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Chris Biffle
Chairperson, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa, CA
92399
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Acknowledgement
Power Teaching’s Mind Soccer is the work of many
educators. The core idea for the game comes from Fred Jones,
one of the founders of classroom management research and
theory. Additional features of Power Teaching’s Mind Soccer
were suggested after testing by a team of marvelous Power
Teachers: Jackie Pedersen, Angela Macias, Sara Reeves, Chris
Rekstad, Jay Vanderfin, Jeff Battle. My thanks to the all.
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Contents
Introduction 5
How To Play Mind Soccer 9
Mind Soccer Signs 18
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Introduction
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love the game so intensely, that you can use it as a reward for
Let me make this point again. Your class will love Mind
material!.
short answer, often one word, review questions that you have
The Set Up: Draw a horizontal line, about six feet long, near
soccer field; each end of the line is a soccer goal; the vertical
marks divide the field into units (like a football field). Place an
eraser under the vertical mark in the middle of the field. The
Time Keeping: Play the Mind Soccer near the end of class.
play. Then, the instant the bell rings, the game is over. This
How To Play
1. Divide the class into two teams. We’ll use boys against girls,
but it could be right side of the class against left side, etc.
3. To start the game, the captains stand face to face at the front
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of the room. You pose one of your review questions and, just as
right, his/her team gets the ball. Otherwise, the opposing team’s
full hash mark down the field toward the boys’ goal. If the
to cheer when the ball is going their direction and groan when it
isn’t. Thus, every time the ball moves, you’ll have cheering and
groaning.
of the game, shout “Steal!” This means the other team has
excitement ... like when one team is very close to the goal and
“Foul!” As the Ref, you then have three choices. You can
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award control of the ball to the opposing team; you can move
the ball up or down the field, penalizing one team or the other;
Penalty Kick! Move the ball to the first hash mark in front of
usually the team captain. Goalie and kicker face off in front of
the room, like the initial kickoff. You state a question; the
player who slaps a hand down first gets first try at the question.
first and correct, the penalty kick scores. If the captain is first
area that your class has studied, for example “Science” or “the
last three novels we read.” Tell the teams the topic, for
you ... thus reviewing a huge study area! When a student says
the word you’re thinking, his or her team gets control of the
ball. Say, “You won the Free Ball!” Then start giving
Shoot out!!: When you have extra class time and want to
a shoot out. Let each team select five players and a goalie.
Then, the goalie from one team stands in the front of the room
and faces, in turn, one of the five members from the other team.
Just as in the kick off and the penalty kick, you pose questions.
The player who slaps a hand down first gets first try at the
Each team gets five tries. High score wins. And, of course,
“Gooooooaaaaalll!!!”
With your clever use of the rules you can move the ball up and
shouting Steal!, Penalty Kick!, Free Ball! Rarely let one team
get more than one goal ahead of the other. Many soccer games
end in ties. In the case of a tie, use the Shoot Out (described
list so you can keep the game moving along quickly. Use any
employ the rules cleverly to keep the ball moving up and down
the field.
Play for only a minute or two every few days. Make your
class work hard to earn the right to play Mind Soccer. If you
Jackie Pedersen
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