Soccer
Lesson
7 of 20
5
min: Instant Activity:
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Materials
Needed:
Masking tape, task cards that explain each warm-up, each student should
have 1 ball for individual warm-ups or each partner group should have 1
ball for partner warm-ups
Description
of Idea
Create
stations by posting the task cards on the gymnasium walls with masking
tape. Distribute the balls equally among the stations. For example, if
you have 30 students and five stations, place 6 balls at each station for
the individual warm-up or place 3 balls at each station for the partner
warm-up.
On
the teacher's "GO" signal, have each student or partner group find a ball
at a station and begin to perform the activity described on the task card
for 30-45 seconds. On the teacher's "STOP" signal, the students take their
ball, go to the next station, and begin to perform the next activity described
on the task card for 30-45 seconds. Continue to rotate stations until all
students have gone to each station once. Descriptions of the individual
and partner ball warm-ups are listed below.
Individual
Ball Warm-Ups:
Hamstring-Tricep
Extensions: Stand up and hold the ball with both hands. Bending at the
waist, hold the ball between your feet and hold this position for 3 counts.
Then extend both arms straight overhead and hold this position for 3 counts.
Repeat this movement sequence until you hear the teacher's "STOP" signal.
Remember, keep your knees slightly bent and perform the sequence in a slow
fluid motion.
Sit-Ups:
Get into the sit-up position and hold the ball against your chest with
both hands. Perform sit-ups and see how close or how many times you can
get the ball to your knees.
Ball
Push-Ups: Get into the push-up or modified push-up position. Place the
ball so each time you go down during a push-up, your chest touches the
ball. See how close or how many times you can touch the ball. .
Ball
Straddle Stretch: Sit down on the floor in a straddle position (legs spread
apart in a "V" formation). With both hands, roll the ball around each foot,
along the outer side of your leg, behind the back, along the other leg,
and back around the feet. Remember, keep your knees slightly bent, perform
the sequence in a slow fluid motion, and change directions.
Partner
Ball Warm-Ups:
Partner
Sit-Ups: Get into the sit-up position facing your partner and toes touching.
One student holds the ball against his/her chest with both hands and then
both students perform sit-ups at the same time. When the students are in
the "UP" position of the sit-up, the student with the ball extends both
arms toward his/her partner, while the partner also extends both arms to
grab hold of the ball. Repeat this movement sequence, handing off the ball
each time.
Partner
Straddle Stretch: Sit down on the floor in a straddle position (legs spread
apart in a "V" formation) facing your partner and touching toes. With both
hands, the student with the ball rolls the ball behind the back, along
the outside leg, and up to the feet. The other partner then rolls the ball
along the outer side of his/her leg, behind the back, along the other leg,
and back to the feet where the other partner then continues to roll the
ball. Remember, keep your knees slightly bent, perform the sequence in
a slow fluid motion, and change directions.
Back-to-Back Figure 8:
Stand back to back with your partner and then each of you takes a half
step forward. Have one student hold the ball with both hands. At the same
time both students will twist their waists to the left. The student with
the ball will hand it off to his/her partner. Both students will then twist
their waists to the right and then hand of the ball again. Repeat this
movement sequence, handing off the ball each time. Remember, keep your
knees slightly bent, perform the sequence in a slow fluid motion, and change
directions.
Over
and Under: Stand back to back with your partner. The student holding the
ball extends both arms straight overhead while the other student extends
both arms straight overhead to grab hold of the ball. The student who has
the ball now, bends at the waist and extends both arms between his/her
legs while the other student extends both arms to grab hold of the ball.
Repeat this movement sequence. Remember, keep your knees slightly bent,
perform the sequence in a slow fluid motion, and change directions.
Teaching
Suggestions:
Demonstrate
each task and the correct rotation before letting the students perform
the stations.
Have
students dribble with their feet to the next station.
Use
music as your stop and go signals.
Have
students create other individual and partner warm-up stations.
Laminate
the tasks cards
3
min:Coaches organize team in practice
area and direct team in drills
5
min: Punting practice
5
min: Throw-ins practice
Team
Building
8
min: Blind Trust Walk
Directions:Have
student’s pair up (preferably with someone they really don’t know).This
activity works best in an outdoor setting without the presence of dangers
like roads, cliffs, or water.Have
one partner put the blind fold on and the other partner has to guide that
person around for 3-5 minutes.The
guide cannot touch the person, but can only give them verbal directions.After
the allotted time, have the students switch roles.
8
min: Walking across the Nile
Directions:
The students need to be in groups of 5 or 6 – depending on the size of
the area.The job is for the team
to get across the Nile (shot-put sand pit) using only the poly spots (stones)
to walk on.There are to be poly
spots for everyone in the group except one.The
first person of the groups has all the spots, and he/she starts on the
edge of the Nile by tossing a spot onto the sand.The
object is to get your whole team across the Nile, only stepping on the
stones, and everyone must be touching a stone while they are on the Nile.The
last person needs to pick up all the stones after he/she walks on them.