Skills to Team Strategy
Football
•Year 5
•6 Lessons
This unit develops Year 5 students' understanding of football as a tactical team sport, moving beyond isolated skills to strategic decision-making in game contexts. The focus shifts from individual technique to collective problem-solving, with students learning how positioning, communication, and tactical awareness create successful attacking and defensive play. Through progressive challenges, students experience both sides of the game whilst developing leadership, fair play, and self-regulation skills essential for independent competition.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can I use passing and movement to create space and maintain possession in football?
Key Objectives:
- • To demonstrate controlled dribbling with both feet using various surfaces of the foot
- • To execute accurate passes using correct technique and follow through
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we combine individual skills with teamwork to keep possession and create scoring opportunities?
Key Objectives:
- • Combine dribbling and passing skills to maintain team possession effectively
- • Demonstrate leadership qualities through positive communication and decision-making
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How do we choose the right shooting technique to score goals in different game situations?
Key Objectives:
- • To identify and apply appropriate shooting techniques for different situations
- • To maintain ball control when running at defenders under pressure
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can effective communication and tactical awareness help us defend successfully as a team?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop effective communication skills during defensive play
- • To understand and apply thoughtful defensive positioning and timing
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we use numerical advantages and tactical movement to create more goal scoring opportunities?
Key Objectives:
- • Combine skills effectively to create goal scoring opportunities
- • Understand and apply overload, overlap and underlap tactics
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we demonstrate fair play and sporting values whilst competing in a football tournament?
Key Objectives:
- • To cooperate, communicate and collaborate with others to achieve shared goals
- • To officiate games fairly and demonstrate understanding of rules