Movement skills/concepts
Kicking a stationary ball for accuracy.
Set-up
- Large round and/or oval balls, goal posts/markers, low tees. Grass or hard court area.
- Pairs, with one ball per pair.
Activity: Can you …?
- put the ball on the ground/a low tee kick to your partner, striking with your shoelaces (top of shoe)
- kick it high to your partner
- kick while getting further and further away from your partner
- kick between goalposts/markers
- kick over the posts
- kick from different angles and distances
- try kicking with the other foot
Can you see …?
- eye on the target, eye on the ball
- a short, angled approach
- non-kicking foot beside the ball
- swinging from hip
- contacting with top of the foot
- following through
You could ask …
Which ways of kicking for goal were the easiest? Why was this?
Kicking goals is one way of scoring points in rugby union/league. What do you need to do to be consistently accurate?
Variations
Use large round balls: Is it different when kicking for goal with a round ball?
Play Goal Kicking Game – ‘Rugger’: Partner 1 in the pair places the ball on a low tee or the ground anywhere they like and kicks for goal. If successful, Partner 2 has to kick for goal from where that goal was kicked. If Partner 2 is unsuccessful, they receive an ‘R’ (i.e. the first letter of ‘Rugger’). If Partner 1 is unsuccessful, Partner 2 gets to choose where to kick from.
The partner who spells ‘Rugger’ last is the winner.
