Territorial Games - Week 1

Stage 1 - Phase Two

Equipment

Marker cones
Balls

Download the Territorial Games - Week 1 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.

Students display:

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

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 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.

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

Skill development games

Choosing teams

In a sport education approach, affiliation is promoted by students being a member of the same team over a period of time. It is intended that students remain in these teams for the duration of each sport program for the skill development and the modified small-sided games, so that they can develop and learn together.

Place students in equal teams, 4 teams is optimal, at the beginning of the skill development session. Strategies for forming groups can be found in the Game-based learning in sport and physical activity e-learning course.
To further promote affiliation students can decide on a team name.

FMS Focus Activity - Names

Skill Focus: Kick

Equipment: 1 ball per group

How to play: Players in a circle call out the name of a player as they pass the football to them. One player can be placed inside the circle to intercept the ball. Play in groups of 4 to 6.

Form a circle of four to six players with one ball per group.
Play without an interceptor first.
The player with the ball calls out another player’s name (the receiver) and passes the ball to that player.
Introduce the interceptor who attempts to gain possession of the ball.
When the ball is intercepted, the player who touched the ball last and the interceptor change places.

Names - Playing for Life Activity Card

Shuttle Ball - Playing for Life Activity Card

FMS Consolidation Activity - Shuttle ball

Skill Focus: Sprint Run, Kick

Equipment: One ball per team of players, Markers or tape to identify 2 lines about 3 metres apart

How to play: A cooperative game. A ball is kicked to a catcher. The thrower runs to take the place of the catcher and the catcher in turn runs to join players at the kicker’s line. Teams of 3 or more.

Player 1 kicks the ball to Player 2 and then runs to Line B.
Player 2 kicks the ball to Player 3 and then runs to Line A.
Repeat this pattern until the ‘stop’ signal is given

Modified small-sided games

It's game time!

Teams play each other in the game outlined below.

Empty the nest

Skill focus: Kick

Equipment: 8 markers (to set out playing area), 8 markers (to set out the 'no-go-zone), 1 ball per three students.

How to play: Players try to kick balls into the other teams playing area.

Groups stand opposite each other on both sides of the ‘no-go-zone’ and each group is given the same number of balls.
On the teacher's first signal, each group attempts to clear the balls from their side of the playing area by kicking the balls into the other group's area.
On the teacher's second signal, all action stops then the balls are counted.