Castle+Kicking+Ball


 * **Name of Activity:** **Castle Kicking Ball** ||

**Purpose of Activity:** To practice your inside of the foot and outside of the foot kicking skill. **Prerequisites:** Kicking skill practice (inside of the foot and outside of the foot). **Suggested Grade Level:** 4 - 5 **Materials Needed:** 36 hula hoops, 10-15 Gator or foam balls, 10+ cones. **__Description of Idea__** Demonstrate how to make a “castle” out of 6 hula hoops (sphere). Divide class into two teams. Each team builds 3 “castles” on their side of the gym. A “No Mans Land” is designated in the center of the gym by using the cones. The gator skin balls are distributed around the gym floor. On “GO” the two teams get a ball on their side of the gym and attempt to knock over the “castles” on the other team’s side of the gym by using an inside or outside of the foot kick. This is not a game to use the instep of your foot. As the “castles” fall, players can rebuild them (can't kick ball at castle builders while building). Play for 5 minutes and start again or move onto the main lesson focus for the day. RULES: 1 - There is NO kicking ball at students. 2 - When team members are rebuilding a castle balls can not be kicked at it until it is completed.3 - Student's are not allowed to cross into 'No Man's Land' to get balls.4 - Students cannot "block" their castles.

**Assessment Ideas:** Oberve for strong throwing technique. **Teaching Suggestions:** Make sure to stress you want the ball to stay on the ground when using this kicking motion.