Defence To Team Play
Netball
•Year 6
•6 Lessons
This unit develops Year 6 students into tactically astute netball players who understand how individual defensive skills combine to create team success. Moving beyond basic passing and catching, students explore the nuanced defensive strategies that define competitive netball - marking, intercepting, rebounding, and disrupting play. The progression from isolated skills to integrated game application prepares students for secondary school netball whilst building leadership and decision-making under pressure.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use accurate passing skills and tactical awareness to outplay the opposition in netball?
Key Objectives:
- • To understand and apply the double bounce rule in netball gameplay
- • To develop chest pass and shoulder pass techniques for accurate ball distribution
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can effective marking techniques help us win possession and create scoring opportunities?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop the skill of marking the ball at the correct 1-metre distance
- • Understand and apply the 1-metre rule in game situations
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can positioning and movement around the shooting circle create scoring opportunities for our team?
Key Objectives:
- • Identify and use effective positioning around the shooting circle
- • Explain the importance of staying 'free' to support goal shooter and goal attack
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can mastering rebounds change the outcome of a netball game?
Key Objectives:
- • Demonstrate effective rebounding techniques as both attacker and defender
- • Apply tactical awareness to anticipate ball trajectory and positioning
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we disrupt opponents' attacks when we cannot catch the ball?
Key Objectives:
- • To practise knocking the ball away from opponents when catching is not possible
- • To develop decision-making skills for when to catch versus when to knock the ball away
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How do we choose the most effective pass for different game situations in netball?
Key Objectives:
- • To make strategic choices about which netball pass to use in different game situations
- • To explain the reasoning behind pass selection decisions