Date of Lesson: 4/20/2022

Content: Soccer Rules and Skills

Soccer Lesson grades 6-8

Psychomotor Lesson Objective: TSWBAT complete a soccer pass and receive a pass with both feet.

Cognitive Lesson Objective: TSWBAT understand and recite the rules and cues during the lesson’s closure.

Teacher Objectives: To get everyone engaged with the activities. To make sure everyone learns the cues on how to pass and receive the ball. Speak
loud and clear with confidence.

Equipment Needs: 4 goals, 6 soccer balls, 1 giant soccer ball, 15-20 cones

Safety (specific for this lesson): The students will be spread out into groups on the soccer field. This should reduce the chances of a collision or
someone accidentally getting hit with a ball.

Critical Features Cues

 Soccer pass:
o Plant the non-dominant foot beside the ball Plant
o Use inside of kicking foot to make contact with the ball Contact
o Follow through to the target with the kicking foot after contact Follow Through

 Receiving Cues
o Receive ball with inside foot and give with the force of the ball to kill its momentum Give

Introduction During the introduction the teacher will Each station will have two
go over safety and the rules at each teams
station. At each station the teacher will
demonstrate, use student demonstrations,
and check for understanding.
Station 1: Body Soccer Body soccer is used to help students understand Body Soccer will be played 1 Giant Ball Safety: No
the rules and concepts of the game. A teacher will team vs team using soccer 2 Full size Goals diving and
be leading this station and giving feedback to rules; however, the students make sure to
ensure students understand. will be using a giant soccer ball be careful
and no goalkeepers. not to collide
with one
another.

Station 2: Offense vs This station’s primary focus is to encourage This drill will put one team 1 Full size Goal Safety: Make
defense shooting drill students to use proper technique when passing, against another. The offense 1 Soccer Ball sure not to
receiving the ball, as well as shooting. This drill must complete 5 passes before kick the ball
also encourages students to communicate to be taking a shot. If the shot misses directly at
successful. or the defense takes the ball anyone and
then the game is switched. The make sure
defense becomes the offense not to kick
and the offensive players are one another
now on defense.

Station 3: Modified The Soccer Gauntlet is used to increase the
Game Soccer Gauntlet student’s cardiovascular endurance and their
basic soccer skills such as defending, passing,
receiving, and shooting.
The Soccer Gauntlet is set up 15-20 cones Safety: Make
using cones to divide danger 1 soccer ball sure not to
zones (where students can be 1 Full size goal or puss anyone
tagged) and safe zones. The cones may be used to hard when
defending team will have for the goal tagging
players in each danger zone
while the offensive team tries to
run through to the safe zones.
Once 3 students make it to the
last safe zone, they will then
take on the other teams 2 final
defenders. In the last safe zone,
a ball will be place for the final
zone. If tagged the offensive
player must return to the start
and try again. If the offensive
player takes a shot and miss or
the defense steals it everyone
on offense has to go back to the
start. The game will be timed
and the sides will switch
halfway through.
Closure This time will be used to Check for student
understanding