Football Technique | Jail Break
Suitable for players aged 4-6 years
SETUP
- Create an area up to 20m x 20m. Modify the size depending on the number of players
- Choose one player to start in the middle as the ‘police officer’
- As soon as players understand the game, give every player a ball, except for the ‘police officer’
HOW TO PLAY
- The player in the middle starts as the ‘police officer’
- On your signal, the remaining ‘robbers’ run past the ‘police officer’ to the other end
- Any player tagged by the ‘police officer’ must ‘freeze’ and stay on that spot trying to tag the other ‘robbers’ as they pass
- The game ends when all ‘robbers’ are tagged. Start again with a new ‘police officer’
PROGRESSION
BASIC: Start with more than one ‘police officer’
INTERMEDIATE: All ‘robbers’ have a ball and the ‘police officer’ must tackle them or knock their ball out of the area
OUTCOMES
- Dribbling and changing direction with close ball control
- Keeping head up for awareness of space and other players while dribbling
- Timing of the tackle