Tactical Mastery & Team Dynamics
Football
•Year 6
•6 Lessons
This unit elevates Year 6 students from individual ball skills to sophisticated team play and tactical understanding. Building on foundation skills, students explore how technical ability combines with tactical awareness to create effective football performance. The progression emphasises decision-making under pressure, communication, and applying School Games Values through competitive play and self-officiating.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use passing and movement to create opportunities and maintain possession in football?
Key Objectives:
- • To demonstrate close control when dribbling with both feet
- • To execute accurate passes using the inside of the foot with appropriate weight
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use different dribbling speeds and teamwork to keep possession against defenders?
Key Objectives:
- • To combine dribbling and passing skills to maintain team possession
- • To demonstrate leadership and decision-making in game situations
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can I select the right shooting technique and maintain ball control when under pressure from defenders?
Key Objectives:
- • To identify and apply appropriate shooting techniques in different situations
- • To maintain ball control when dribbling at pace towards defenders
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can defensive communication and positioning help a team maintain possession and create attacking opportunities?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop effective defensive communication and positioning skills
- • To understand and apply defensive tactics that slow down attackers without overcommitting
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we use numerical advantages and tactical awareness to create more goal-scoring opportunities?
Key Objectives:
- • To combine skills effectively to create goal-scoring opportunities
- • To understand and apply overload, overlap, and underlap tactics
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we demonstrate the School Games Values whilst competing fairly and officiating ourselves?
Key Objectives:
- • To cooperate, communicate and collaborate with others to achieve shared goals in competitive situations
- • To officiate games fairly and accept decisions made by others