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This unit introduces Year 9 students to handball as a fast-paced invasion game, developing both technical skills and tactical understanding through progressive challenge. The focus is on building confident ball handlers who can read the game, make decisions under pressure, and work cohesively in attack and defence. By connecting individual technique to team strategy, students experience the intellectual demands of invasion games whilst developing physical competence.

Lessons in This Unit

6 lessons in this unit

Lesson 1

Handball Basics
1h 6min

Big Question:

How can we use space, teamwork and ball skills to create attacking opportunities in handball?

Key Objectives:

  • • To understand the basic rules and objectives of handball
  • • To develop fundamental handball skills of throwing, catching and dribbling

Lesson 2

Overhead Passing
1h

Big Question:

How can mastering different passing techniques give your team a tactical advantage in handball?

Key Objectives:

  • • Understand where and how overhead passing is used strategically in handball
  • • Perform overhead passes with accuracy using varied weight, speed, flight and direction

Lesson 3

Ball Movement Skills
1h 10min

Big Question:

When should you dribble the ball versus passing it to create maximum attacking opportunities?

Key Objectives:

  • • Understand that 3 steps and passing is the most effective way to create space in attack
  • • Develop confidence in making tactical decisions between dribbling and passing

Lesson 4

Defensive Strategies
1h

Big Question:

How can defenders use legal contact and positioning to create an impenetrable defensive wall?

Key Objectives:

  • • Identify appropriate cues for making legal tackles and understand the consequences of excessive contact
  • • Apply zonal defence principles combining handball techniques with basketball knowledge

Lesson 5

Tactical Game Play
1h

Big Question:

How can we combine individual skills with tactical awareness to outwit opponents and dominate in handball?

Key Objectives:

  • • To demonstrate the ability to outwit an opponent in game situations using appropriate handball skills and techniques
  • • To apply tactical principles of attack, defence and transpossession in small-sided games

Lesson 6

Handball Assessment and Unit Review
58 min

Big Question:

How can you demonstrate mastery of handball skills and tactical understanding in competitive situations?

Key Objectives:

  • • To demonstrate the ability to outwit opponents in game situations using appropriate handball skills and techniques
  • • To accurately replicate handball actions and sequences with consistency under pressure