Author: Ashdown, Richard

Grading Criteria	7	8	9
The student shows excellent advanced skill and technique for the activity in the game/competitive type practice situations and in the competitive situation itself. They will also demonstrate a very clear understanding of the rules when taking part and an excellent application of strategies and tactics and positional sense as appropriate for the activity. In activities which allow for improvisation, touch and deception they demonstrate this at an excellent level and their performance shows an excellent level of maturity.
The student consistently shows very good advanced skill and technique for the activity in the game/competitive type practice situations and in the competitive situation itself. They will also demonstrate a clear understanding of the rules when taking part and very good application of strategies and tactics and positional sense as appropriate for the activity. In activities which allow for improvisation, touch and deception they demonstrate this at a very good level and their performance shows a very good level of maturity.			9
The student shows advanced skill and technique for the activity in the game/competitive type practice situations and in the competitive situation itself. They will also demonstrate some advanced understanding of the rules when taking part and good application of strategies and tactics and positional sense as appropriate for the activity. In activities which allow for improvisation, touch and deception they demonstrate this at a good level and their performance shows some maturity.	9	8-9	7-8
The student consistently shows good skill and technique for the activity in the game/competitive type practice situations and in the competitive situation itself. They will also demonstrate some understanding of the rules when taking part and good application of strategies and tactics and positional sense as appropriate for the activity. In activities which allow for improvisation, touch and deception they demonstrate this at a good level and their performance shows some maturity.	6-8	5-7	5-6
The student shows basic skill and technique for the activity in the game/competitive type practice situations and this may lack control in the competitive situation. They may not demonstrate a clear understanding of the rules when taking part and will be limited in their ability to apply strategies and tactics and also in their positional sense as appropriate for the activity. Their ability to improvise will be limited in activities which allow for this as will their touch and deception. Their performance will lack maturity.	4-5	3-4	2-4
The student shows low levels of skill and technique for the activity in the game/competitive type practice situations and this will be very clearly evident in the competitive situation itself. Their understanding of the rules limits their performance and they have a very low ability when applying strategies and tactics and a poor positional sense as appropriate for the activity. Their performance will clearly lack maturity.	1-3	1-2	1