Football in the Sunshine this week @ EFSC

We made the most of the glorious weather to get out on to the playground for most of the session. We were without Ollie this week as he was away so Ray had to lead the warm up on his own. It was soon on to the main sport of Football and the kids teamed up to pass a ball to each other. From there we made it a little harder asking them to pass between two cones. To get the passing accurate they were encouraged to trap the ball first before passing.

As the kids got more confident with their passing they moved further apart but still trying to get the passing between the cones. From there we moved on to dribbling around cones with the ball. After that the  kids formed a big circle and passed the ball around the outside of the circle to each other. Lastly, they then dribbled the ball to someone on the other side of the circle before passing to them and taking their place, in the circle. The person receiving the ball would then take their turn to dribble and pass to a person on the far side of the circle.

After a drinks break it was on to some shooting practice. The group split in to three teams and took it in turns to dribble the ball around the cones before shooting for the goal.
After the main break we then put all that good practice to good use as we played some small sided games. The three teams took it in turns to play each other and there were some good skills on show. Kerrie scored a blindingly good goal at the start of one of the matches. Whereas someone else did likewise but only in to their own goal! ( I wont name and names!)

We finished off the session with a few quick games of Boccia, to slow things down and to get in from the hot sun (who would have thought we would be saying that a couple of weeks ago!). Ray led the games using hoops as targets. In the first game you will see there were nine hoops to get your ball in to but as each game went on the number of hoops decreased until the last game just had one hoop as the target.​

Hal receives his Star of the Week award from Coach Alan

At the end of another fun packed session the star of the week award was awarded to Hal for his efforts throughout the session. Well done Hal!

Next Saturday (2nd April) is our last session before the Easter break. We will then be off for a couple of weeks before returning on the 23rd April. Therefore, dont miss out on your slice of fun and exercise - see you all on Saturday!.