Week Five of Work Experience

Welcome to my blog on my work experience!

Week Five: (Started: 8:20 | Finished: 16:20 | Overall work placement total hours completed: 45 hr 40 mins/60 hr)

This week of work experience is my first week at DiddiKicks where I will be working four days a week, working four sessions a day reulting in 16 hours in total. The days I work are Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Each day were comprised of two sessions with dids, 1 session with mids and finally 1 session with bigs.

This week was all about the kids getting help learning their left and rights. All sessions began with the children getting stickers to put on their shoes, a right sticker (which were red) and a left sticker (which was blue). These stickers were placed on their trainers to allow them to see which foot to use when kicking the ball.

Here are the session plans…

Dids and Mids Session

For this week, the sessions are the same for both age abilities; however, the goals are slightly different.

The first game is Sticker Kickers…

The children must dribble their ball around using both feet, then when the coach shouts out a colour (red or blue), the children must pick up their football and put it on top of the colour cone shouted out. The children must then kick the ball off using the same coloured foot as the cone. E.g. ball on red cone, kick with red (right) foot.

After the first game is the Super Skills…

After the first game, the children untake Super Skills which are balancing skills that tests the childresn control of the ball the skills are:

(1) Tough the ball with body parts for example; Head, Elbow, Foot, Knee

(2) Balance the ball with your foot on the ball for 5 seconds then swap feet

(3) Step overs with a monster stomp

The second game is Wall to Wall Markers...

Place 10 orange traffic cones on the far side of the room, with 9 blue and 9 red cones in the middle of the sports hall, with one of each colour on the lines (Blue cone of left stripe of cones, red cones on right stripe of cones). The children must dribble their ball picking up one cone at a time from the middle, and put it on the correct line of orange cones. When picking up a blue cone, have them dribble the ball with their blue foot, and when they oick up a red cone, have them dribble with their red foot.

(Dids) Finally the goals: Red Blue Goals…

Set up 2 identical goals as shown. When you say go, say a colour (red or blue). The children must kick the football off the coloured cone, with the corresponding colour foot. E.g. Score the ball on the red cone using their red (right foot. To progress this, ass in obstacles along the way e.g. jumps/salom/sideways or backwards walks.

(Mids) Finally the goals: Red Blue Goals…

The games are set up as shown on the picture to the left. One of the goals is the same with the dids where the coach will shout a colour and the children must kick the ball off that coloured cone with the corresponding foot. However; the other goal is set up differently. When the coach says go and shouts a colour (red or blue), the children must knock the ball off the cone and dribble the football through the gates and go on to score. This should also be done with the corresponding coloured foot e.g. knock the ball off the red cone, they must dribble with the red foot and score with the red foot.

This session is ended with a cool down with the body parts song. The children then put on their space suits and blast off to space. The children must then chase the coach with the stickers to recieve their special Right and Left sticker for their sticker chart.

Bigs Session

The first game is Left and Right Relays…

Split the children into 2 teams, then 2 teams again. At the opposite side of the room there are 3 red cones and 3 blue cones with balls on top (one for each team member). 2 at a time will race to the cones, drag back the football, pick up the cone and dribble the ball back to their team, putting the ball on top of the cones so the next 2 can go. If they pick up a red cone they must use their red foot (right) and vice versa. The winning team is the one that retrieves all their cones and puts their footballs on top. Repeat swapping blue players for reds.

After the first game is the Super Skills…

After the first game, the children untake Super Skills which are balancing skills that tests the childresn control of the ball the skills are:

(1) With one foot on the ball: roll back and forth, then draw a circle with the ball, finally draw a triangle.

(2) Repeat with other foot.

(3) Chest control: The coach will throw the ball towards their chest, the children must control the ball with their chest and then trap the ball with their foot.

The second game is Balls and Cones Racing…

With the children still in their teams with bibs on, put all the balls on top of either red or blue cones. Each team must collect a ball and their teams colour cone, giving the ball to their coach (not using their hands) and putting the cone onto the correct pile. The team that gets all their balls back to their coach is the winner. The team must sit next to their coach with their hands on their heads and shout “FINISHED” when complete.

Finally the goals: Red Blue Goals…

The games are set up as shown on the picture to the left. One of the goals is the same with the dids where the coach will shout a colour and the children must kick the ball off that coloured cone with the corresponding foot. However; the other goal is set up differently. When the coach says go and shouts a colour (red or blue), the children must knock the ball off the cone and dribble the football through the gates and go on to score. This should also be done with the corresponding coloured foot e.g. knock the ball off the red cone, they must dribble with the red foot and score with the red foot.

This session is ended with a cool down with the body parts song. The children then put on their space suits and blast off to space. The children must then chase the coach with the stickers to recieve their special Right and Left sticker for their sticker chart.