Year 5 Invasion games: shooting, scoring and denying space in ball games worksheet

“Dribbling with control” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 PE unit “Invasion games: shooting, scoring and denying space in ball games”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 4 to 6 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

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Dribbling with control

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · PE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can keep the ball close while I dribble and change direction.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which is the best way to start a game?
A gentle jog and some stretchesSit down and waitA sprint at full speed straight away
2.
Join each skill to its coaching point.
ThrowCatch
Hands soft and give with the ballStep towards the target and follow through
3.
Where is a safe place to play a ball game at home?
A clear space away from windowsNext to a glass doorOn the stairs

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali has a soft ball on the grass. He wants to dribble between two cones without losing it. Watch how he keeps it close.

Watch me

Ali takes light touches with the inside of his foot.

The ball stays within one step of his feet.

When he turns, he keeps the ball close, so he stays in control.

Now you

1.
Which kind of touch keeps the ball in your control?
Light, small touchesOne heavy pushA hard kick, then a run after it
2.
A defender is standing in front of you. What should you do with the ball?
Change direction and keep the ball closeStop and wait for themPush the ball straight at them

C Your turn8 min

Set up in a clear space, away from windows, with a soft ball. A grown-up should be watching. Work through the rows in order.

Four small cones in a rough line on a flat garden lawn, with a soft ball beside them

1.
Number these steps 1 to 4 in the right order for a dribble past a defender.
1. Change direction and keep the ball close
2. Look up and see the space
3. Take a light touch
4. Move into open space
2.
Join each situation to the best coaching point.
Defender in front of youTeam-mate free at the sideBall getting far from your feet
Shorten your touchesPass to the free team-mateChange direction with the ball close
3.
Time 60 seconds. Dribble through the cones and back. Write how many full runs you got in each try. Try 1 Try 2 Try 3
4.
A defender blocks the way in front of you. Where should you dribble?
Into open spaceStraight at the defenderBack towards your own goal

Say it out loud: In your timed tries, which kind of touch kept the ball closest to your feet? Show your grown-up.

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “Even when a defender is close, I push the ball far ahead and chase it.”

1.
Why is Kit wrong? Write one reason.

E Think deeper4 min

Make a plan for a game with a partner at home. Use the cones in the garden.

1.
Tell your grown-up two calls or signals a partner could use to help you keep the ball close, and why each one helps.

How did it feel?

Which of your three tries felt most in control? What helped you keep the ball close?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Dribbling with control · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. A gentle jog and some stretches

2. Throw → Step towards the target and follow through; Catch → Hands soft and give with the ball

3. A clear space away from windows

B

1. Light, small touches your child chose the heavy push or the hard kick. After one big touch the ball rolls away from the feet. Ask: where is the ball after one heavy push?

2. Change direction and keep the ball close

C

1. 1 Look up and see the space · 2 Take a light touch · 3 Change direction and keep the ball close · 4 Move into open space

2. Defender in front of you → Change direction with the ball close; Team-mate free at the side → Pass to the free team-mate; Ball getting far from your feet → Shorten your touches your child joined the ball far away with pass. A ball far from the feet needs shorter touches first. Ask: what would you do with the ball if the team-mate were free?

3. Look for: Three whole numbers, one for each try, written by the child.

4. Into open space your child dribbled at the defender. That gives the defender the ball. Ask: where is the space you can run into?

D

1. Look for: A ball pushed far ahead rolls out of reach of the feet, so a defender can take it. your child said Kit is right. Ask: where is the ball while Kit chases it, and who is close to it?

E

1. Look for: Two calls or signals, such as Defender! or a clap, each with a reason about keeping the ball close.

Words to use

Say“Where is the ball right now? Is it close enough to your feet to stop a defender reaching it?”

Instead of“Go faster, you will be quicker than everyone.”

After the sheet

In a clear space indoors or in the garden, set four shoes in a line about two steps apart. Dribble through with light touches, and ask someone at home to call out DEFENDER! once.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Dribble, look, then turn(with a plan)
Look up, then choose(with a plan)
Guarding space and marking(with a plan)
Switching to defence fast(with a plan)
Tactics that win games(with a plan)

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