Roles and the three-touch sequence
Ready when: Basketed sepak takraw (b3) done.
What you are learning
How a team uses its three touches: the first player receives the ball, the feeder sets it high near the net with the inside of the foot, and the striker hits it over. Every player learns every role, and the server serves from the circle with one foot on the ground.
Words on this card Tekong, Feeder, Striker, Knee kick, Set
- Tekong
- The player at the back who serves from the circle.
- Feeder
- The player who sets the ball up near the net for the striker.
- Striker
- The player who spikes and blocks at the net.
- Knee kick
- Controlling the ball with the knee, the forehead or the chest.
- Set
- A pass that puts the ball up high near the net for the striker; also one part of a match, played to a points total.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Throw the ball to the child's forehead: knees bent, face the ball, move into it so it goes up and forward.
- Stand as the feeder near the net and set the ball high and in front of the striker.
- Show the server: one foot in the circle, drop the ball and kick it over the net.
Your part while they practise
Feed.
Step by step
- Head and chest from a partner's throw.
- Receive, set and hit in three touches, at most three per team.
- The feeder sets high near the net for the striker.
- Rotate roles.
- The server serves from the circle with one foot on the ground.
How much: 10 sets each role 12 min a session 2 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Feed and hit
The feeder sets, the striker sends it over the net; then swap.
Who plays: 3 players: a thrower, a feeder and a striker, rotating; you count.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- The thrower tosses the ball to the feeder
- The feeder sets it high near the net
- The striker kicks or heads it over
- 10 tries, then rotate
- Fair play
- A grown-up must set with the weaker foot.
- Points
- 1 point for each ball over the net and in; 1 more point if it went over in exactly three touches.
- Fouls
- No points
- A fourth touch
- A touch with the hand or arm
- The server lifting both feet in the circle
- Winning
- The player with the most points after everyone has been striker.
- 5 points for 1 star
- 10 points for 2 stars
- 15 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
A low net.
A higher net.
What you will see, and what to say
- the set is poor
Set it high and in front
Give the striker time. - the striker mistimes
Wait, then go
Let it drop first.
Self-check
5 of 10 sets let the striker hit over the net.
Stop and get a coach when
Ankle or knee pain.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains the three-touch sequence, roles.
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