Great Soccer Drill

It's hard to keep very young children on the soccer field. Many of them have never kicked a soccer ball before, let alone play soccer for a full hour. Our team is made up of children who are 3 years old. One of their favourite games is called "Bunny Hops." If you look at my picture you will get the basic idea of how the game is set up. The children line up and "hop" over the balls. I thought of another variation of this game to play at home or at school during gym. Find balls of different sizes, and varieties. Spread them out all over the backyard, field, gymnasium. Have the children run around and jump over them. The smaller balls will require smaller jumps using smaller muscles and the bigger ones will require bigger jumps using bigger muscles. At the end of the activity you can get the kids to kick the balls back to you or tell them that you are going to count to 10 to see how fast they can run and collect all the balls. They can kick them to you or reach down and grab them in their hands and run them over to you. Great exercise and lots of fun! Get those kids moving!