Target Games - Week 3

Stage 1 - Phase two

Equipment

Marker cones
Soccer balls (or similar) x 1 per student
Netballs (or similar)

Download the Target Games - Week 3 activity card to support teaching before and during the sport session.

FMS focus: Kick

Learning intention

Students are developing proficiency in the kick.

Success criteria.

Eyes focused on the ball throughout the kick.
Forward and sideward swing of arm opposite kicking leg.
Non-kicking foot placed beside the ball.
Bends knee of kicking leg at least 90 degrees during the back-swing.
Contacts ball with top of the foot (a ‘shoelace’ kick) or instep.
Kicking leg follows through high towards target area.

Explicit teaching of the kick

About the skill

The kick is a manipulative striking skill characterised by producing force from the foot to an object. The stationary place kick is the focus of this skill and involves kicking an object which is still. It is basic to kicks used in all football codes. It is also important for foot–eye coordination. The stationary place kick has been chosen as it is the most widely-used kick by primary school children, is the easiest in which to develop proficiency, and is more closely related to lead-up activities and modified games than other kicks.

View 'The Get Skilled Get Active - Kick video' to support the explicit teaching of the leap.

Model the skill:

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

Say to the students:

- 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.

Guided practice with immediate teacher feedback:

Students stand balanced, non-kicking foot placed beside the ball; eyes focused on the ball.

Using a soft ball, students:

kick to a partner along the ground
kick and aim at a stationary object e.g. a marker
kick for distance.

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

FMS consolidation activity - Corner Spry

Skill focus: Throwing and catching

Equipment: 1-2 netballs (or similar) per group

How to play: In small groups players perform chest passes back and forth to a front player. Play in groups of 5 to 8.

Organise players into groups of 5 to 8.
Players stand in a semi-circle facing the player holding the ball.
On your signal, the leader (player holding the ball) makes chest passes to each person in turn.
The last person in the semi-circle does not pass the ball back, but carries it to the front to become the new leader.
The previous leader moves to the start of the line to receive the first pass.

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Krazykeeper

Equipment:

Any suitable indoor or outdoor playing area.
1 football per player (except for the keeper and fetcher);
1 set of marker cones (30)

How to play: Players in a team try to score goals by kicking a football past a goalkeeper (krazykeeper) into one of two goals. Play with 4 to 8 per team.

Teams set up an area as shown.
On ‘Go!’ one player at a time runs to the centre line, shoots at one of the two goals and runs quickly to take the fetcher’s place.
A fetcher starts behind their team’s goal line and collects the ball from a goal attempt. They then run back to the start with the ball in their hands or with it on the ground.
A krazykeeper tries to block each goal attempt with their hands or feet.
Teams nominate a new krazykeeper and play again.