‭Warm Up – 10 min‬

‭ raffic Lights:‬‭Students are told that the playing‬‭area has now changed into the‬
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‭city/town. They are allowed to drive their cars around in any direction, but they‬
‭must look out for the traffic lights!‬
‭-‬ ‭Red = Stop/freeze, Orange/yellow = Hopping/Jumping/Get ready, Green =‬
‭Go/move‬
‭-‬ ‭As soon as they see a traffic light being held up by the teacher they must‬
‭follow that action.‬
‭Variations:‬
‭-‬ ‭Change the instructions (For example Orange = Star Jumps and Green =‬
‭Jumping moves)‬
‭-‬ ‭Add further instructions: Handbrake = Sit down, pointy toes & feet Reverse‬
‭= Move backwards Bridge = Crawl‬
‭-‬ ‭Add Police to catch cars.‬
‭Activities –‬
‭ occer Drills:‬
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‭Demonstrate all skills! (dribbling, stopping the ball, and all the games)‬
‭1.‬ ‭Cone to cone (5 min)‬
‭-‬ ‭Set up two lines of cones, about a meter or toe apart‬
‭-‬ ‭Partner the students up in groups of two‬
‭-‬ ‭Have each pair stand by one cone‬
‭-‬ ‭The first student in line is going to walk and kick the soccer ball to the‬
‭other cone‬
‭-‬ ‭Once they get to the other side they will stop the ball by placing their‬
‭foot on top of the ball the turn around‬
‭-‬ ‭They will then do the same thing back to where they started and let‬
‭the next student go.‬
‭2.‬ ‭Kicking to the wall (5 min)‬
‭-‬ ‭Using the inside of their foot to kick the ball towards the wall.‬
‭-‬ ‭Now use the sole of your foot to trap the ball.‬
‭-‬ ‭See if they can kick with one foot and trap with the other.‬
‭-‬ ‭If ready, let them take a step back and try again, kicking the ball‬
‭harder.‬
 -‭ ‬ ‭Repeat until ready to try with a partner.‬
‭3.‬ ‭Kicking to a partner (5 min)‬
‭-‬ ‭In the same set up and partnerships have the students stand on their‬
‭own cones.‬
‭-‬ ‭Have one student start with the ball and kick it slowly to the other‬
‭partner.‬
‭-‬ ‭The partner stops the ball, they then will practice stopping it by‬
‭putting their foot on top of the ball.‬
‭-‬ ‭Then have the partner who just stopped the ball return it by slowly‬
‭kicking it back to their partner.‬
‭4.‬ ‭Kicking to a goal (5 min)‬
‭-‬ ‭Set up 3-4 goals next to each other.‬
‭-‬ ‭Have cones set up where they start and also have a cone to where they‬
‭need to shoot from.‬
‭-‬ ‭Have students dribble up to the cone and trap their ball with the sole‬
‭of their foot and then take a shot on goal.‬
‭-‬ ‭Have students go and grab their ball and carry it back to the starting‬
‭cone.‬
‭-‬ ‭Once they have gone through a couple times, now let them try and‬
‭dribble and kick straight into the goal.‬
‭5.‬ ‭Red light, green light (10 min)‬
‭-‬ ‭Have students spread out across the gym all with their own soccer ball‬
‭-‬ ‭When you say green light let them dribble to ball around until you say‬
‭red light‬
‭-‬ ‭When you say red light, you want to see students stop their ball by‬
‭stepping on it with their foot‬
‭-‬ ‭If you say red light and they do not stop, have them do 5 jumping‬
‭jacks or star jumps‬
‭-‬ ‭Once they have done their exercise they are back in the game‬
‭6.‬ ‭Animal round up (10 min)‬
‭-‬ ‭Have 6 different colored hula hoops spread out around the outside of‬
‭the gym. Each hula hoop will have a cone with a picture of an animal‬
‭on it.‬
‭-‬ ‭Bring the students together and tell them they are zookeepers today‬
‭and explain that all the animals got out last night.‬
 ‭-‬ H ‭ ave a variety of gator balls and indoor soccer balls and dump them‬
‭out.‬
‭-‬ ‭The only way the students can get the “animals” back to their‬
‭enclosure is by dribbling the ball with their feet.‬
‭-‬ ‭Once all the “animals” are back in the enclosure the game is over!‬
‭Equipment Needed:‬
‭Warm-Up Equipment:‬
‭-‬ ‭3 cones ( red, green, yellow/orange)‬
‭-‬ ‭Cones to set boundaries‬

‭Activity Equipment:‬
‭-‬ ‭Gator balls/ indoor soccer balls (enough for each person)‬
‭-‬ ‭6 different colored hula hoops‬
‭-‬ ‭Animals sheets‬
‭-‬ ‭20-25 cones‬
‭-‬ ‭Speaker‬