Speed and control

Organisation 

• Create equal teams of players to play relay games
• Each team has a colour and gates with the same colour inside the area
• Each player has to dribble through their coloured gate and return to the next player in a relay race
• Each team has to complete its own colour and then another colour, etc.

 Ways to make the exercise easier

• You can start with a simple race and no balls
• You could also introduce different physical movements such as hopping, skipping, jumping, etc.

 Ways to make the exercise harder

• Increase the number of coloured gates in the square
• Make the gates smaller

 Great questions to ask the children

• Can you show me how quickly you can dribble with the ball under control?
• Can you show me a trick where you turn on the ball when you return to your corner?
• Can you keep your head up when dribbling so that you avoid others?

 Safety tips

• Only one player or pair to go at a time from each team

Organisation 

• Create equal teams to play some relay games
• Each team has a colour and gates with the same colour inside the area
• Two players from each team have to dribble the ball to their coloured gates and pass through the gate to each other before returning to their team
• Players then have to make a double pass through each gate before moving on to the next one
• Create variations of tasks for players to attempt while dribbling as a pair
• Make it a race – first team to finish wins

 Ways to make the exercise easier

• You can start with a simple race and no balls
• You could also introduce different physical movements such as hopping, skipping, jumping, etc.

 Ways to make the exercise harder

• Increase the number of coloured gates in the square
• Make the gates smaller
• If a player touches the cones with the ball, they have to do it again

 Great questions to ask the children

• Can you show me how quickly you can dribble with the ball under control?
• Can you show me how to make a quality pass through the gate?
• Can you keep your head up when dribbling so that you avoid others?

 Safety tips

• Only one player or pair to go at a time from each team

Organisation

• 4v4 in the middle area, each team has two end zones on opposite sides
• Players have to dribble the ball into an end zone to score and put their foot on the ball to show that it is under control
• Players can also receive a pass in the end zone to score a point
• A dribble is worth two points and a pass is worth one
• Make several pitches and rotate players so they have varied opposition

 Ways to make the exercise easier

• Make the end zone wider
• One team can have more players

 Ways to make the exercise harder

• Make the end zone very narrow
• One team can have fewer players

Great questions to ask the children

• Can you spot an opportunity to dribble the ball into the end zone and be positive and go for it?
• Can you pass to another player who has a 1v1 chance to dribble and score?
• As a team, can you think of the best way of defending against a team of dribblers and did you try to play that way? Did it work?

 Safety tips

• Create safe zones between each pitch