Aim
Follow directions by keeping control of football and body to keep safe and active.
Equipment Required
- 1 football per student
- Saucer cones to create 2 parallel lines 20 yards apart
- Four boundary cones
- Red, green color fluff ball/scarfs
Play Area Set-Up
- Create a large activity area with 2 parallel lines, wide enough for all students to stand safely on 1 line.
- All students to 1 line, facing the opposite line.
- One student stands on the opposite line as the “Traffic Light.
Activity Description
- This should be familiar to most U6’s. Again, the game is fun, simple to set up, and has a direct application to the game of soccer. It is particularly good for reinforcing dribbling and ball control skills.
THE GAME
- Each player has a ball, except the one player that is designated as the “light”.
- Lines from start to finish should be approximately 20 – 30 yards.
- Players start from the line opposite the “light”.
- The “light” then turns away from the group shouting out “GREEN LIGHT”.
- At this signal, the players start to dribble towards the “light”.
When the “light” turns around, calling “RED LIGHT”, players must freeze and stop their ball.
- If the “light” catches players or a ball still moving that player must take 5 steps back.
- The first player to cross the line where the “light” is standing is the winner and becomes the new “light”.
Note: – You can start the game without using balls for younger players, then have them roll the ball with their hands, then use their feet.
The following games will be enjoyed by all children, especially (but not exclusively) the very young.
