Aim
- To reinforce the dribbling skills of football.
Equipment Required
- Spot markers
- Foam/soccer balls (1 per each student)
- Cones
- Upbeat music
Play Area Set-Up
- Place cones in a large circle and scatter spot markers around the outside of the cones/circle. (No one is allowed on the inside of the cones/circle.)
Activity Description
- On the cue of music, have the students dribble the soccer balls, moving clockwise, around the circular track.
- (Start with a speed limit of walking.) When the music stops, each child traps her/his ball on a spot marker. Students continue dribbling to the cue of music.
- Note: Periodically change directions so children practice moving in both clockwise and counterclockwise pathways.
