Topic:  Knee Kick

Student Objective:  To learn the proper form of the knee kick and be able to perform the tasks presented

Teacher Objective:  To pinpoint at least three students for demonstrations during the lesson

Instant Activity:  Soccer Kickball

Lesson Description:  In this lesson students will learn how to manipulate the footbag off of the knee or the thigh.  It will include teaching the basic upward motion and demonstrate how to keep the striking surface level.  The upward motion is a lifting motion of the leg until the thigh is parallel to the ground.
The next portion of the lesson will go through a series of tasks to help the students become comfortable with the knee kick.

Tasks:
1.  Place the footbag on the thigh and balance it with a level surface
2.  Drop the footbag onto the thigh and kick it back up to your hand
3.  Repeat task one with the non dominant leg
4.  Repeat task two with the non dominant leg
5.  Drop the footbag onto the thigh and kick it back up more than once in a row

Cues:
Remember to use level surfaces
Swift Upward motion
Keep your eye on the footbag

Challenges:
Perform task one three times successfully
Perform task two three times successfully
Perform task three three times successfully
Perform task four three times successfully
Perform task five with 4 kicks with either leg