Know the court and positions
Ready when: nothing needed.
What you are learning
The court lines and the seven defending positions (right corner, right in, right cover, centre, left cover, left in, left corner) and the job of each. Knowing who goes where helps a team defend together.
Words on this card Raid, Defender, Midline, Baulk line, Tackle, Corner
- Raid
- A raid is one attacking turn; the raider is the player who goes into the other half.
- Defender
- A player in the half being raided.
- Midline
- The line across the middle of the court. The raider must get back over it.
- Baulk line
- A line in each half, 3.75 m from the midline on a full court. The raider must cross it for the raid to count.
- Tackle
- Defenders stopping the raider from getting back.
- Corner
- Defending positions. Corners stand at the ends and start tackles; ins stand next to them and protect them; covers stand next and are all-rounders; the centre is in the middle.
Set up
Paper, or chalk on the ground; seven buttons or family members.
Weather: any weather
Show it first for the one teaching
- Draw the court with the midline and a baulk line in each half.
- Place seven buttons in a curve: corner, in, cover, centre, cover, in, corner.
- Point to each and say the job: corners start tackles, ins protect the corners, covers are all-rounders.
Your part while they practise
Quiz the child.
Step by step
- Draw the court with the midline and baulk line.
- Place the seven defenders.
- Say each one's job.
How much: 7 positions, twice 5 min a session 1 day a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Position quiz
You call a position; the child points to it in under 3 seconds.
Who plays: the child against you; swap so the child quizzes you.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Lay out the court and the buttons
- Call a position or a job ("who starts the tackle on the right?")
- The child points to it while you count to 3
- 10 calls
- Fair play
- A grown-up must also say the job of each position.
- Points
- 1 point for each right answer before 3.
- Fouls
- No point
- Mixing up the corner and the cover
- Pointing after the count
- Winning
- More points after 10 calls each.
- 5 points for 1 star
- 8 points for 2 stars
- 10 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Three positions only.
Say which corner tackles when the raider comes from the left.
What you will see, and what to say
- corners and covers confused
Corners on the ends
The ends of the curve. - forgets the baulk line
Cross it, or the raid doesn't count
Point to it.
Self-check
All 7 positions named and placed correctly.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains court knowledge, roles.
Basic is done when the child meets the self-checks on b1 to b3 and understands the midline and the baulk line.
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