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Tactics
Standard Grade Physical Education
Learning Intentions
• By the end of this lesson you will;
• Understand why we use tactics in games.
• Understand what tactics should be used in
specific situations.
Tactics
• In all competitive activities, the aim is to win.
• Simply, competitors hope to make the most of
their strengths whilst exploiting the weaknesses of
the opposition.
• A variety of tactics and strategies can be used to
outwit and outmanoeuvre opponents.
• Before the activity begins, most competitors have
a game plan in mind. A game plan can be adapted
at any time during play.
Individual activities
• Individual activities can employ certain
tactics for success.
• In cycling, cyclists slipstream behind one
another to reduce resistance. This allows
them to pedal at the same rate as the leader
but with less effort as they are not cycling
into the wind.
Individual activities
• In racket sports, a players tactic would be to
make his opponent move in order to create
space for a winning shot
• A player could play the tennis ball to the
back of the court and the play the following
shot to the front of the court so that it is
difficult for the opponent to reach the ball.
Team activities
• Team activities employ different tactics than
individual activities. The tactics must be planned
on a bigger scale as there are more people
involved.
• These can be in the form of a “Game-plan” or
“Structure” which can be adapted to suit changing
situations throughout the duration of the activity if
necessary.
i.e. If your team is losing
or you have a player sent off.
Team Activities
• The tactics you use in an activity can
depend on a number of different factors:
1) the strength of your team or your
opponents.
2) The weaknesses of your team or your
opponents.
Tactics
3) The Physical Qualities of your team and your
opponents.
4) The performance of your team and your
opponents team.
Team Activities
• In team activities each member will have a
certain position and role within the structure
or strategy. This role will be determined by
their individual strengths and weaknesses.
• For example, in Baseball, the best catchers
would man the bases and the best throwers
would play outfield.
Team Activities
• We must also consider attack and defence tactics
in team games.
• For example: Defence ‘A’ in Basketball could take
the form of ‘man to man’ where each player is
responsible for marking their opposite number.
• Defence ‘B’ could be the use of a Zone defence,
where each defender marks space and not a
particular player.
• We must also take into account width and depth in
tactics.
Width and Depth
• Width in attack allows
the team to spread the
defence out, in order
to create space and
attacking alternatives.
• A defence marking a
wide attack is less
compact and much
weaker.
• Depth in attack allows
the attacking team to
move the ball in many
directions; across the
field, forward,
backwards. This varies
the attacking options.
• A variety of passes are
available.