Kicking a Ball Teacher Resources

Free kicks, goal kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks. These are types of kicks in the game of soccer. Lesson four is all about learning and practicing how to kick the ball. Laces, laces, laces. That's the part of the foot that should make...

Here is a 14 minute episode of Elmo's World that focuses on balls. He talks to Dorothy the fish, shows clips of things people do with balls, and talks to kids about playing with balls. Tip: Tell your young learners that verbs are action...

Young scholars punch or kick a ball. Fielders immediately get the ball to pitcher. When pitcher has ball runners must stop. Teacher approaches base where runner has stopped and flashes a multiplication fact card to both the runner and...

Given a particular direction and velocity, what force can make a ball swerve into a goal? This visually engaging video illustrates the physics that occur when a ball rotates on its axis while moving in a particular direction, also known...

Fifth graders practice focusing on passing a ball straight to a partner, kicking the ball into the goal, drop the ball straight down for a punt and punt the kick on the top of your foot. They assess how to step up to the target, use...

Second graders kick with proper form and comprehend the best way to kick for distance. They stand in a line kicking the area and distance for the required task. Students chase the ball down after they kick it. They try to kick the...

Second graders are introduced to kicking a ball using the outside of their foot. During ball drills, individuals practice aiming the ball and kick in a specific direction as well as passing the ball back and forth with a partner all...

Students kick a stationary ball from a stationary position so it travels along the ground. They kick the ball with the left and right foot. Students kick the ball with the inside and toe of foot. They kick the ball so it knocks over a...

Day 3 of the speedball unit covers the drop kick. Teach these youngsters the art of performing a drop kick with a soccer ball. Remember the ball needs to hit the ground and bounce to be a drop kick. If the ball doesn't hit the ground...

Students kick a drop punt. In this physical education skills instructional activity, students participate in a series of skill activities fostering eye-foot coordination. Students practice kicking a drop punt to the coach, a partner and...

Young scholars practice kicking with their instep to improve accuracy. They are to knock down bowling pins while their score is being charted.

Students practice soccer dribbling, trapping, and kicking with strong force.

That's the way the ball bounces ... or does it? An episode of a physics playlist examines the behavior of different types of balls when kicked. Learners experience the magnus effect as they watch while one ball curves to the right as the...

Students practice the skill of kicking a ball.

Students continue to examine the proper way to kick a ball. In groups, they practice all the kicking positions from a previous lesson and try to increase their accuracy when it comes to making a goal. To end the lesson, they discover...

Don't kick the resource to the curb; you'll definitely regret it. Future engineers devise a kicking machine that launches a ping-pong ball toward a target. They can use a pendulum, a rubber band, or both, depending on whether they want...

Passing a soccer ball to a teammate take skill. The ball has to be passed with the right speed at the right angle to make it playable and advantageous for your player. It takes a lot of practice to get the right touch because if one...

Students sole trap and dribble the ball. They review kicking with a step and sole trap. Students are shown more skills with their feet. They are told when the teacher says freeze everyone stops and sole trap the ball.

Pupils practice accurately kicking a ball. In this gross motor skills instructional activity, students practice kicking a ball through the legs of a classmate, who is the "goal".

Start putting all the skills learned so far in this soccer unit together. Play mini-games, which means, just two or three players on a team. This way the players can practice all their skills and not be standing around waiting for the...

Determine critical points in the flight of a soccer ball. Pupils use an interactive resource to find the vertex and x-intercepts of the graph of the trajectory of a soccer ball after being kicked. Scholars investigate the trajectory...

Students demonstrate proper techniques of kicking, passing, and trapping a soccer ball. In this kickball soccer lesson, students apply kicking skills by placing a soccer ball on a poly spot and kicking it in the field. The students use...

Who is more accurate, boys or girls? Scholars kick a ball in a goal and record makes and misses. They then analyze the data using standard deviation and variance. Their final task is to make a comparison between the data from boys and...

Students review the proper way to kick a ball and the techniques to keep it in control. In groups, they practice kicking and punting the ball from stationary positions. To end the lesson, they discover how to punt the ball using...