Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): week_5_Ball Striking_autumn_2019

Main Activity (30 mins)

SET UP:

- One outside square and one middle square suitably sized for number and age of players.

- 4 teams who have to kick from the middle square in the aim to knock the cones down, the team to hit all three cones over first is the winning team, th econes that the teams are aiming for will depend on the specific rules for that round.

- Can either use a ball per person or a ball per team depending on numbers, tall cones can also be substituted for footballs on top of cones if you have enough balls available.

KEY POINTS:

- Identify target.

- Choice of surface to use.

- Weight of strike.

POTENTIAL PROGRESSIONS:

-FIRST PROGRESSION: First team to knock down all of their cones first is the winner.

SECOND PROGRESSION: Teams can now aim to hit any of the oter teams cones by striking from the inside square, if they hit another teams cones they can take it and add it to their own collection.

THIRD PROGRESSION: Teams can nominate one defender/GK to be on the outside of the middle square to try and stop other teams from knocking over their cones.

Can Change:

- Distance of cones

- Different passing types/weak foot/skill pass etc.

- Spread cones over a greater distance