UNIT 3 :FOOTBALL
Key unit competence: Apply Football Laws of the game
3.1 Prerequisite (Knowledge, skills, attitudes and values)
Students of senior six will learn better football laws of the game if they have
developed basic techniques and tactics of football learned in senior four and
senior five.
3.2 Cross-cutting issues to be addressed
Gender: In teaching and learning process, teacher must prepare and provide
football exercises that engage both girls and boys equally in exploiting their full
potential and football talents without any discrimination or prejudice.
Inclusive education: The teacher as a facilitator he/she must consider different
special education needs and select exercises to adapt his teaching approaches
to students. This creates a positive attitude and helps all students to participate
actively and develop their competence levels.
Financial education: The teacher should integrate Financial Education into his
football teaching/learning activities by providing the local and no cost teaching
material where is possible. He/she must encourage students to make their own
materials that can help them to develop competences not only in football game
but also in their life.
Standardization culture: The teacher must choose and select the standardized
materials to use in his/her teaching/learning process of football. It is necessary
to provide appropriate materials required to the levels of students and help
them to develop culture of checking and using the quality of football materials
for the competitions before using them in order to prevent injuries and other
cases of accident.
Environment and sustainability: Teacher should provide materials and
deliver the lesson by encouraging students to protect the environment and
well use of materials. Teacher helps them to develop the spirit of keeping safe
the environment in which is being used by cleaning it before leaving.
Peace and values education: Teacher helps students to develop fair play
and social values by avoiding violence and conflict in the football game and
by setting clear and relevant instructions. He/she should provide the activities
that help students to develop their competence peacefully.
Comprehensive sexuality education: Teacher provides football activities
and sets instructions that prevent sexual harassment, any kind of gender
based violence like sexual abuse and physical contacts oriented to the sexuality
intention.
Genocide studies: While conducting basic physical exercises a teacher should
take a time to explain students how sports should be used to fight against
Genocide ideology and how to prevent it. For example, to organize Genocide
memorial tournaments at school and give the message related to the Genocide.
3.3 Guidance on introductory activity
Before introducing the lesson one of this unit, you must introduce the whole
unit. Teacher as a guide, a facilitator and expert, asks questions and provides
activities related to football techniques and tactics in the game situation by
following official laws of the game in order to help them to predict what to belearned in the whole unit.
3.4 List of lessons/sub-heading
Lesson 1: Recall on techniques and tactics of playing football
a) Learning objective
Identify and perform tactics and techniques of football.
b) Teaching resources
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, cones, chasubles, markers, cards (yellow &
red), flags.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will recall better techniques and tactics of football through
game situation if they have developed basic techniques and tactics of playing
football learned in senior four and senior five.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– Ask questions related to techniques and tactics of playing football game.
– Let students present their answers support them where is necessary.
– Introduce the new lesson and invite students to start warm up exercises.Warm up exercises and stretching exercises
Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up based
on the most body’s parts to be used while performing Football techniques andtactics and stretch their muscles properly.
e) Lesson body
Activity 3.1
– Divide football playground into four equal parts.
– Form groups A, B, C and D including boys and girls.
– Avail four balls, one for each group on their part of the playing ground.
– On their playground part, ask each group to make a circle and choose
one students to go inside of the circle.
– Students inside of the circle must pass to others standing on the circle,
they must use all different types of passes (inside, outside of the foot,
instep, sole of the foot) when passing to each other. Do this activity untilevery student have made at least 5 passes
Activity 3.2
With the same groups (A, B, C and D), each group must make two vertical
lines facing each other, between two lines must be at least 10 meters. One
student standing in front must have a ball and start dribbling toward the
other line, when reach near pass the ball to the person in front, and the next
dribble the ball toward the other line. Do this until everyone had chance todribble and pass five times.
Application Activity 3.1
Make two groups A and B and organize a football match.
Let group play a normal football game by using the whole football playing
Ground. The winner is the groups, which will get more goals in a determinedperiod.
Cool down exercises
Let students do light exercises and stretch their group of muscles by insisting on
most used parts. Guides them while stretching their muscles systematically.
Closing discussions (RCA)
Reflect
– What are challenges/benefits did you face while playing football?
– How did you proceed in order to win? What are causes of losing?
Connect
– What is the importance of combining techniques and tactics in our works or plays?
Apply
– What is the usefulness of techniques and tactics in football game situation?
– How will you use those skills of playing football in your daily life?
Lesson 2: Field of play, ball, players and players’ equipment
a) Learning objective
– Describe and draw a football playground by mentioning areas and
dimensions.
– Describe the ball used in football.
– Identify number of players, substitutions and player’s equipment infootball.
b) Teaching resources
showing officiating images.
Senior five.
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, markers, Book of Laws of the game for football,Projector, Computer, Charts/diagrams and images of playground, Videos
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will learn better laws of the game of football if they haveperformed basic techniques and tactics of playing football in senior four and
d) Learning activities
Introduction/ opening discussion
Teacher as a facilitator and a guider facilitates students in the following ways:
e) Lesson body
– Ask questions about football techniques and tactics learnt in previous
years.– Introduce the lesson of the day by asking question related to football laws of
the game by helping students to brainstorm different rules and regulations
of football.
– Tell students that they are going to study the first four rules of football(Field of play, ball, players and players’ equipment).
Activity 3.3
Divide students into 5 groups and distribute to them questions based on
group numbers and let them discuss given questions into their respective
groups. Distribute the first four laws of the game and let each group discuss
based on questions given. To facilitate students to get resources (if possible,
you may use smart classroom and let them use soft copy of football laws of the game).
– Pass though groups and help them where is necessary. Request students
to choose a secretary to record findings and group representative who will
present their findings?
– Request group representative to present their findings and group members
may support where is necessary. After presentation of all groups, use a
projector to recap presentations, show them fouls, and misconduct withthe right hand signals to use while officiating in football.
Application Activity 3.2
Individually, let students draw a football playground used in official matchby putting all areas and their dimensions.
Conclusion/ closing discussion
Teacher as a facilitator, together with students make summary of the lesson
and asks students to record them in their notebooks.
Lesson 3: Referees, other match officials
a) Learning objective
– Explain and differentiate duties and responsibilities of referees and other
match officials in football game.
– Demonstrate and explain different hand signals used in football game.
b) Teaching resources
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, markers, Book of Laws of the game for football,
Projector, Computer, Charts/diagrams and images of playground and Videosshowing officiating images.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will learn better laws of the game of football if they have
performed basic techniques and tactics of playing football in senior four and
Senior five.
d) Learning activities
Introduction/ opening discussion
Teacher as a facilitator and a guider facilitates students in the following ways:
– Ask questions about football laws learnt in lesson one of this unit.
– Introduce the lesson of the day and tell students that they are going to
study two more rules of football (rule number 5&6) which are the Referee
as an important person on the playground and other officials which help
him to accomplish his/her responsibilities.
e) Lesson body
Activity 3.4
Divide students into 6 groups and distribute to them questions based on
group numbers and let them discuss given questions into their respective
groups. Distribute questions on referees and other match officials and let
each group discuss based on questions given. To facilitate students to get
resources (if possible, you may use smart classroom and let them use softcopy of football laws of the game).
Pass though groups and help them where is necessary. Request students to
choose a secretary to record findings and group representative who will present
their findings?
Request group representative to present their findings and group members
may support where is necessary.
After presentation of all groups, use a projector to recap presentations, show
them fouls, and misconduct with the right hand signals to use while officiatingin football.
Application Activity 3.3
In pairs, let students perform different hand signals used in football game
and interpret their meaning.
Conclusion/ closing discussion
Teacher as a facilitator, together with students make summary of the lesson
and asks students to record them in their notebooks.
Lesson 4: State of the ball, scoring, and duration of the match
a) Learning objective
– Identify different state of the ball in football.
– Explain how to determinate the winning team in football.
– Explain the duration of the match, intervals and extra time.
b) Teaching resources
showing officiating images.
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, markers, Book of Laws of the game for football,
Projector, Computer, Charts/diagrams and images of playground and Videos
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will learn better laws of the game of football (State of the
ball, scoring, and duration of the match) if they have performed basic techniquesand tactics of playing football in senior four and Senior five.
d) Learning activities
Introduction/ opening discussion
Teacher as a facilitator and a guider facilitates students in the following ways:
– Ask questions about football laws learnt in lesson one of this unit.
– Introduce the lesson of the day and tell students that they are going to
study two more rules of football (rule number 7&8) which are the State of
the ball, scoring, and duration of the match.
e) Lesson body
Activity 3.5
Divide students into 4 groups and distribute to them questions based on
group numbers and let them discuss given questions into their respective
groups. Distribute questions on State of the ball, scoring, and duration of
the match and let each group discuss based on questions given. To facilitate
students to get resources (if possible, you may use smart classroom and letthem use soft copy of football laws of the game).
Pass though groups and help them where is necessary. Request students to
choose a secretary to record findings and group representative who will present
their findings?
Request group representative to present their findings and group membersmay support where is necessary.
Conclusion/ closing discussion
Teacher as a facilitator, together with students make summary of the lesson
and asks students to record them in their notebooks.
Lesson 5: Fouls, misconducts and sanctions
a) Learning objective
Identify and explain Fouls, misconducts and sanctions in football match
b) Teaching resources
showing officiating images.
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, markers, Book of Laws of the game for football,
Projector, Computer, Charts/diagrams and images of playground and Videos
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will learn better laws of the game of football (Fouls,
misconducts and sanctions) if they have performed basic techniques and tactics
of playing football in senior four and Senior five.
d) Learning activities
Introduction/ opening discussion
Teacher as a facilitator and a guider facilitates students in the following ways:
Ask questions about football laws learnt in lesson four of this unit.
– Introduce the lesson of the day and tell students that they are going to
study fouls, misconducts and their sanctions.
e) Lesson body
Activity 3.6
Divide students into 4 groups and distribute to them questions based on
group numbers and let them discuss given questions into their respective
groups. Distribute questions on fouls, misconducts and sanctions and let
each group discuss based on questions given. To facilitate students to get
resources (if possible, you may use smart classroom and let them use softcopy of football laws of the game).
Pass though groups and help them where is necessary. Request students to
choose a secretary to record findings and group representative who will present
their findings?
Request group representative to present their findings and group members
may support where is necessary.After presentation of all groups, use a projector to recap presentations
Conclusion/ closing discussion
Teacher as a facilitator, together with students make summary of the lesson
and asks students to record them in their notebooks.
Lesson 6: Kick off, Penalty kick, Goal kick, corner kick, offside
and throw-in
a) Learning objective
Differentiate Kick off, Penalty kick, Goal kick, corner kick and throw-in in
football
b) Teaching resources
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, markers, Book of Laws of the game for football,
Projector, Computer, Charts/diagrams and images of playground and Videos
showing officiating images.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will learn better laws of the game of football (Kick off,
Penalty kick, Goal kick, corner kick and throw-in in football) if they have
performed basic techniques and tactics of playing football in senior four and
Senior five.
d) Learning activities
Introduction/ opening discussion
Teacher as a facilitator and a guider facilitates students in the following ways:
– Ask questions about football laws learnt in lesson five of this unit.
– Introduce the lesson of the day and tell students that they are going to
study Kick off. Penalty kick, Goal kick, corner kick and throw-in in football.
e) Lesson body
Activity 3.7
Divide students into 4 groups and distribute to them questions based on
group numbers and let them discuss given questions into their respective
groups. Distribute questions on Kick off, Penalty kick, Goal kick, corner
kick and throw-in in football and let each group discuss based on questions
given. To facilitate students to get resources (if possible, you may use smartclassroom and let them use soft copy of football laws of the game).
– Pass though groups and help them where is necessary. Request students
to choose a secretary to record findings and group representative who will
present their findings?
– Request group representative to present their findings and group members
may support where is necessary.– After presentation of all groups, use a projector to recap presentations.
Conclusion/ closing discussion
Teacher as a facilitator, together with students make summary of the lesson
and asks students to record them in their notebooks.
Lesson 7: Officiate a football match
a) Learning objective
Apply and interpret football rules during a football match.
b) Teaching resources
Balls, whistle, stopwatch/watch, markers, Book of Laws of the game for football,
Projector, Computer, Charts/diagrams and images of playground and Videos
showing officiating images.
c) Prerequisites/Revision/Introduction
Students of senior six will learn better laws of the game of football (Kick off,
Penalty kick, Goal kick, corner kick and throw-in in football) if they have
performed basic techniques and tactics of playing football in senior four and
Senior five.
d) Learning activities
Opening discussions
– Ask questions related to laws of the game learned in previous lessons of
this unit.
– Let students answer asked questions and support their answers where is
necessary.
– Introduce the new lesson and invite students to start warm up.
Warm up exercises
Let students perform general warm up exercises and specific warm up based
on the most body’s parts to be used while playing football and stretch their
muscles properly.
e) Lesson body
Match situation
Activity 3.8
Form three groups A, B and C. Competition is organized in this way:
1st match: A vs B, C will act as officials by providing: referee, two assistant
officials and the fourth referee and other remaining players will record fouls
and misconduct happened and how officials have been reacted for those
fouls and misconducts.
2nd match: B vs C, A will act as officials by providing: referee, two assistant
officials and the fourth referee and other remaining players will record fouls
and misconduct happened and how officials have been reacted for those
fouls and misconducts.
3rd match: A vs C, B will act as officials by providing: referee, two assistant
officials and the fourth referee and other remaining players will record fouls
and misconduct happened and how officials have been reacted for those
fouls and misconducts.
Points to consider during this game situation
Time for playing for each match: 10 minutes
Cool down
Let students do right exercises and stretch their group of muscles by insisting
on most used parts. Guide them while stretching their muscles systematically.
And invite them to the after match discussion.
Conclusion/ closing discussion
– Start by giving time each group A, B then C to share what they have recorded
based on laws of the games, decisions taken by officials, effectiveness
of hand signals used, and how officials are taking positions and their
movement during the match.
– Support them to clarify some rules of the game where is necessary.Signs used in officiating football game/match
3.5 End of unit assessment
Divide students into groups of four including one referee, two assistant
referee and the fourth referee. After dividing students into their respecting
groups, set the order on which groups will lead the game, request the first
group to start the match. Ask other remaining students to form two teams of
11 players for each one including a goalkeeper. Let the match start, change
groups which is officiating after five minutes. Officials become players to
replace those who are becoming officials.
– During performing officiating for each group, observe how each student is
accomplishing given tasks and roles.
– Records their performance in order to give them feedback at the end of theexercise.
3.6 Additional activities
Remedial activities
Prepare a video of a football match, and project it using smart class projector.
Asks students to watch it and note on paper fouls and misconduct they have noticed
and which decision they can take as a referees.
Consolidation activities
Participate in competitions between small groups and choose their own officials
to lead the matches and make records.
Extended activities
Organize football competition between classes for forming school teams and par
ticipate in interclasses competitions and friendly matches. Let students officiate
the matches. Encourages students to exploit regularly official laws of the game offootball and be updated on changes about those laws of the game.