Each player has their own soccer ball. Inside a coned off area, each player will dribble the ball using 'little kicks' and trying to keep it close to them. The coach will then say a body part (eg. right foot, left hand, nose, tummy) and the players will put that body part on the ball to stop the ball still.

When saying a body part that involves any part of the arms, ask the players if they are allowed to touch a soccer ball with their arms (to dribble a soccer ball they are not allowed to use there arms).

Progression:

Challenge the players by naming 2-3 body parts which they have to place on the ball at the same time.

Organisation 

• Ball each 
• Size of area to suit number of players (20 x 15) for a class size.
• Cones scattered around the area
• Players on command dribble around the area (drive their car) without crashing into each other or hitting a red cone (lamp post). If a crash is made by the player then they must leave their ball and complete 5 star jumps before returning back to the game. Coach dictates the surface of the feet and what foot to use. Players drive and stop at every white cone (petrol pump) carrying out 5 toe taps before moving off. Who can get around all the cones the quickest? - awareness: plan your route. 

Progression 

• Follow a partner
• On visual signal players must stop (put the brakes on)
• Introduce the gears 1st = walk, 2nd = jog, 3rd = running, 4th = fast as you can go

Key Points

• Dribble with the ball close to your feet
• Keeping head up while dribbling - 'awareness'
• Changing direction with various parts of the foot

Modifications

Use a points system - players start on 10 points and for every crash they make they loose a point. Make the area bigger or smaller to alter difficulty. Add in more or less cones to alter difficulty. add in taggers

Special Needs Modifications

take away cones. allow them to travel with the ball in their hands.

Split the class into groups of 4 - 6, each standing in a straight line. Each person has a football. 

The "leader" at the front of the line decides how to dribble the ball, whilst the others copy.

Examples of ways the leader can dribble: dominant foot, least dominant foot, both feet, forward, side ways, backwards etc. 

After a short time has passed, the leader goes to the back of the line, and second in line becomes the new leader. 

Encourage the children to come up with a different type of dribbling than the leader previous, can even use ideas from game "body parts". 

Progression: put out 6 - 8 cones spaced one metre apart in a line for the line to weave through, whilst dribbling in the way determined by the leader. This encourages children to look infront of them rather than just at their feet.