2.8 Football

• Football skills: trapping with foot, thigh and chest
• Dribbling with the inside and outside of the foot
• Shooting: low drive and placed shot
• Mini football applying trapping, dribbling and shooting with safety
• Improvised crayons from local wax, pigment and moulds
• Crayon etching pictorial composition inspired by football; colour and distance
• Display, talk about own and others work; value team effort

• execute trapping skill in football
• perform dribbling skill in football
• execute shooting skill in football
• make improvised crayons for drawing
• create a pictorial composition using crayon etching inspired by football game
• value team effort in a football game and crayon etched drawing

“How can colours be used to show distance?”

“Why is ball control important in a football match?”

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1. Why ball control matters
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Football at Grade 7 is trapping, dribbling and shooting. Ball control keeps possession so those skills can be used in a match.
2. Foot trapping
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Cushion a rolling or bouncing ball with the inside of the foot or the sole so it dies within a step.
3. Thigh trapping
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Meet a dropping ball with the mid-thigh and drop the thigh so the ball falls to the feet.
4. Chest trapping
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Line up under a high ball, present a slightly leaning chest, cushion, and let the ball drop to the feet.
5. Dribbling with the inside of the foot
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Move the ball with short inside-foot taps, keeping it within a step, head lifting between touches.
6. Dribbling with the outside of the foot
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Push the ball with the little-toe side to change line, protect it, or burst past a still defender.
7. The low drive
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Strike the middle of the ball with locked laces so the shot stays low, fast and under the bar.
8. The placed shot
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Aim an inside-of-foot strike at a chosen corner of the goal; accuracy before smash.
9. Mini football match
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Play small-sided football applying trap, dribble and shot, with safety, rotation and fair-play talk.
10. Improvising crayons
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Make drawing crayons by melting clean wax, adding pigment, pouring into moulds, cooling and cutting to size.
11. Crayon etching inspired by football
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Fill paper with crayon, coat black, trace football images, and scratch a composition that uses warm and cool colour for distance.
12. Valuing team effort
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Display etchings and talk about pitch and paper: specific praise for trap, dribble, shot, colour and craft, valuing team effort.