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This unit builds fundamental netball skills through a carefully sequenced progression from individual techniques to collaborative team play. Year 3 students develop confidence with three core passing types whilst learning to read the game through movement, positioning, and tactical awareness. The emphasis is on creating successful team experiences where every student contributes meaningfully to possession and scoring opportunities.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Chest Pass for Accurate Passing
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use chest passes to keep possession and work as a team?

Key Objectives:

  • • Pass and receive the ball using chest pass technique
  • • Work collaboratively to maintain possession through accurate passing

Lesson 2

Dodging and Getting Free
45 min

Big Question:

How can clever dodging help us escape from defenders and create scoring opportunities?

Key Objectives:

  • • Recognise the need to use dodging to get 'free' from opposition players
  • • Demonstrate dodging techniques to get 'free' from defenders

Lesson 3

Creating Space in Attack
50 min

Big Question:

How can we work together as a team to create space and build attacking plays that are hard for defenders to stop?

Key Objectives:

  • • To play effectively in attacking and defending zones using spatial awareness
  • • To demonstrate collaborative attacking play through communication and movement

Lesson 4

Bounce Pass and Goal Shooting
45 min

Big Question:

How can we use clever passing to create scoring opportunities and outsmart our opponents?

Key Objectives:

  • • To develop the bounce pass technique using both one and two hands
  • • To understand and apply the 1-metre distance rule in game situations

Lesson 5

Shoulder Pass & Game Use
45 min

Big Question:

How can we make our passes travel further to reach teammates in better positions?

Key Objectives:

  • • To throw over longer distances using the shoulder pass technique
  • • To recognise when to use different passes based on distance and game situations

Lesson 6

Team Tactics and Goal Shooting
45 min

Big Question:

How can we work together as a team to keep possession and create scoring opportunities in netball?

Key Objectives:

  • • Use a range of accurate passes to build attacking play and maintain possession
  • • Apply tactical awareness and teamwork skills to create scoring opportunities