5 v 5 Inclusive of U7 & U8 Age Groups
(School Years 1, 2 & 3)
Attainment Targets
- Players should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.
- They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.
- They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other.
- They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.
- Developing a general understanding of the basic rules of the game
- Goal-Kick
- Corner-Kick
- Kick-Off
- Throw-In
- Ball In and Out of Play
- Retreat Line (10 metres)
- Be taught the correct method of the throw-in; encourage players to kick the ball with either foot; how to dribble the ball; how to stop/trap the ball. Show players that passing is another option to dribbling.
- Encourage the players to cooperate – examples through passing; helping to defend by running back towards goal.
- Receive opportunities to play without defined positions, a fair rotation of goalkeepers is also essential to allow all to gain experience, with positive encouragement.
- Players should be taught to:
- Master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities;
- Participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending;
- Perform skills using simple movement patterns;
- Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination;
- Apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending;
- Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance;
- Use a range of movement patterns;
- Take part in adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team;
- Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve intrinsic motivation.
FA Four Corner Attainment Targets
| Technical | Psychological |
| Goal-Kick Corner-Kick Kick-Off Throw-In Ball In and Out of Play Throw-in “Goal” and no goal” | Engage in competitive play Recognise their own success Compare their performances Attacking Defending Use of Imagination Greater experience of different environments |
| Physical | Social |
| Agility Balance Co-ordination Speed of Movement Running Jumping Throwing Range of movement patterns | Communication (verbal /non Verbal) Collaborating Competing Team work Greater experience of different environments |