Nursery 3
Football Sessions

Week 1 Football - s1 s2 s3 s4

Week 2 Football - s1 s2 s3 s4

Week 3 Football - s1 s2 s3 s4

Nursery 3 - Week 1 Football

Nursery 3 - Week 1 Football - Station 1

Athletic Development:

Running (10 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uwONQks54c&list=PLttkij-WEf0vP1kVbD6ZyC8vUzmpMsJe_&index=7

Running: Arm swings(hip to lip) 20 sec -> fast as you can for 10 secs x 3

Knee raises on the spot;March inside the area, just knees (march through the gap) ;Marching on the spot -> March inside the square (through the gap)

High knee skip on the spot -> High knee skip inside the square(through the gap):County colours: Dublin (Blue) Cork(Red) Mayo(Green) Donegal(Yellow) Run over and back when your county is called

Run around the outside and back to where they started

Call 2 counties at once and they both run out and around and back

Nursery 3 - Week 1 Football - Station 2

HIGH CATCH

TECH: “W” with the hands,eyes on the ball,high knee skip”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cif5OjT_Rw

ACTIVITY:

a) Picking Fruit-in pairs and random,1 hand L+R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBtvAyVW39o

b) Pick n stick- diff ball each time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHM0RxikKU

GAMES: Rob the nest with skill zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZCamKmCGXs

Nursery 3 - Week 1 Football - Station 3

NORMAL MATCH-

Run-bounce-kick OR Run-bounce-kick

Goal is 3 yards wide

5 v 5 match

Throw in 3rd ball if needed

Number players 1-5 for Goal keepers

Change goalie every minute

Nursery 3 - Week 1 Football - Station 4

HOOK KICK

TECH: “Ball on lap, side on, toes to nose, kick around the corner”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_boSmvVutw

ACTIVITY –

a) In Pairs- over/through poles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQUy4uU7IGA

b) Hit the zone- 10yd gap, clear the height of the poles

GAMES:

a) No mans land with 5yd gap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6CkLBxV9jY

b) Middle goal- 5 v 5 with 5 balls

Nursery 3 - Week 2 Football

Nursery 3 - Week 2 Football - Station 1

Athletic Dev:

JUMPING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnB3LbpuwP0&t=14s

Side to side 2 x 10 sec

Front to back 2 x 10 sec

Around the cone in a square 3 x 10

Spring jump on tippy toes

Ski jump/Broad jump- around the area

All jumps in the area

Jelly Jumps( Jump in the air-go floppy like jelly and land)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGEzZFPv4w

Nursery 3 - Week 2 Football - Station 2

CROSS BOUNCE

TECH: “1 handed, finger push across body, catch and repeat L/R”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uKphfnOFkE

ACTIVITY:

a) Pick n stick- diff ball each time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-RyOwQCtcI

b) Grid swap- 10 yd gap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFQd-Mr2nuI

GAMES:

a) King of the castle- keep your ball, knock others away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQhqQYs2S4

b) Grid swap slalom-

10yd gap poles between squares - 2 teams of 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEYoN4bREBg

Nursery 3 - Week 2 Football - Station 3

4 GOAL MATCH

Run-bounce-kick OR Run-bounce-flick (Hand Pass)

Goal is 1 yards wide
5 v 5 match
Throw in 2/3 balls
No Goal keepers

Nursery 3 - Week 2 Football - Station 4

FLICK PASS (HAND PASS)

TECH:

“Tips of the pencil fingers flicks ball,other hand holds the ball”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW-wpjJFBe4

3 ways to call for the ball: eye contact, hands, call name

ACTIVITY

a) Pick n stick- pick, flick, catch and stick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEVYfgy_nEc

b) Random pass- 10m x 10m – run, bounce, pass (call name)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO6xtAnz7T4

GAMES:

a) End zone- 5 v 5- score by entering zone in possession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_2OREpHjpI

b) Possession game- 3 passes =1pt – run, bounce, flick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dowx-gSJoKM

c) Warball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxmk-L0ui4o

Nursery 3 - Week 3 Football

Nursery 3 - Week 3 Football - Station 1

Athletic Dev:

THROWING:

Dodgeball:

2 teams

Players throw the ball at members of the other team. If player is hit by a ball, must then join the other team. Game continues until everyone is on the one team

Variations:

(a) Underarm throw

(b) Overarm throw

(c) Throw with weak arm

Can Introduce a channel in the middle. If a player is hit she can run the gauntlet to get free. If she is hit again running the gauntlet she must change sides