• BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Sport
Carlos Munoz
Session aims
• To know and understand the tactical demands of sport
• are those which have a clear beginning and end and can be easily separated from the overall performance, like the leg action in running and cycling
• have a clear beginning or end and can be easily separated from the overall performance, such as in the case of a basketball free throw or a diver performing a dive
• are composed of a number of discrete or continuous skills put together. These skills or techniques are put into a routine or pattern, such as an ice skating routine, a synchronised swimming routine or drop shot in tennis
Warm up task
• There are many different examples of different kinds of sports tactics and how and when they might be employed. It is important to remember that tactics are only effective if the performer is able to execute.
• Tactics and strategies and used in team games (e.g. Full court pressure in basketball) and racket sports (e.g. In badminton to play drop shots against taller less mobile players)
• In your tables, discuss a type of tactic in at least 3 different sports
Tennis tactics
• In tennis it is just as important to understand your own game as that of your opponents. If you are aware of your opponents strengths and weaknesses then you can make a game plan
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsVpbXdsHZk
Scenario Tactics and strategy
Opponent has a good return of serve on forehand service
Opponent likes to charge at the net after the serve
Opponent likes to argue about line calls and put off their opponent
Opponent has a good all round game, but struggles under match pressure
Task 3 Fill in the task sheet
Scenario Tactics and strategy
Opponent has a good return of serve on forehand service
Plan to hit most of your serves to their background
Opponent likes to charge at the net after the serve
Plan to hit a mixture of quick returns to their feet and lob shots
Opponent likes to argue about line calls and put off their opponent
Have a strategy for dealing with these unnecessary distractions, and remain focused
Opponent has a good all round game, but struggles under match pressure
Try to show that you do not feel the pressure and put them under more by breaking their rhythm, slowing down between serves
Answers
• In many sports tactics are absolutely vital. The right tactic at the right time can mean the difference between winning and losing. Often the difference between a good player and a great one can be how they tactically plan and constantly re-evaluate in a competition situation. Take a look at the case studies on basketball and tennis.
Stroke selection
• Players in any sport will need to know when, and how to play a shot, and more importantly at what time. Practising real game scenarios is important for coaches so that players can practise not just skills, but shot selection, and often decision-making under pressure.
Variety
• A good player will also have not just a range of good shots, but also the ability to know when to play them, all under pressure.
Fill in the task sheet
Scenario Tactics and strategy
Opponents have a weak outside shooting but are very good at driving and scoring close up baskets
Opponents have a particularly tall, and agile centre who is very good at scoring close to the basket
Opponents are slow at returning to their half having their own defence
Opponents are strong and aggressive full court defenders who make it difficult to progress with the ball down the court
Scenario Tactics and strategy
Opponents have a weak outside shooting but are very good at driving and scoring close up baskets
Consider a defensive formation that will block up the key area and help prevent this kind of scoring, such as a box and one or 2-1-2 zone defence
Opponents have a particularly tall, and agile centre who is very good at scoring close to the basket
Try ‘fronting’ the passes made to this player, in other words preventing them from getting the ball as much as possible
Opponents are slow at returning to their half having their own defence
Build a structured and organised fast break to achieve an early shot opportunity
Opponents are strong and aggressive full court defenders who make it difficult to progress with the ball down the court
The coach will want to have a plan to beat this pressure that may involve a series of screens, but certainly one that has a series of movement patterns, known as the press break
• Using the grid below, either identify which sport the tactic comes from, what they are or when would be a good time to use them.
Task 4 tactics
Tactic Sport What is it? When you could use it?
Example: Offside trap
Football A defensive strategy that has defenders push forwards at a critical time, so as to catch an attacking player in an offside position
To prevent a team from a repeated attack
Tennis A shot that usually goes high over the opponents head
Usually played when opponent is close to net
Block Volleyball
Cricket Deliberately bowling a ball that looks fast to an unsuspecting batsman, but actually the delivery is much slower than it appears
To attempt the ball from being spiked/smashed over the net
Full court zone press
An attempt by the defending team to put extra pressure on the attacking team in order to force them into making a mistake
Overhead clear Badminton To recover a rally and put the shuttle at the back of your opponents court
Tactics can be pre event and in event
Pre event tactics • A particularly plan before
the event
In event tactics • A plan implemented during
the game such as switching from man to man to zonal marking in basketball
• Group 1. Design a spider that illustrates the technical and tactical demands of your selected sport
• Group 2. Prepare an information leaflet that;– Describes and explains the technical demands of your selected
sport– Describes and explains the tactical demands of your selected
sport
Task 5
1. Give a good description of a discrete skill and give a sporting example?
2. Give a definition for tactics and give an example from your sport?
3. What is a pre-event tactic and provide examples from athletics, table tennis and cricket?
4. What is a serial skill? 5. What is an in event tactic and provide examples from
basketball, tennis and triathlon?
Lesson summary
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