Modified soccer games physical education

Students can use pool noodles to tap balloons, keeping them aloft in the air. They can divide into teams, set up goals hula hoops and large open boxes both work great , and follow basic rules about passing to teammates, making goals, scoring points, and what to do when the balloon touches the ground.

Adapting classic team sports like soccer involves making simple shifts, such as having students walk or wheel instead of run; reducing the size of the playing field and clearly delineating boundaries; and using a larger, softer or lighter-weight ball instead of a traditional soccer ball. Players can also be allowed to use their hands in order to hit the ball or pass it to a teammate.

Players in wheelchairs can hold the ball on their laps while they wheel across the playing space. Note that similar adaptations can apply to other classic team sports such as basketball, softball and more. Best of all, students of all abilities can practice mindfulness, cultivate related skills and reap the benefits. Start with one of the simplest mindfulness activities: counting your breaths as you breathe slowly in and out as a group.

Another great and simple activity involves taking slow, deliberate breaths as you talk your students through relaxing each major muscle group, starting with the head and neck and working downward. Stretch exercise bands between the legs of a chair or desk so that students can use their hands or feet, or enlist a partner, to slingshot a ball across the floor toward bowling pins.

Balls can be foam, yarn or any other type that is appropriate for your students; pins can be plastic cones, blocks, smaller balls, or anything else that works. Each gate is approximately three feet wide. Give your students a challenge to see how many gates they can dribble through in a given amount of time. Let them rest for 30 seconds, then do it again. The key to this drill is ball control. I tell my students to control the ball with all parts of their feet while changing speed and direction.

For an added challenge I sometimes have five gatekeepers. Gatekeepers run from gate to gate, blocking them so students can not dribble through. The gatekeeper does not block the ball. His presence between the gate deters the student from dribbling through. I like to use this activity in the gym with my first through third-grade students. It helps the students discover the importance of using all parts of each foot.

Divide the play area in half. Set up cones behind each team. Spread out an even number of deck rings on each side. Once the ball is in the ring, the player then completes 3 jumping jacks or another predetermined exercise Sometimes I have exercise options on the screen. There, a cone is picked up, and the ball is placed onto the cone. Then the payer runs the ball back to his side where he drops off the cone.

Which team can finish the round with more cones? This version of single cone soccer incorporates a teammate and passing along with dribbling, defensive strategies and fitness. Usually used as a warm-up, stop-and-go soccer focuses on fast-break dribbling and stopping on a signal.

Students begin on one end of the field. On the signal, students begin to quickly move the ball up the field. On the whistle, students must immediately stop the ball. After a designated time limit count to see which team has the most! For soccer, the balls are to be dribbled along the ground. For basketball, dribbling.

Grade level: Equipment: Hula-hoops, basketballs or soccerballs Game Description: This is a dribbling practice game. Players will partner up so there will be pairs spread out in the gym. In each pair, 1 player will start as the dribbler and have a basketball or soccerball depending which game you want to play.

The other player will place a hulahoop on the floor and stand with at least 1 foot inside of it. The player inside the hoop will try to knock away the balls of other players who come too near remember that 1 foot must always be inside the hoop. After a couple of minutes, players switch roles and play again. Another great dribbling practice game, and modification of the original Knockout. Grade Level: Equipment: 2 mats, foam soccer balls Game Description: Longball is another kickball type activity or baseball activity if you want to use a big oversized plastic bat and a foam ball that gets more players moving more often.

With some important modifications to regular kickball, groups will get more sweaty and active, with lots of laughs and fun. Thanks to Sabine Crandall for this idea. Grade Level: Equipment: Plastic pins, foam soccer balls Game Description: This is a great modification to the regular game of soccer that has proven to increase participation and motivation in the gym.

The game goes until 1 team has all the pins or until the time runs out. Great lead-up soccer game for physical education. Grade Level: Equipment: Foam Balls Game Description: In sideline soccer, teams become goalies along their respective sidelines, using their best goaltending skills.