Football is a competitive team sport played between two teams. The objective is for each team to score more goals than the opposition within the allotted time through formal rules and informal expectations of behavior. Players have different roles on the field and teams employ different formations and strategies to exploit weaknesses and strengths. Physical attributes like speed, strength, and stamina are important for players. Skills are developed through gradual progression of difficulty and repetition of whole skills and specific parts. Warm-up is essential for physical and mental preparation.

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

2. Football
 Objective.
 The score can be counted.
 The team that scores the most goals wins.

3. Football
 Playing roles Non-playing roles
– Striker Referee
– Midfielder Linesman
– Defender Spectator (fan)
– Goalkeeper Ballboy/Waterboy

4. Football
 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.

5. Football
 The way the team is set out on the pitch
 E.g. 4-4-2
 3-5-2
 4-2-4

6. Football
 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

7. Football
 Speed (wingers)
 Strength (strikers and defenders)
 Suppleness (goalkeepers)
 Stamina (all players)

8. Football
 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

9. Football
 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

10.  Warm-up
– Before doing any activity you must warm-up.
– Warm-up in 3 stages.
3. Start with gentle exercise to raise your body
temperature and heart rate.
4. Do stretches to make sure you don’t get
injured.
5. Practice skills e.g. shooting, passing, heading
the ball. This helps you to prepare mentally
and physically for the game.

11.  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.