Class #1

Equipment needed:

• Nerf Soccer balls (25).
• Jump Ropes (25).
• Music system.
• Stopwatch.
• Large Cage Ball.

Warm-up:

• "Jump Rope Around the World."
  • All jump rope by themselves.
  • Teacher begins to time the class jumping.
  • Each student gets 5 "lives."
  • When they miss with the rope the fifth time, they are "out."
  • They go to another area in the gym (behind the purple line on the storeroom side of the gym).
    • They continue jumping once they use all of their lives.
    • Once 10 students are in this area, the stopwatch stops.
  • Class gets credit for 1,000 miles on the map for every 1:00 that they jumped.
    • Until there are 10 students jumping behind the purple line.
  • Class also gets the chance to earn extra credit mileage.
• Teacher picks one of the jumpers that used up all of their lives but were continuing to jump behind the purple line.
• Give that person a hand held pulse monitor.
• If their heart rate is within the target range (150-180), they earn a "free 1,000 miles" for their class.

Skill Development:

• Introduce different parts of the foot that the kids can use to kick a soccer ball with:
  • Inside.
  • Instep.
  • Toe.
  • Heel.
  • Outside.
• Have kids kick the ball against the wall using the different parts of their foot.
• Now, give them :30 to kick the ball against the wall using a specific part of their foot.
  • Kids keep track of the number of kicks they get in :30.
  • After using all parts of the foot, bring them together and ask them which part of their foot they scored highest on.

*Reinforce that different people are better at different things!

• Introduce dribbling.
  • re-mention using all parts of their foot to dribble.

• Play dribble keep away from teacher.
• All dribble a ball.
• Teacher can steal a ball from anyone that looses control of their ball.
• Teacher can't steal a ball from anyone who is controlling their ball.
• *Can modify game so teacher can steal ball from anyone.

Application:

• Humphrey Ball:
  • Divide group in two groups.
  • Have them sit foot to foot, with their partner along the center Green and White line.
  • Lines lay in the "Dead Bug" position to start the game.
    • Laying on their backs.
    • Legs in the air.
    • HSide by side with the people next to them.
  • Teacher rolls cage ball ("Humphrey") between two groups.
  • Both lines try to kick the ball with their feet, or hit it with their hands so it touches the floor on the other side of the other team.
  • After a point, the first two kids in each line "cross over and rotate."
    • They go to the front of the line and join the opposite team.
• Review which parts of the foot were used in the game.
• What did the ball do when hit with different parts of the foot?