Kicking & Punting
K - 4 Dribbling 500 3 - 5 Sharks and Minnows Soccer Style
1 - 5 All-Ball Kickball 3 - 5 Ghostbuster Soccer
2 - 6 Recess Kicking and Dribbling 4 - 6 Staying Alive

PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing
Teacher & School: Jason Wright,
Activity Grade Level
Sharks and Minnows Soccer Style 3 - 5
Equipment Needs
  • One soccer type ball for every 2 students.
  • Cones to mark boundaries if played outside.
Facility / Playground Needs blacktop area, multi-purpose room or grass field
Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive):

To have students practice dribbling and shielding a ball with control while someone else is trying to steal it from them.
Teaching Hints: Watch for dribblers that can and cannot keep the ball close and whose are rolling away.
Description:

  1. Randomly allow students to find a partner. Hand out one soccer ball to each pair. The player who starts with the ball will be the minnow. The minnow dribbles the ball around the gym or soccer field trying to protect the ball by dribbling and shielding it, trapping it to change directions, and to keep the ball in his or her control.
  2. The other partner is the shark, they chase only their partner who is the minnow and try and steal the ball with their feet. If the shark steals the ball they become the minnow and their partner becomes the shark
  3. After a few minutes stop play and switch roles so that everyone gets a chance to play both roles.
Alternatives / Modifications When foot dribbling, keep the ball closer than the distance of your fingertips when arm is extended straight out in front.
To extend the activity have student find a new partner to practice the strategies they learned from the previous partner.
Reference PE Central