Tactical Awareness in Invasion Games
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.
Lessons in This Unit
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:
- • Students will develop tactical understanding of invasion principles through collaborative play
- • Students will demonstrate effective communication skills to maintain possession and coordinate attacks
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can positioning and communication transform a team's ability to maintain possession and create attacking opportunities?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop tactical understanding of positioning to maintain possession in territorial games
- • Apply communication skills to coordinate team movements and passing sequences
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:
- • Develop and apply tactical strategies for attacking and defending in territorial games
- • Demonstrate effective teamwork and communication skills in dynamic game situations
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can tactical awareness and timing transform your success in target-based games?
Key Objectives:
- • Apply tactical defensive and offensive strategies when attacking or protecting targets
- • Develop accuracy and consistency in throwing techniques under pressure
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can coordinated teamwork and tactical awareness create scoring opportunities while maintaining defensive strength?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop strategic thinking in attack and defence scenarios through dragonfly activities
- • Refine throwing accuracy and fielding techniques under pressure
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we use tactical thinking and precise kicking techniques to outmanoeuvre opponents in territorial games?
Key Objectives:
- • Students will develop accuracy and control in kicking techniques through modified golf football game
- • Students will understand and apply tactical principles of territorial games including shot selection and positioning