Colchester United FCHealthy U's - Tasks & Challenges
Take a look at our Colchester United Players keeping active.
Be a Healthy U and see if you can join in with Pat Balwin & Medy Elito.
Challenge: 1
- Dribble in and out of cones 10 times.
Tips:
- Keep your head up
- Keep the ball in front of you
- Use the inside of your foot
- Use your laces to connect with the ball
- Use lots of little touches
Challenge: 2
- Keep the ball up off the ground 20 times, each time it drops, start counting again until you get to 20.
Tips:
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Try to make contact with the ball with your knee and or thigh
- Use your arms to help your balance
- Keep one foot on the floor to help with your control of the ball.
Chellenge: 3
- Skipping is a good way to get active, see if you can do 5 different ways of skipping, ie, one foot, both feet, alternative feet, side to side, front and back. Count how many times you can do each style of skipping.
Tips:
- Keep arms low and elbows in towards the body.
- Bend your knees on landing
- Swing the rope forwards
- Jump up as rope comes down in front of you swing rope underneath your feet.
- Use your wrists to turn the rope.
