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This game begins with no rules or boundaries and takes the children into the experience of what a game would be like without any rules and boundaries. This opens up the opportunity to co-construct a game and build in rules that highlight that rules in games serve 2 purposes. These being safety and fairness. Basic concepts required to play an invasion game are reinforced during the development of the game. These include

• Maintaining possession
• Defending a goal
• Avoiding defense
• Creating space and moving into space to receive or make a pass
• Defending space
• Attacking a goal

There are also a number of transferable skills including:

• Sending and receiving an object
• Dodging
• Change of direction
• Moving in multiple directions
• Speed and agility
• Spatial Awareness
• Change of direction
• Anticipation
• Footwork

It also offers the opportunity to develop tactical awareness for both offensive and defensive strategies.

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