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Dribbling

Lesson Objectives:
The student will be able to
1) Demonstrate basic control of a soccer ball while dribbling
(psychomotor)
2) Show respect for all peers while engaging in the activities (affective)
3) Understand the concept of finding open space while dribbling
(cognitive)
Equipment needed:
24 soccer balls
30-40 cones
6 pinnies
The students should wear cleats and shin guards if they have them
Safety Concerns (make sure to address these!):
Students crashing into each other
Students getting hit in the face with a ball
Unsafe slide tackles
Lesson Plan:
1) Introduction (5 minutes)
Start the lesson in the team room before heading out to the field.
Introduce the topic of dribbling, and briefly explain why its important
when playing soccer
Show video clips of turning fakes found at this website
(http://www.strongsoccer.com/Kingdrills/clipspractice.htm#Scissors).
Show pull backs, inside/outside cuts and cruyff turn. These are
the fakes that the students will be dealing with in todays lesson.

Instruct the class to watch the following clips when they get
home; from the fakes to beat an opponent section of the same
website, they should watch lunges, scissors and rivelino. These
are the fakes the class will work on next lesson. In addition to watching
the clips, instruct the students to practice the moves if they have the
time.
All students take a soccer ball and head out to the field
2) Warm-up
Coordination Dribbling (15 minutes):

Set up a square about 15m15m using cones (do this before


class starts)

Each student has a ball and dribbles around in the area.


Emphasize the importance of keeping your head up and looking
for open space.

Call out various commands (ie: right foot only, left foot only,
insides only, outsides only etc) for the students to do.

Introduce toe taps and ground juggles (see the warm-up


touches
fromhttp://www.strongsoccer.com/Kingdrills/clipspractice.htm#Sci
ssors for more ideas)

Next, call out various body parts. When a body part is called, the
students must use it to stop their ball (ie: elbow! or knee!).
The students then get up again immediately and continue
dribbling around.

Finally, stop the group have the students recall the turning fakes
they just watched.

Have the students practice each of the moves a few times in the
grid at their own pace.

Then, have them dribbling around in the grid again. The teacher
then calls out one of the fakes, and the students must execute it
and accelerate away in the opposite direction.

*Water break (2 min)


3) Main Activities
Telephone Booth Tag (10 minutes)

While the students are getting water, set up 2 grids as shown in


the diagram. 12 students will play in each grid.

Bring the students into the centre circle to explain the activity

The telephone booths are the safe zones: no one can be


tagged while they are in a booth

Only one person is allowed in a booth at a time

Two taggers are given pinnies which they hold in their hands

If a tagger hits your ball with a pinnie, you switch places with the
tagger (take their pinnie)

No tag-backs

Divide the class in two and start playing

Designate 3 taggers per group

Variation: after about 5 minutes, add in the rule that if you do


one of the turning fake move that was worked on earlier as the
tagger is trying to get you, the tagger must go after someone
else. Also, as you are executing this fake you must call out its
name.

*Water break (2 minutes)


Soccer-Rugby (20 minutes)

While the students are on water break, set up 3 fields as shown


in the diagram

Bring students in to the centre circle of the field to explain the


game

Divide the students into teams of 4 (there will be 6 teams)

To score a goal, you must dribble the ball through one of the
other teams goals

Each team attacks and defends two goals

After 5 minutes of play, change the match-ups

Remind the students to use the fakes they just learned, to keep
their heads up and to look for open space on the playing field

4) Cool-down

Finish the lesson by bringing the students back in to the centre


circle

Ask the following discussion questions: (2 minutes)

What were the moves we learned today? (A: pull backs,


inside/outside cuts and cruyff turn)

What are these moves called? (A: turning fakes or change of


direction moves)
When do we use these moves? (A: to create space on the field, or
when there are no passing or shooting options in front of us)
Head-it, Catch-it (3 minutes)

Stand in the centre of the circle and toss a soccer ball at each
student in turn. If you say catch-it!, the student must head the
ball back to you. If you say head-it, the student must catch the
ball and throw it back to you. If the student makes an error they
are out and may go get changed.

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