Coaching Points
Put your arms out to the side to help you balance. Move slowly with control, putting your foot flat on the floor.
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Complete the task 5 times your age.
Silver Challenge
Move in slow motion 30 times. So that you move for longer than 3 seconds on each step.
Gold Challenge
Draw a picture of yourself completing the task, write down the important things to do
Coaching Points
Keep your eyes on the ball and take soft touches, practice slowly to begin with keeping the ball under close control. To make the task harder place the cones closer together. Use the inside of the left foot as the ball moves clockwise around the cone and the inside of the right foot as the ball moves anticlockwise around the cone.
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Can you dribble around the cones in a figure of 8 shape three times using only the insides of your feet, without touching the cones?
Silver Challenge
Can you dribble around the cones in a figure of 8 shape three times using only the insides of your feet, without touching the cones and balancing a bean bag on your head?
Gold Challenge
Can you dribble around the cones in a figure of 8 shape five times using only the insides of your feet, without touching the cones?
Coaching Points
Stand on the rope with the balls of your feet, that is the padded part just behind your toes. Spread your feet about shoulder width apart, pulling up on the ends of the rope and pushing out with your feet. Keeping your feet wide will help you to stay balanced, and keeping the tension through the rope will help it to not escape as you jump and land.
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Place two different coloured disc cones about 20 steps apart, stand facing your partner in the middle of the line. A third person calls one of the colours and the two centre players race to that colour. The winner is the person that gets to the cone first, jumping sidewards on the rope. Compete in 15 races to complete this challenge.
Silver Challenge
Gold Challenge
Place two different coloured disc cones about 20 steps apart, stand facing your partner in the middle of the line. A third person calls one of the colours and the two centre players race to that colour. The winner is the person that gets to the cone first, jumping sidewards on the rope. Win a streak of 3 races to complete this challenge.
Coaching Points
Place the sole of the foot on the top of the ball and gently push it forwards or pull it backwards, try to keep the ball close to the body at all times so that it is under your control. Be aware of the space around you by looking up to see where the space is. If the ball runs away too quickly, you can trap it with the sole of your foot so that it stops moving. Put your arms out to the side to help you to balance.
You will need:
Bronze Challenge
Can you dribble the ball forwards with the sole of the left and right foot in sequence?
Silver Challenge
Can you dribble the ball backwards with the sole of the left and right foot in sequence?
Gold Challenge
Can you dribble the ball forwards for 6 rolls and then backwards for 6 rolls without the ball stopping using the sole of the foot, with both the left and right foot in sequence?