Model the skill:

Model the kick to students while explaining the movements needed to effectively kick:

• • Keep your eyes on the ball.  

  • Place your foot beside the ball before you kick.  

  • Step forward and kick.  

  • Swing the arm opposite to your kicking leg.  

  • Swing your kicking leg back.  

  • Follow through. 

FMS consolidation activity - Caterpillar run

FMS: Kick

Equipment: 1-2 balls per group, marker cones

How to play: In small groups players pass a soccer ball in a zigzag pattern to progress the group up the playing space. Play in groups of 6 to 8. 

• Form pairs, then groups of 6 to 8 with one ball per group. (Depending on participant numbers the game can also be played in several smaller groups). 

• Players stand opposite their partner about 1 to 1.5 metres apart. 

• The ball starts at the beginning of one line. 

• On your signal, the first player kick passes the ball to their partner as they move off the line leading for it. 

• After passing the ball the first player runs to the end of their line. 

• The player now holding the ball kick passes it diagonally opposite to the next player leading for it, then they run to the end of their line. 

• Passing continues until the group has made it to the end of the court (or designated area). 

• Players can race against the clock or against other groups.

FMS focus activity - Football marbles

Equipment: 1 x football per student, marker cones

Skill focus: Kick

How to play: Players in pairs attempt to score as many ‘ball hits’ as they can in a row, by passing their football to make contact with their partner’s ball 

• Players in pairs, with a ball each, face each other one metre apart.

• Players take turns to pass their ball to make contact with their partner’s ball. 

• Scoring options: 

  • the pair with the highest amount of ‘ball hits’ in a row wins 

  • pairs can attempt to beat their own score 

  • the team with the highest number of ‘ball hits’ wins. 

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Tricky goal lines

Equipment: 1 football per attacking team player, designated playing area, 4 cones to make goals

Forming teams: Students divide themselves into two groups using finger jousting.

How to play: One at a time, attacking players with a football enter the playing area and quickly choose one of two possible goal lines to run over before being dispossessed of the ball.

• Organise players into two groups at diagonal points of the playing area. 

• Attackers line up behind a marker cone with a ball each.  The defender must wait for the attacking player to pass through a gate before entering the pitch. 

• Attackers attempt to run with the ball over a selected line before being dispossessed of the ball. 

• Scoring: 

  • one point = the attacker runs the ball over a goal line 

  • bonus point = the attacker scores a goal. 

Swap roles when all attackers have had a turn or after each play.