Anchor Boy Football
Skills
The Anchor Boy Football Skills Cmpetition will be held on Saturday 21st June
from 2 pm to 4 pm at Priory Methodist
Church, Bedford. Please arrive by 1.45 pm so we can get off to a punctual
start.
Teams
Teams shall consist of between four and seven Anchor Boys with one or more
adult helpers who may not participate in games. If companies wish to enter
more than seven boys they may enter multiple teams of between four and seven
boys. If a company wishes to enter fewer boys, they may be made into a combined
team with boys from another company. At a leader's choice, a team of three
may be entered as an independent team but may be playing matches against
teams of four in the final section.
Skills Challenges
All skills challenges shall run for 3 minutes per game. Boys shall start
and stop on the whistle with the score being the team total within the time.
For all games boys shall run in a strict rotation, so no boy shall ever have
more than 1 turn more than any other boy.
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Speed
Cones 3m apart. Start behind first cone, run up to & tag second cone,
back and tag next player. 1 point per completed run
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Dribbling straight line
Cones 3m apart. Dribble ball up to and round end cone then back and hand
over. 1 point per completed run.
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Dribbling in & out
Large cones 3m apart, two low cones equally placed in between. Dribble in
and out of cones (S shaped), around end cone and back in between cones then
hand over to the next player. 1 point per completed run.
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Target shooting - near
Ball placed on a marker, 3m from a series of colour-coded cones in a target
1m wide. 3 points for hitting the centre cone, 2 for hitting adjacent cones,
1 for end cones. If multiple cones hit, lowest scoring cone counted.
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Target shooting - distance
Ball placed on a marker, 6m from a series of colour-coded cones in a target
1.5m wide. 3 points for hitting the centre cones, 2 for hitting adjacent
cones, 1 for end cones. If multiple cones hit, lowest scoring cone counted.
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Target shooting - moving ball.
As above but with a leader rolling in the ball from 1.5m to one side. Boy
must play ball from inside a 1m wide window around target from above.
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Point passing
First two players lined up 2m apart. First boy must pass ball to second who
must return the ball. When 10 passes have been completed (total, not pass
and return), first boy shall drop out, second take his place and next boy
become the second. Point per completed pass.
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Throw-Ins
Boy to line up behind marker and throw a ball with both hands from behind
their head with both feet staying on the ground. Target set up as per near
target shooting above, points awarded no matter how ball hits cone as long
as hasn't hit a wall or other person between throw and cone.
Matches (After completion of all other games)
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4 players per team, no goal keepers or areas, no handling of the ball by
any players, rebounding of ball off walls permitted, ball shall not be played
above head height of the tallest boy playing - if goes above, indirect free
kick awarded against team who played ball (same for other offences as judged
by referee). If the ball goes dead play shall be restarted by a drop-ball
between 1 player from each team, ball not to be played before it hits the
ground.
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1 point per goal scored (to a maximum of 4 points) plus 2 bonus points for
winning game. 5 minutes one way, games restarted after goal by drop ball
in centre of field as above.
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It is not anticipated that a full league will be played, merely as many games
as can be fitted into the time while giving each team an equal number of
games. Games to be played decided by draw.
Scoring
10 points shall be awarded for the highest score at the end of the competition
in each individual game, then 8 for second, 6 for third, 5 for fourth down
to 1 for eight. These scores shall then be added up to determine the winner.
In the event of a tie, the team with the most higher places shall be given
the position. If a position is still tied, raw points scored from all events
shall be totalled and the higher score given the position.
Please confirm your attendance to Greg
Webb.