KICKING BALL TECHNIQUE

By: Jonathan F. Rubalcaba

Fresno Pacific University
 3.1 Show gross motor manipulative skills by using
arms, hands, and feet with increased coordination, such as
rolling a ball underhand, tossing underhand, bouncing,
catching, striking, throwing overhand, and kicking.

STANDARD TO BE ADDRESSED:
 Safety awareness
Body movement and foot techniques
How to move large gross motor movement safely
Safety phrase to communicate the ball is going to be
kicked for ball awareness and readiness.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
4 to 6 years of age
4 to 5 children
Pair into groups of two or three

GROUP AGE & SIZE:

 The
students will gain gross motor
manipulative skills.
The students will gain cooperative
skills.
The
students will gain social and
communication skills.

OBJECTIVE:
 One ball per group of 2-3 children

MATERIALS:
 Review
The teacher will demonstrate to the children how to
properly kick the ball.
The children will need to know proper body
movement and foot movement techniques to stop
moving ball and kick a ball.
The children will need to know safety
communication phrases to let the child be aware that
the ball is going to be kicked to them. For example
Here comes the ball, Jonathan or I am going to
kick the ball to Jonathan

PROCEDURE:
Overview

Show the children a video clip of PROCEDURE:

what this activity would look like
prior to teaching the lesson plan.
 Presentation
1. Teacher will communicate the activity
that the children will perform, as well as
go over safety communication phrases.

PROCEDURE:
Here comes the ball!
 Presentation
2. Communicate and demonstrate to the children proper foot and body movement techniques.
Teach them how to be aware of the ball, stop the ball using their foot, body position to be ready
to kick the ball, and then the final movement is to kick the ball.
 Presentation

3. Take the children outside to an open

area.
4. Create two lines and pair the children
into groups of two.

PROCEDURE:
 Presentation
1. Teacher will communicate the activity
that the children will perform. Go over
safety communication phrases.
2. Communicate proper foot and body
movement. Showing proper techniques
3. Show them a video clip of the activity.
4. Take the children outside in an open
area.
5. Create two lines and pair the children in
to groups of two.
PROCEDURE:
6. Practice body movement, kicking
using gross motor movement and
stopping the ball correctly using a foot
technique with the teacher as a group.
7. Have the children demonstrate
proper movements without the teacher.
8. Give the children a ball to start
kicking back and forth in groups of two
using communication awareness and
proper body and foot techniques.
9. Assist the children that need
assistance. Taking pictures of the
activity with and record the childrens
words to expand the lesson plan for
future reference
Autism & Cognitive Disabled
Teacher repeat direction,
Pec system,
Video clip of the lesson plan
activity, model behaviors during
activity
Directions one to one, have the
child repeat directions and
communicate understanding
Child close or next to the teacher
during the activity.

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SPECIAL:


1. Does the communication during
the activity help us and how?
2. What sport can we play now after
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
3. Why do you think we practice
body and foot movement before the
activity?
4. What can help us during this
activity?
5.What foods will help us preform
this activity better?
 Record the physical activity with
pictures.
Discuss the body and foot movements
together as a group to gain childrens
level of understanding
Show pictures of all the steps to the
children like flashcards activity to gain
further understanding of the physical
development lesson plan

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING:
 Meet Objectives Does not meet Objectives
I would add an obstacle course to the lesson I would practice one and one with children
plan and add a dribbling routine and after that do not show evidence that they were
dribbling in and out of cones the student meeting the objective.
will kick the ball to a peer and having the
peer go in the opposite direction in and out
of the cones repeating the physical
development routine drill.

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Any Questions?