Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): [Add Title...]Circle of friends (Start Time: 2018-05-16 15:05:00)

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Potential Theme/Length of game: Warming up, sharing your voice, confidence, problem solving 15-30mins

Organization/Rules: Players are in a circle. A few players run to the middle, touch the cone in the middle, change directions and find an outside player. They greet the outside player; take their place on the outside and the outside player runs to the middle to find a different player. The exercises continually change (high knees, side shuffle, skipping, pretending to be an animal, etc).

Sample Discussion Questions: Why do we play in a circle? what is different playing in a circle than in lines? How can we fix the game if it slows down because less people are in the middle? Why are we using our voice? What can we do to keep the circle even and closed at all times? What are you learning about each other, about your community?

Possible Progressions/Variations: Players jump or do different actions in the middle when they get to the cone. Introduce themselves (favorite food, dream superpower, role model,etc) and do fun greetings (funny dance, favorite animal noise etc) on the outside. You can make the exchanges themed: sexual health (i.e. healthy/unhealthy choices) child rights, women's rights leadership qualities, social issues and solutions, etc.

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Potential Theme/Length of game: Circle of Friends - Obstacle Course

Organization/Rules: Players form a circle. When they go to the middle they perform different exercises at different items(can use cones, bibs, balls) before finding another person on the outside. Start with one obstacle(i.e. jump over the cone) and have players go in the middle. If you have enough cones you can place multiple cones within the circle where players can perform the same exercise.

Then, add another obstacle(represented by a new item) and players go do the two actions at the obstacles before finding an outside player. Each time the coach adds a new 'obstacle' the players go and do all of them to warm up their bodies. Then the coach can add another 'obstacle.'

Sample Discussion Questions: How do you feel? How do your muscles feel? Why did we add obstacles to the game? How did you choose which obstacle to do first? Which obstacle did you like the most? What did you do so you would remember all the different exercises?

Possible Progressions/Variations: As the game progresses there can be many different items placed in the middle of the circle where players do different actions(a skill, toe touches, jumps, a dance, etc). Ask your players if they can think of more exercises.