Phed Blog #7

Hello!

So this week we were asked to decide on a tactical problem for one of the categories of games and then describe two games that will help students with this tactical problem.  I am choosing a tactical problem from an invasion game.  The problem is: Getting open to receive a pass.

The first game we would play is Elbow Tag.  How it works is you choose one person to be 'it' and one person to be free. The rest of the group should pair up, link arms and scatter in their pairs around a playing field/area. · The object of the game is for person who is "it" to tag the person who is "free." · The people paired up around the field are to stand still until the person who is free links arms with either member of a pair. When this happens, the person on the other side of the pair, is now the one who is "free" and must run away from the person who is "it."  This is a good game for working on the tactical problem of getting open to receive a pass because the person who is free has to get away from the person who is "it".  This is similar to game situations in which a player needs to get away from their opponent in order to get "open" for a pass.

Here is a fun video of elbow tag! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbn1ZBZDsu0&feature=related

Now that the players have learned how to get away from their opponent in the first game, they need to work on finding open space so they can receive a pass.  The second game that would help with this is Musical Hoola Hoops.  How this game works is there are a bunch of hoola hoops spread out around the gym area.  When the music starts, players jog around and then as soon as the music stops they need to run and find an open hoola hoop to stand in.  After each time, you can take one hoola hoop away so that when the music stops the players have to find open space (hoola hoop) quickly in order to not be left out of one.  This game is not only good for finding "open" space but also finding open space quickly. 

Well, that's all for now.  Off to UBCO for soccer provincials!! 

Go WOLFPACK!!! (insert wolf howl here) 

Until next time,

Courtney.