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Movement Strategies Worksheet

Analyse movement strategies in a small-sided invasion game. Use the scenario to justify decisions with evidence. Answer in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand school sport.

Scenario: Harbour Hoops

A touch rugby team is playing 5-a-side. The attacking team has possession and is moving towards the try line. The defence is compact in the middle, leaving space wide on the right. Attackers must pass backwards or sideways, and a player in possession may run until touched. After a touch, the ball carrier stops and rolls the ball back for a teammate to play it.

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The right-wing attacker starts wide and moves diagonally into the open channel as the ball carrier draws the central defenders. A support player stays slightly behind the ball to offer a legal backwards pass. If the defence shifts right, the attack may instead pass back across the field and use the left-side space. The best option depends on timing, communication and what the defenders do next.

1.Is the diagonal run into the open right channel an attacking or defensive strategy? Explain what the runner is trying to achieve.

2.The defenders are grouped centrally. Which attacking response is most likely to create a useful opportunity?

Keep every attacker running straight into the crowded middle.
Use width and a timed diagonal run into the open right channel.
Stop moving and wait for the defenders to choose a direction.
Pass forward to the wing.

3.Why should a support player stay behind or level with the ball carrier in this touch rugby situation?

4.If the defence shifts to cover the right channel, the attacking team should always continue passing right because that was the original plan.

TrueFalse

5.A movement strategy is more effective when players coordinate when they make their runs (their ), communicate clearly and adapt to the opposition.

6.Compare a direct run into the central defenders with a run that draws defenders before passing to the wing. Which is more likely to create space, and why?

7.Match each movement to the most likely purpose.

A. Diagonal run into the right channel
B. Support player behind the ball carrier
C. Defence moves across to the right

2. Exploit open space and receive beyond the defence
3. Consider switching play towards space on the left
1. Offer a legal pass and continue the attack after a touch

8.The ball carrier is touched just before reaching the defenders. Describe two coordinated actions the team could use at the restart to keep possession and regain attacking momentum.

9.Suggest one observable sign that the right-channel strategy worked, and one change the team should make if it did not work.

10.Choose another invasion activity, such as basketball, football or hockey. Describe one movement strategy from this scenario that could transfer, and explain how its use might need to change for that activity.