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Learning goals
- End product - hit target (Castle)
- When, where and how to create, maintain and exploit space
- Choice of shooting technique – inside for accuracy, laces for power. Be creative.
- Speed of movement and ability to attack
Setup
Teams are selected with each team having castle to protect. A castle is balls on top of cones. All other footballs are placed in the middle of the playing area.
Teams work together to strike balls to destroy pieces of other teams castles (balls being knocked off cones), whilst preventing pieces of their castle being destroyed
Once the whole castle has been destroyed players may continue to attack other teams until all castles are destroyed
Players may not block with their hands, and once a piece of castle is destroyed it must remain destroyed, even if it was knocked off by a defender (this counts as an own goal)
Players are allowed to travel with the ball to get as close as they wish to strike to hit the castle down and also attack from behind the castle
This activity can be started with all players having a ball and moving around the area attacking castles of their choice
The last team left with any pieces of their castle intact wins the game
Development - Conditioned Game
Use these progressions to manage the activity.
Progression 1
Teams identify attackers and defenders – encouraging teams to discuss their strategy and tactics – how many players attack and defend is up to them. Teams can be given a limited number of balls to use as they want – encouraging problem solving, decision making, communication and teamwork.
Progression 2
Play with only one or two footballs in the playing area to make the activity more game-related. Two teams can combine to attack the other two teams only using one or two balls.
Steps
Use these ideas to progress and change the activity.
Space
- Adjust the size of the overall area(s) or space between pieces of castle
- Encourage players to use the space when attacking
- Adjust the distance between castles
Task
- Players to work in teams
- Set player goals
- Play against one team
- Combination play to score
- Players have a choice on how to finish
Equipment
- Increase or decrease the number of castles
- Create different size castles
- Add in goals
People
- Create an overload on one team
- One-to-one marking
Speed
- Change space size to affect the intensity
- Set time limits on how long to play the activity
Your turn
What do you think of this activity?
What skills do you think this activity develops?
Thinking about STEPS, how would you adapt this activity?
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