Head Through Gates

Learning Outcomes

To improve attacking and defensive heading techniques TEACHING CUES 

Description Of Activity

Timing of the header

• Direction of the header
• Communication between the player and the server
• Use the forehead, not the top of the head
• Players to jump for the ball to take it earlier
• Player to attack the ball for more power
• Players set up as shown in the diagram.
• 3 players act as servers for 1 working player.
• The 1st server throws the ball and the working player has to make a decision on how to deal with it depending on the flight, height and speed of the ball.
• They can either head downwards through gates 3, defensively towards gates 2 or long and high defensively towards gate 1
• After 3 attempts rotate working player.

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.

Variations

Increase/decrease the distance between players, servers, and the coned gates
Working player to call for the ball
Servers throw in a random order
Servers to have 3 balls each, so the working player has 9 attempts before changing

Equipment/Material Required

Marked area appropriate size for age, balls and cones SET-UP: