Year 6 Invasion games: scenarios, tactics and power play in ball games worksheet

“Reading the Scenario” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 PE unit “Invasion games: scenarios, tactics and power play in ball games”, for children aged 10 to 11, 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.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Reading the Scenario

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · PE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can read a possession scenario and choose the attacking skill that fits it.

A Look back3 min

1.
Catching: which hand shape goes in the blank box? Circle the right card.
hands soft and widehands stiff and flateyes shut
2.
Dribbling: which move goes in the blank box? Circle the right card.
head upeyes on feeteyes shut
3.
Passing: which step goes in the blank box? Circle the right card.
Look up firstKick and look downWait until the ball stops

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola has the ball on the left. A defender is close in front. Priya is free in the middle. Ola reads the scenario, then chooses the move. Clear space, a soft ball, away from windows, with a grown-up watching.

Watch me

The defender is close, so Ola should not run straight at them.

Priya is free, so a pass is the best move.

Ola passes to Priya.

Now you

1.
You are close to goal. No defender is near and the goal is open. Which move fits best? Circle the right card.
shootpass backwardswait

C Your turn8 min

Clear space, a soft ball, away from windows, and a grown-up watching. Read each scenario, then choose the move that fits it.

Three orange cones in a triangle on a grass lawn, with a soft ball beside them

1.
Put these steps in order. Number each box.
1. Make the move
2. Watch where the ball goes next
3. Look up and read the space
4. Decide: pass, dribble or run
2.
Join each skill to the coaching point that fits it.
DribblePassShootRun into space
Move early into a gapStrike low and through the ballKeep the ball close and head upUse the inside of the foot to a teammate
3.
A defender is far away and there is space ahead of you. Which move fits best? Circle the right card.
run into the spacepass backwardsstand still
4.
Timed challenge: your grown-up calls out a scenario. Make the move before a 20-second timer ends. Do three tries. In each box, write the move you chose.

Say it out loud: What changed in the scenario when the right move changed? Say it out loud to your grown-up.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A clear patch of grass with a small goal at one end and a soft ball on the grass

Kit says: “Winning is all that matters, so I always dribble straight at the defender.”

1.
Kit always dribbles straight at the defender. What should Kit do first, before choosing a move? Write one short sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Make up two different scenarios. For each one, write the attacking skill that fits and why. Tell your grown-up.

How did it feel?

Think about your three tries. Did you change your move when the scenario changed? What helped you read the space? Tell your grown-up.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Reading the Scenario · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. hands soft and wide your child picked stiff hands. Stiff hands bounce the ball away. Ask them to make a soft shape, like a cup, before the ball arrives.

2. head up

3. Look up first

B

1. shoot your child chose pass backwards. The goal is open, so a pass back throws the chance away. Ask: where is the goal, and who is near you?

C

1. 1 Look up and read the space · 2 Decide: pass, dribble or run · 3 Make the move · 4 Watch where the ball goes next

2. Dribble → Keep the ball close and head up; Pass → Use the inside of the foot to a teammate; Shoot → Strike low and through the ball; Run into space → Move early into a gap

3. run into the space your child chose stand still. Standing still lets the chance pass. Ask: where is the space, and can you reach it before the defender?

4. Look for: A move written for each of the three tries, and each move fits the scenario the grown-up called out.

D

1. Look for: Says Kit should read the scenario first, then choose the move that fits it, such as passing to a free teammate when a defender is close. your child may repeat that winning is all that matters. Ask: if a defender is close and a teammate is free, which move fits?

E

1. Look for: Two scenarios, each with a skill that fits the situation and a reason that links to the space, defenders or a teammate.

Words to use

Say“What is the scenario? Which move fits it best, and why?”

Instead of“Just shoot harder or run faster next time.”

After the sheet

In a clear space, set three cones in a triangle with a soft ball. Call out a scenario, such as defender in front or teammate free left. Your child chooses the move and says why, then swap roles. Keep the space clear, stay away from windows, and watch together.

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:

Defending With Focus(with a plan)
Attacking tactics in action(with a plan)
Defending as a team(with a plan)
Using powers wisely(with a plan)
Winning as a team(with a plan)

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