Front-On Tackle Options and Techniques

LESSON PLAN Subject Class Unit Topic PE Year 9 PEB Te Ao Kori Tapu Ae lesson 3. Achievement Objective(s) AO5A1- movement skills- Acquire and apply complex movement skills by using basic principles of motor learning. Learning Outcome(s) and/or Learning Intentions Assessment and/or Success Criteria What should the students learn? How do we know what we have learnt? Students will be able to identify the key points of a tackle in the game of tapu Ae see students tackling in activities see students tackling in games Hear students describing the techniques to tackling.

Key Competency Focus How is this key competency developed in this lesson? Managing self- students need to listen to the safety advice when learning how to tackle correctly, otherwise they will get injured. Āe= yes Kāo = no titiro mai- look this way. Whakarongo mai- listen to me E Noho = sit down E Tu= stand up Kaitiaki ( respect resources). Time Student Learning Activities Teacher Activities

10mins Starter changing time Introduce today’s learning outcome ( see above)

Today we are going to move away from the touch game and play a tackle version.

Asses which students have played rugby before and will have previous skill at tackling. ( you may want to use these students to demonstrate later).

Review technique of tackles as this was covered earlier in the unit. 5mins Warm up.( very important to warm up shoulders and neck today!!!)

The warm up will comprise of:

Arm swinging, forwards backwards Scrunching shoulders Bent over shoulder rolling Arm punching Arm out and rotating. Hamstring stretches.

5mins Activity 1. Floor wrestling. Students will be facing their partner, and will start on there, knees, they will make hand Students will need to get into pairs- this another warm up contact with their partner and try to get their activity partner on their back.

15mins Activity 2. Learning the correct placement of the arms and , head and shoulders. For a front on offensive tackle. See attached resource, for instruction of technique.

D:\Docs\2018-04-07\0fbc31f60af6d99ca6abaf7527da4321.doc - Students will stand still and their partner will practice getting in the right position. - Students will then practice when comfortable the same techniques at walking pace to an attacker. - Lastly students will try this from a jog on position. For those students who are more gifted and talented, have them move on to defensive front tackle, also they can help in assisting the other students.

15min Students will play game of tapu Ae (6 a side) However now they have to be tackled to the floor rather than tagged. They must still pass to player on a cone. If the ball is dropped in a A touch game can be set up for those students who would tackle it goes to the team that was defending. prefer.

Small sided games will allow for more opportunity to tackle.

Conclusion. 5mins Have students put up their hand if they were able to use a tackle in a game? Have students think pair share the correct technique to tackling. See attached resource for correct technique information. 5mins Changing time Equipment

Tapu Ae rules, 12 tall cones. 25 flat cones. 4balls. 18bibs Resources Tackling resource information taken from- http://www.betterrugbycoaching.com/BRC/BRC_339.asp Teacher Evaluation Student achievement – where to next?

Teacher practice – what have I learnt? what will I change?

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By Dan Cottrell

Tackling for younger and inexperienced players mainly consists of front on tackles. In this article, I look at the techniques required to make defensive and offensive front-on tackles.

The key difference between the two tackles is that:

 With the defensive front-on tackle, the tackler uses the ball carrier's own forward momentum to bring him down.

 With the offensive front-on tackle, the tackler drives back the ball carrier before knocking him to the ground.

All players should look to master the defensive front-on tackle early on in their development. Once they have become skilled in the technique, and as they mature physically, the players can start to learn the offensive front-on tackle technique.

Start the development of the techniques with the tackler in a kneeling or squat position, before progressing to a crouching, then a standing start.

1. Defensive front-on tackle

Target

The tackler targets the opposition player's waist. He needs to get low in order to get under any potential hand off.

Keep moving

The tackler keeps moving forward and has to get in front of the ball carrier. Just before contact he should set himself in a strong crouched position with one foot slightly in front of the other.

Head up

The head stays up, with the eyes looking at the target until contact is made.

Shoulder, head, arms

Contact is made with the shoulder. The head tucks in tight to the hip and the arms form a tight band round the thighs.

Roll back

From the strong crouch position just before contact the tackler rolls back using the ball carrier's momentum to bring them to ground.

2. Offensive front-on tackle D:\Docs\2018-04-07\0fbc31f60af6d99ca6abaf7527da4321.doc Target

The tackler targets the midriff area just above the ball carrier's waist. This means he is hitting just above the ball carrier's centre of gravity.

Keep moving

The tackler keeps moving forward as he gets in front of the ball carrier. His feet should be close together and his weight slightly forward.

Head up

The head stays up with the eyes looking at the target until contact is made. This keeps the back straight and allows the power of the legs to be fully utilised.

Shoulder, head, arms

Contact is made using the shoulder. The head tucks in tight to the ball carrier's hip and the arms form a tight band round their thighs.

Drive through

From the dynamic position just before contact the tackler hits and keeps the legs driving through the tackle. Short powerful steps knock the ball carrier back and to the ground, with the tackler landing on top.

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