Soccer Assessment Study Guide

When dribbling you should...

• keep the ball way out in front of you.

• keep your eye on the ball.

• use quick feet with light touches.

• use your shoelaces to kick the ball.

Select the skill cues you should think about when you are working on your top taps. (Select all that apply.)

• keep 1 foot on the ground while the sole of the other foot taps the top of the ball.

• Put little to no weight on the ball as you tap it.

• You don't have to actually touch the ball when performing top taps.

• Hop and switch feet trying to increase your speed as you practice.

Which is the final cue you should always follow when passing the ball?

• Strike at the side of the ball

• Use your shoelaces to kick the ball

• Follow through to your target

• Plant your non-kicking foot next to the ball

When performing side taps you straddle the ball and tap from right to left with the inside of each foot. When would you use this skill while playing soccer?

• When approaching an opponent.

• Passing the ball to your team mate.

• Preparing to shoot.

• While dribbling the ball down the field.

What can you do to help keep your passes under control and easy to receive?

• Pass behind the receiver

• Keep the pass on the ground

• Try to get the ball in the air

• Both a and b

What skill is used to settle the ball before passing or shooting?

• Side Taps

• Dribbling

• Top Taps

• Top Trap

When playing soccer where should you move to be most successful when receiving a pass?

• To the goal

• To the sideline

• To open space

• To the nearest defender

A good way for a group to be successful in a game of soccer is to…

• have everyone in the group go for the ball.

• make the biggest person in your group be the goalie. Everyone else go for the score!

• talk about what position each person wants to play. Rotate throughout the game if needed.

• slide tackle whenever you can.

The official makes the wrong call during a game. What should you do?

• Go yell at them.

• Kick the ball as hard as you can toward the side of the field.

• Complain to your coach.

• Respectfully, go ask the official where your error was so you can know how to avoid the penalty in future.

A good captain of a soccer team would be someone who…

• listens to the other players.

• works hard.

• shares a common goal with the team.

• All of the above.