Objective:

• To start practice in a lively way with a fun warm-up.
• Develop the fundamentals of dribbling and of screening the ball.

Organization:

• Mark a square approximately 15 yards by 15 yards, depending on numbers. ·
• Each player should have a ball (with a hard floor gym, let some air out).
• If not enough balls for each player, use the "Change Soccer" principle: half the players inside the square, each with a ball, the remaining half outside the square, without a ball. Trade places when coach shouts "Change!"
• Use the progressions from previous Square Dances and the North, South, East and West activities.
• The big difference this time is that the coach becomes the Shark. And he is a ball-eating shark!
• The Shark will try to kick a player's ball out of the square. ·
• If that happens, the player goes to retrieve the ball and after three magic toe-touches - Left, Right, Left - he/she can return to the square.

Teaching:

• Encourage players to keep a careful eye on the Shark and stay out of his way. ·
• If the Shark is coming towards a player, that player should turn away and keep his/her body between the Shark and the ball as a shield. ·
• Players need to look around to see where the rest are and not bump into them.
• Quick bursts of speed will take them away from the big - possibly slow! - Shark.

Target:

• Not to get your ball eaten by the shark, while avoiding contact with other players and other balls.