Play Phase session: Australian adventure

This session will help players:    

• develop fundamental football movement skills 
• work on their coordination 
• enhance communication and teamwork skills.

If you like this idea, download the session plan and give it a go. And don't forget to share your experience on the England Football Community. We'd love to know how you got on.

Organisation

“Australian adventure” is a copy-and-follow game. Copy-and-follow is where you or a child takes the lead in demonstrating an action, movement or task. It is great for mixed groups because each child can work at their level.

IIt's easy to set up. You only need a group of players and some cones to mark out an area.

How to play

Fly to Australia. Act as a pilot. Call 'left', ' right', and 'straight on'. Each child follows by rolling a ball with their left or right foot or dribbling it forward to fly straight on.

While in Australia. Ask who can show what movement a kangaroo makes? The rest of the group follows this action.

Ask if they want to go to the outback or the Great Barrier Reef. Explore these worlds. Have the children follow you by:

• rolling their football side to side (like snakes or crabs)
• running fast and slow (like bats or a shoal of fish)
• dribbling the ball quickly (after seeing a dingo or a great white shark).