Fundamentals of Soccer Stations
Lesson Topic:
Fundamentals of soccer
Lesson Description:
Students will practice dribbling with feet, passing,and shooting a soccer ball. They will participate in accuracy, body control, point of contact, force, direction, and spatial awareness.
Learning Goals/Outcomes:
The student will be able to demonstrate the basic footwork skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting a soccer ball with an accuracy of seventy percent.
The student will be able to comprehend and use soccer terminology.
Nebraska Standards:
NE.PE.5.1.3
Performs manipulative skills in a variety of environments.
NE.PE.5.2.1
Demonstrates knowledge of movement concepts in a variety of environments.
Teacher Planning:
Equipment/Materials Needed:
10-12 soccer balls/nerf balls
2 soccer goals that include goal sounds when the ball hits the net
4 marker cones
3 demonstration diagrams/pictures, 1 per station
2 green, 2 yellow, 2 red floor markers
Time Required for Lesson:
45 minutes
Diagram/Setup:
Technology Use:
_____ YES __x___NO
Instructional Plan:
Anticipatory Set/Pre-Activity:
Students will warm up by running 1 lap around the gym, followed by the typical soccer warm up of skipping, lunges, and the grapevine around the gym. The students will come to the empty portion of the gym to stretch.
Benefits/Explanation/Real-World Connection:
Soccer can be played during recess, after school, and at home. It is a great way to stay active and work on coordination. You may also find yourself coaching a young group of children soccer at some point in your life.
Activities (i.e. instructions, warm-up, lesson, cool-down):
A demonstration diagram will be up on the wall at each station to show what is expected. Students will choose a partner to go to a station with. Each station will have 4-8 students, depending on class size. Instructor will demonstrate what is expected at each station before students begin. Each group will practice the station for 5 minutes, when the whistle blows, students will place the balls back against the wall and move to the next station. They will go through the stations twice. Instructor will walk around to each station to help and asses the students.
Today we are going to learn and practice different soccer kicks at three stations.
- The first station is the shooting station where you will practice the drive and chip shot to score a goal. (The instructor will then demonstrate and explain each kick). When you are practicing the chip kick, you will want to use a golf swing motion with your leg and foot as to loft the ball in the air. Tilt your foot up, lean under the ball and drive through. Use the top half of your foot with this kick.
To practice the drive shot you will plant your foot out wide and use the inside of your foot with the most surface area to kick the middle of the ball. Practice these kicks with both feet.
Challenge: Goal shooting: Make 5 goals in a row from the green, then yellow, then red floor markers.
- The next station is passing the ball. While standing a few feet apart from each other, you will pass the ball back and forth to your partner, passing and receiving the ball with the inside of your foot. Practice passing with both feet.
Challenge: Try to pass the ball to your partner while they are moving around in your area.
- The last station is where you will practice dribbling the ball. You may start off by walking back and forth while dribbling the ball and then work your way up to running with the ball.
Challenge: Once you feel comfortable running, try to dribble the ball while you weave in and out of the cones.
Differentiated Teaching
- Using soft, light, and bright balls (nerf ball)
- Having goals make noise when the ball goes in the net
- Include a diagram at each station that demonstrates the skill for ELL students and those who are more visual learners.
- Students can be close or further away from the net while practicing their shots.
- At the dribbling station, there will be the opportunity for students to either walk/run while dribbling the ball or weave between cones if they are more in control.
- During the passing station, students can be close to each other or further apart while passing.
Closure:
The lesson will conclude with the students gathering in a large circle with the instructor in the middle. The instructor will ask what skills the students learned during today’s lesson (this will allow time to cool down). The instructor will then pass the ball to a student who will have to pass it to someone else in the circle after that student tells everyone their favorite soccer kick. The students will be reminded to have their parents check their emails to review the soccer terms and view soccer tutorials on kicking.
Assessment :
The instructor will walk around each station to help students with the station skills during the lesson. The instructor will assess each student and their understanding of the soccer vocabulary and their ability to reproduce that skill.
Supplemental Information:
Modifications:
- Using soft, light, and bright balls (nerf ball)
- Having goals make noise when the ball goes in the net
- Include a diagram at each station that demonstrates the skill for ELL students and those who are more visual learners.
- Students can be close or further away from the net while practicing their shots.
- At the dribbling station, there will be the opportunity for students to either walk/run while dribbling the ball or weave between cones if they are more in control.
- During the passing station, students can be close to each other or further apart while passing.
Safety Precautions:
- Do not walk in front of someone ready to shoot the ball into the goal.
- Do not kick the ball when someone is retrieving their ball from the net.
- Look around you to make sure the area is clear before you kick the soccer ball.
- Do not walk in front of someone dribbling the ball.
- Encourage others and do not make fun of someone if they miss the ball or goal while kicking.
Comments (adaptations for various grades/ages, teaching styles, etc.)
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