Teaching Games for Understanding
•Year 9
•6 Lessons
This unit develops Year 9 students' ability to read game situations and make effective tactical decisions across various invasion game contexts. Through Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU), students explore fundamental invasion game principles - creating space, denying space, supporting teammates, and defending territory - without being constrained by sport-specific rules. This approach builds transferable tactical intelligence that students can apply to any invasion game scenario.
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can effective communication and tactical understanding transform a group of individuals into a successful invasion team?
Key Objectives:
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can positioning and communication transform a team's ability to maintain possession and create attacking opportunities?
Key Objectives:
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How do we coordinate as a team to simultaneously attack and defend territory while making split-second tactical decisions?
Key Objectives:
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can tactical awareness and timing transform your success in target-based games?
Key Objectives:
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can coordinated teamwork and tactical awareness create scoring opportunities while maintaining defensive strength?
Key Objectives:
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we use tactical thinking and precise kicking techniques to outmanoeuvre opponents in territorial games?
Key Objectives: