Football

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Nature

• Team activity
• Competitive (both teams are trying to win)
• Directly competitive (your performance can affect
  your opponents performance.

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• Objective.
• The score can be counted.
• The team that scores the most goals wins.

Scoring
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• Playing roles Non-playing roles
• Striker Referee
• Midfielder Linesman
• Defender Spectator (fan)
• Goalkeeper Ballboy/Waterboy

Roles
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• Formal e.g. Offside rule
• This is a rule that can be found in a rule book.
• Informal e.g. swapping shirts
• The way you are expected to behave.

Examples of Rules
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• The way the team is set out on the pitch
• E.g. 4-4-2
• 3-5-2
• 4-2-4

Strategies
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• The way in which you try to play to your
  opponents weakness whilst using your own
  strengths.
• Decided before the game but can be changed during
  it.
• E.g. Width in attack
• Attacking players spread out
• Opposition defence has to spread out
• Defence is weaker
• Creates space to play through the middle

Tactics
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• Speed (wingers)
• Strength (strikers and defenders)
• Suppleness (goalkeepers)
• Stamina (all players)

Aspects of fitness
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Methods of Learning Skills

• Gradual Build-up
• When skills are practiced bit by bit.
• Each practice gets more difficult with each stage
  you do.
• E.g. Shooting
• a dead ball into an open goal
• A moving ball into an open goal
• A moving ball into a goal with a keeper in it
• A moving ball with a goalkeeper and a defender in
  front of the goal

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Methods of Learning Skills

• Whole-Part-Whole
• The whole skill is shown.
• Part of the skill is practiced. It is normally
  something the player finds difficult.
• The whole skill is performed.
• E.g. Playing the whole game
• Volleys are a weakness
• Partner feeds up ball
• Performer volleys it into an open goal
• Play full game again

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• Warm-up
• Before doing any activity you must warm-up.
• Warm-up in 3 stages.
• Start with gentle exercise to raise your body
  temperature and heart rate.
• Do stretches to make sure you dont get injured.
• Practice skills e.g. shooting, passing, heading
  the ball. This helps you to prepare mentally and
  physically for the game.

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• Techniques
• How you perform a skill.
• e.g. Shooting volley, half volley, overhead
  kick.
• e.g. Passing through ball, cross, long ball.
• e.g. Tackling slide, block.