HEADING/CONTROL

 

 

REVIEW HEADING TECHNIQUE- REVIEW THE BASIC STEPS OF HEADING AND HAVE THE PLAYERS PRACTICE INDIVIDUALLY, THEN MOVE TO PAIRS TOSSING THE BALL TO EACH OTHER AND HEADING IT BACK TO THE THROWER'S CHEST.

HEADING

1.      ASK THEM TO PULL THEIR HEADS BACK WITH CHIN PULLED INTO CHEST.

2.      HAVE THEM MOVE THEIR HEADS FORWARD IN A "CHICKEN NECK" MOTION (NOT NODDING THEIR HEADS!). ASK THEM TO "THROW THEIR EYES " AT THE BALL!

3.      STRIKE THE BALL WITH THE TOP OF THE FOREHEAD (AROUND THE HAIRLINE) WITH EYES OPEN- EXPLAIN THAT IF THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES, THE BALL COULD HIT THEIR NOSE, AND THEY CAN'T SEE THE TARGET!

4.      REMIND THEM TO STRIKE THE BALL RATHER THAN LETTING THE BALL STRIKE THEM! WHEN THEY STRIKE THE BALL, IT DOESN'T HURT!

5.      EXPLAIN THAT BY STRIKING THE BALL IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BALL, THEY CAN DIRECT THE BALL DIFFERENTLY. FOR EXAMPLE: BY STRIKING THE BALL ABOVE CENTER, THE BALL WILL GO DOWN (SHOOTING LOW ON GOAL!), WHILE STRIKING THE BALL BELOW THE CENTER OF THE BALL WILL DIRECT IT UP (CLEARING ON DEFENSE!)!

 

 

 

 

 

HEADING IN TRIANGLES- IN GROUPS OF THREE, WITH ONE BALL PER GROUP, PLAYERS FORM A TRIANGLE AND PRACTICE HEADING.

PLAYER 1 TOSSES THE BALL TO PLAYER 2, WHO HEADS TO PLAYER 3. PLAYER 3 CATCHES THE BALL AND TOSSES TO PLAYER 1, WHO HEADS TO PLAYER 2, AND SO ON. EMPHASIZE: DIRECTING THE BALL RIGHT OR LEFT BY STRIKING THE BALL RIGHT OR LEFT OF CENTER, OR BY PIVOTING THEIR BODIES TO FACE THE TARGET. TWIST: REVERSE DIRECTIONS SO THAT PLAYERS PRACTICE HEADING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEADING/CONTROL (CONT.)

 

 

TEAM HEADING- USE 4 CONES TO FORM 5X5YD GRIDS (SEE DIAGRAM) , FOUR PLAYERS PER GRID WITH ONE BALL. EACH SIDE OF THE SQUARE REPRESENTS A GOAL (BETWEEN THE CONES). THE PLAYERS PAIR UP INTO TWO TEAMS (T-1 AND T-2), EACH PLAYER DEFENDING A "GOAL". OBJECT OF THE GAME IS FOR PLAYERS TO TOSS THE BALL TO THEIR TEAMMATES WHO, IN TURN, HEAD IT ONTO ONE OF THE OPPONENTS' GOALS . KEEP SCORE .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCCER VOLLEYBALL- IN A 20X30YD AREA , DIVIDE THE SPACE IN HALF USING A LINE OF CONES AS THE "VOLLEYBALL NET" (SEE DIAGRAM). DIVIDE PLAYERS INTO 2 TEAMS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE NET. OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL USING ALL PARTS OF THE BODY AND HEAD EXCEPT THE ARMS AND HANDS! BALL MAY TOUCH THE GROUND ONLY TWICE BEFORE BEING PLAYED OVER THE "NET" BUT MAY BE KEPT UP IN THE AIR BY JUGGLING OR HEADING AN UNLIMITED # OF TIMES BEFORE PLAYING IT OVER THE NET. START PLAY BY "SERVING" THE BALL USING A LIFT WITH THE FOOT. EMPHASIZE KEEPING THE BALL IN THE AIR TO ALLOW PLAYERS TO DEVELOP SKILLS RECEIVING THE BALL IN THE AIR. IF NECESSARY, USE HANDS TO TOSS THE BALL OVER THE NET ON THE "SERVE" TO BEGIN WITH.