed to succeed exercises of zone defending in Netball
game situation?
– Which challenges did you face during the execution of the zone
defending exercises in Netball game situation?
Connect
– Can you identify types of zone defending in the Netball game situation?
Apply
– How tactical skills of zone defending in Netball will help you to be
successful player/in the teams/ society?
End unit assessment 7.6
Setting offensive playing positions, defensive playing positions, dodging,
change of direction and speed blocking and rebounding, one on one
shadowing, intercepting a pass and a throw and zone defending exercises
and observe how students perform Netball tactical skills.
7.7 Additional activities
7.7.1 Remedial activities
Regular performance of offensive playing positions, defensive playing positions,
dodging, change of direction and speed blocking and rebounding, one on one
shadowing, intercepting a pass and a throw and zone defending exercises
7.7.2 Consolidation activities
Increase the performance of offensive playing positions, defensive playing positions,
dodging, change of direction and speed blocking and rebounding, one on one
shadowing, intercepting a pass and a throw and zone defending exercises
7.7.3 Extended activities
Request students to participate in different Netball competitions organized bya school.