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11 March 2010


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Becks in green and gold

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Primary activity

Action plan

In teams of five work on a plan for a game of five-a-side football - try and come up with as many defensive tactics as you can.

Make sure everyone in the team is aware of the tactics before you start playing.

Each team in the class will be either Manchester United , AC Milan, Chelsea or Arsenal  your teacher will tell you which team you are.

You are then going to play a mini-tournament .

Get someone to count the goals as you play so you can add them up at the end and find out who was the winner!

At the end of each match the spectators must try and guess what your tactics were and also give them a rating out of 10 to indicate how effective they were.

Which tactic worked best? Why was this? Can you think of a way in which you could use this tactic in a different invasion game?

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glazers

Manchester fans are very angry with the owners of the club - the Glazers, pictured here.

Picture: PA

Find out more

Man Utd FC

www.manutd.com

AC Milan

www.acmilan.com

Champions League

www.uefa.com

Teachers' notes

Primary lesson objectives

  • to understand, choose and apply a range of tactics and strategies for defence and attack
  • to use these tactics and strategies more consistently in similar games

Primary curriculum links

PE at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)
Unit 24: Invasion games (4)

Glossary

Bench where the substitutes sit during a football/rugby match

Distanced to become less involved with something

Glazers the American family which owns Manchester United

Icon a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life

Thrashing thoroughly beaten

Underestimate to think or guess that the amount, cost or size of something is smaller than it really is

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