Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Football/Soccer Session: Week 16 Miniroos - Discovery 29/07/24

Functional Skill Game: Trolls and Elves (15 mins)

Component Intention

• Trolls - Show effort and collaboration to work collectively to capture elves
• Elves - Disguise movements in order to deceive and evade capture by the Trolls

Task Design

• Set up a large playing area and create 1 middle zone (Dungeon) and 4 smaller zones scattered around the field (Kingdoms).
• Assign 3-4 Trolls (depending on numbers), the rest of the players are Elves.
• To start the activity the elves take residence in any four of the kingdoms (smaller outside zones)
• From there Elves are tasked with travelling to as many kingdoms as possible earning a point each time they travel from kingdom to kingdom. They must do so without being captured (two hand tagged) and sent to the dungeon (middle zone) by the Trolls
• Trolls are tasked with capturing as many Elves as possible and do so by two hand tagging them.
• If an Elf is captured by a troll (two hand tagged), they must enter the dungeon (middle zone). A captured elf can be freed if another elf can high five them as they are travelling around.
• Play for 3 minute rounds or until all the Elves are captured. Be sure to switch Trolls after each round 

Tweaks

- Trolls can one hand tag now

- Change the number of kingdoms or the positions of them

- Give balls to the Elves and place 2 goals on opposite ends of the field. 

(Elves are now dribbling from kingdom to kingdom instead of running. Trolls are now trying to win the ball off of an elf and score in either of the goals in order to send the Elf to the dungeon)

(If a Troll imprisons an elf they must leave the elf's ball inside the goal) 

(In order to save an imprisoned elf, another elf must obtain a ball from a goal and pass it to them)

Transition Game (15 mins)

Component Intention

• Att - If you have just conceded, quickly work together to utilise your numerical advantage to score ("Can we play through or around the defence?")
• Def - Minimise gaps and spaces between each other in order to win possession of the ball or delay to by time for your defender to come back from retrieving the ball

Task Design

• Two simultaneous small sided games. Have balls positioned on the outside of the field. If the game ball goes out, the player who kicked it out must go and retrieve the ball, as that is happening the other team can restart play by taking any ball that is on the outside of the field into the field. Once the player who went to get the ball has retrieved it they must replace the ball on the outside

Alterations:

• (Utilise gates for goals on the second field if needed)