Football
The ball bounces wrong, the rain starts, a teammate sulks. Most of football happens outside the child's control, and that is precisely what can feel heavy. The visual support below breaks the match into manageable parts.
Football
A black and white football with motion lines.
Football
An illustration of a football and a football shoe.
Football
A black and white football.
Football
A black and white football.
About this visual support
Football stands apart from many other activities because of how much uncontrollable input fits inside a single hour. The ground can be wet, the wind bends every pass, one teammate yells, another grins. For a child who relies on predictability, those are not small details but a constant noise that takes up the whole body.
What visual support can do is highlight the parts that are actually fixed: kick-off, half-time, second half, final whistle. When a picture shows where in the match the child currently is, the surrounding noise becomes easier to sort, because there is still a frame to lean on. Knowing that water and a sit-down come after this segment creates small resting points.
A tip rooted in the activity itself: agree with the coach before the match on what happens if the child needs to substitute or pause, and show that on a picture too. When the way off the pitch is clear, the way onto it gets lighter. Routined lets you place the parts of the match on a timeline, so the child sees roughly how long each phase lasts and can breathe with the rhythm.