One student is selected to be the “granny” or “grandpa”. They will stand at the end of the court / field. The rest of the students line up at the other end with a soccer ball each. Their job is to sneak up on the granny when they are facing the other way. To do this they need to be dribbling the soccer ball with any part of their foot. When the granny does turn around and face the students, they need to stop and trap the ball by placing their foot on top of the ball. If they lose control of the ball or if the granny sees them moving then they have to go back to the start. If they touch the ball with their hands at any point in the game they also go back to the start. The first student to sneak up on granny and tag them on the back is the winner and they become the new granny or grandpa.
Key points:
- the students will need to be looking up at granny while they are dribbling to be able to see when the granny turns around
- when dribbling the students should be using the inside of their foot and alternating between both feet (not just one)
- to correctly trap the ball the students need to use their foot on top of the ball (no hands are invovled at all)
Instead of making the students go back to the start there could be an alternate penalty such as taking three steps backwards or completing 5 star jumps etc
Modified equipment bigger / softer ball. Different starting point.