GCG World Soccer Skills Championship (version 1.6)
This World Championship focuses on the fundamental
skills within soccer, i.e. passing with both feet, receiving and controlling
the ball, and heading the ball.
Rules
- The goalkeeper stands with the ball in
the middle of a circle of nine players. The keeper rolls the ball to the first
player who must control it on the ground with either foot and pass it back to
the keeper with the opposite foot. The ball must be passed back to the
goalkeeper along the ground. The skill is
repeated for the other eight players in the circle.
- The
keeper picks up the ball and throws it to the first player again, so that the
player must control the ball in the air with their body, i.e. chest, knee, foot
(they must not volley the ball back). Once the ball is controlled to the ground,
the player must kick/chip the ball back to the keeper so that the keeper catches
the ball in the air If the ball is not chipped or kicked to the keeper in the
air, (i.e. it is kicked along the ground) the keeper must repeat the throw to
the player until the skill is successfully accomplished. Likewise, if the keeper
does not catch the ball when it is returned, the skill must be restarted with
that player.
The skill is repeated for
the other eight players in the circle.
- The keeper must then toss the ball towards the first
player so they can head the ball back to the keeper to catch. The ball must not
touch the ground at any time. If it does, the skill must be repeated until it is
successfully accomplished. Once the keeper catches the ball, the player who
headed the ball must sit on the ground to signal that they have accomplished the
skill set.
- The team is finished when all nine players and the
keeper are sitting on the ground.
- The distance between the keeper and the players in
the circle should be as follows - 2 meters (2 yards) for 5 to 9 year olds, 3
meters (3 yards) for 10 to 12 year olds, and 4.5 meters (5 yards) for 13 to 14
year olds.
- The winning team is the team with the fastest
time.
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