Movement  skills/concepts

Receiving a pass, ball control, kicking to a stationary target and kicking to a moving target.

Set-up

• Large balls.
• Each group of four has a ball and works in a level grass or hard area.

Activity

• looking at the receiver, looking at the ball
• bent knee, swinging from the hip
• the non-kicking foot beside the ball
• well ‘weighted’ pass
• ‘attacking’ the ball

You could ask …

How will you control the ball when you receive the pass from Player 2? When receiving the pass from Player 2, where are you looking?

Variations

Add defence: Introduce a fifth player in the centre as a defender who challenges each player as they start. Start with passive defence, then change to more active defence (trying to steal the ball).