Ball Mastery (Kick up)

This activity is to improve students first touch and cordination. Everyone in the class will have a ball.

(students can be creative and use different parts of their foot, there is no right or wrong way of doing this)

Round 1: Students will attempt to commplete bounce, kick & catch before moving to round 2

Round 2: Students will see how many bounce and kick ups they can do without losing control of the ball (taking away the catch).

Round 3: Students will now see how many kick ups they can complete without a bounce. 

Encourage the students to also use their weaker foot.

Round 4: Students will try use as many body parts as they can to keep the ball from touching the floor. They can make their own combination

Modifications

Add or take away the bounce. Try it with a partner.

Special Needs Modifications

Use a balloon or a different type of ball.

Set up a playing area 30 metres length and 20 metres width.

Stundents will be passing the ball as many times as they can with their partners inside the playing area. Encourage students to try using different parts of their foot to pass to see which way they have the most control with and to step into their pass, person receiving the ball will have a soft touch to make the ball out in front of him/her to pass the ball back. 1 point for every completed pass, the pair with the most points at the end of 3-5 minutes wins. 

Step 2: Students will combine passing and dribbling. Once a pair has completed 5 passes the person with the ball must dribble away from their partner for 5 seconds, the person without the ball must also run away from their partner for 5 seconds, at the end of the 5 seconds the pair will look up and find each other, moving back towards each other to start the 5 passes again. students will repeat this for 5 minutes (when students are moving/dribbling incourage them to keep their head up and the person dribbling to keep close control of their ball so they avoid crashing into other players).

Step 3: This time rather than completing 5 passes the pair will only make 1 pass before dribbling/running away from thier partner. Person recieving the ball must move the ball with their first touch out from their bodiy before dribbling away from thier partner for 5 seconds, after the 5 seconds they will find their partner and dribble over to them to complete a pass.  This teaches students to play on the move.

Modifications

Add/less touches on the ball before passing, After completing the passes students can find a new partner.

Special Needs Modifications

Add touches on the ball before passing

Put students into teams of 3 or 4. Set up 6 Mini games with one goal at the end of each playing area. The playing area will depend on how much space you have but try aim to make each game area 15 metres length and 10 metres width. There will be no goal keepers to begin with as the goals will be small (3 metres). When the ball goes out of play rather than taking a throw in, the players must pass to a team mate instead. If the ball goes out for goal kick or a team has scored then that team must retreat back to their half so it gives the other team a chance to play forward with no pressure. 

The students will now get a chance to put the skills they have worked on into a game like situation, games with smaller numbers mean more involvment. They will play 5 minute games before playing against a new team. 

Can add in rules such as: must complete 2 passes before scoring, if a team completes 5 passes it counts as a goal, add goal keepers in, etc.

Modifications

Make playing area bigger or smaller. Make teams uneven.

Special Needs Modifications

Make playing area bigger or smaller. Make teams uneven.