Football Spring 2010

Weber State University Physical Education
Lesson Plan

Student Teachers: Marci Barker and Dan Valletta

Activity: Football

Skill(s): Pass patterns, running to open space, flag football

Grade Level: 7-9th grade

# of Students: 20-25

Equipment: 8 footballs, flags, 8-10 cones, whiteboard, markers,

Connect to Utah State Standard:
Standard 1 Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activity.

Standard 2 Obj. C- Identify successful cues for improved skill performance.

Learning Objectives:

Cognitive- Student will recite the verbal cues of a specific pass pattern by the end of the class period.

Affective- Students will feel like they are progressing in the skill of running pass patterns and to open space by the end of class.

Psychomotor- Student will demonstrate effective passing and catching in their pass patterns at least 4 times without dropping the ball 10 feet from their teammate.

Safety Issues: Make sure gym is clear of obstacles, plenty of space to complete pass patterns, boundaries marked by cones for game play.

Student grouping for each activity: Act. 1 Groups of two to practice pivot positions to catch the ball as soon as possible. Act. 2 Groups of 3 to 4 to practice a pass pattern with receiver, 1 or 2 defenders, and quarterback. Act. 3 Two teams for game play.

Technical Description of the skills:
Act. 1- Students will practice receiving the ball as soon as they count to 3 together and one player turns around. Students will switch positions.

Act. 2- The quarterback starts with the ball. They will call out which pattern the receiver will run. The defender will face the receiver and be ready to block the pass while receiver attempts to catch the ball. All players will start when the quarterback says the word, “go.” Players will rotate positions.

Act. 3- We will play a normal flag football game.

Verbal Cues: Know what pattern the QB instructs you to run. Line up at the line of scrimmage in runners stance. Take off after the QB says go and run the pattern. Time the pass with the QB.

Learning Experiences: Why it’s important to know a specific pass pattern to be successful in football.

Introduction- Tell them we’re doing a couple activities to get ready for our game play. Split them up into pairs and start Act. 1.

Lesson- Next, we will go over the 4 pass patterns. Slant, hook, turn and go, post. We will demonstrate the patterns or have students do it. We will tell the students the verbal cues that they need to remember. After the students have practiced the pass patterns we’ll review the rules of flag football and then start to play.

Closure- Review the cues and ask them how the feel about how they are improving with the skills. Students will pick up equipment.

Assessments: Assessment will take place during the 2nd activity. We will monitor each groups’ ability to run the correct pass pattern and passing and catching the ball successfully.

Follow up suggestions: Running plays using more defenders.

Reference: none

Diagram of learning environment and equipment set up: none