Name: Eric Liegel

Lesson Title or Subject/Topic: Flag football Catching

Unit: Flag Football Day 2
Date:
Grade Level: 10th
Central Focus

The students will learn how to properly catch a football, and run three basic routes.

What is the
Central Focus for
the content in the
learning segment?

Content
Standards

National P.E. Standards: 1,2,4

Standard 1- The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a

What standard(s)
are most relevant
to the learning
goals?

variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

Include SHAPE
Standards and
WI Content
Standards.

Standard 2- The physically literate individual applies knowledge of concepts,

principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.

Standard 4- The physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and

social behavior that respects self and others.

Wisconsin State Teacher Standards: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Standard 1- Teachers know the subjects they are teaching
Standard 2- Teachers know how children grow
Standard 5- Teachers know how to manage a classroom

Student
Learning
Goal(s)/
Objective(s)
What are the
specific learning
goal(s) for
student in this
lesson?

LEARNING GOALS
-Students will learn how to properly catch a football.
-Students will learn how to explain when to catch the ball with their thumbs facing up, and
when to catch the ball with their thumbs facing down.
-Students will work together running and throwing to different routes.
OBJECTIVES
Psychomotor The students will learn how to properly catch a football thrown
from a peer while running different routes by the end of the class with 80%
accuracy. The proper form when catching a football is to have your hands away from
your body and making a diamond with the two. Track the ball as it comes to you and
try to catch the ball out in front of you and not with your body. The students will
also learn how to run a hook, a slant, and a fly. A hoot is when you run 10 yards
down the field, turn and come back to the ball. A slant is when you run 5-10 yards
downfield, plant and turn towards the middle of the field at a 45 degree angle. A fly
is when you sprint down the field in a straight line looking to go deep.
Cognitive The students will be able to explain and demonstrate how to properly
catch a football, and how to run the hook, slant, and fly routes. The proper form
when catching a football is to have your hands away from your body and making a
diamond with the two. Track the ball as it comes to you and try to catch the ball out
in front of you and not with your body. The students will also learn how to run a
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hook, a slant, and a fly. A hook is when you run 10 yards down the field, turn and
come back to the ball. A slant is when you run 5-10 yards downfield, plant and turn
towards the middle of the field at a 45 degree angle. A fly is when you sprint down
the field in a straight line looking to go deep. They also will be able to explain when
you would want to use these different routes, and how to make them most effective
as it deals with running precise routes and the importance of the plant foot.
Affective The students will actively stay on task and participate throughout the
lesson. They will show respect for themselves, their teacher, their peers, and the equipment.
During the activities they will make sure they watch out for the things happening around
them, and not run out or throw a ball within the path of another group. The will also will
show good sportsmanship and get everyone involved.

Safety
Statement

Assessment of
Learning
Describe your
formative and
summative
assessments you
will use.
Learning
Environment/
Behavior
Expectations
What procedures
will you use to
ensure students
are safe, on task
and engaged?
What might
happen that you
might not
expect?

I will ensure the safety of all my students. As they walk into my classroom, I will ensure
that they are walking into a safe and welcoming environment. Sportsmanship will be talked
about and followed through with. I will also check over the gym or grass outside to ensure
that there is nothing harmful around the students. Finally, I will stress not running out or
throwing a football in the path of another group. I will make sure each group has proper
space and that the groups are spread out to ensure safety.
Exit slip where they draw out the three routes and explain how to run a good route.

Expectations: I will check the gym and area outside before and after
class to make sure everything is safe. As the students walk into class I
will ensure they are walking into a positive environment that encourages
learning. I will go over how to handle the equipment and safety
procedures before the activities and make sure procedures are followed
through with. If groups are not spread out enough or something is
happening that I did not expect and is unsafe, I will stop the class and fix
the issue.
I will also expect my students to follow class rules, participate, and work
to improve every day.

Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks

Description of what the teacher (you) will be doing and/or what the students will be doing.
Launch/
Instant Activity: Ladder Madness- Agility ladders will be
Motivational Set
spread out using the whole gym. Each ladder will represent a
2-3 Minutes
different agility drill. We will go through agility drill before to
remind them of what it is and what I am looking for. On my
How will you start the
command, students will start by jogging around the gym and
lesson to engage and
going through different ladders. I might stop them and point
motivate students in
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out people doing proper technique or change from a jog to a

skip, gallop, shuffle, or the speed they are going at.

learning?
I will greet the students
on their squads and
explain to them that
today is the second day
in our flag football unit.
I will explain to them
that our instant activity
is called ladder
madness, after that we
will move into how to
catch a football and run
different routes.
Instruction: (Body of
the lesson)
35 Minutes
Write the step by step
Teaching
procedure/progression
here.

Tasks
(Extensions)
Throw it to
your partner
so they dont
have to move
to catch it.

What will you say and

do? What questions
will you ask?
How will you engage
students to help them
understand the
concepts?
What will students do?
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Cues
(refinements
) Step at
your target
with your nondominant foot.
Hands in a
diamond
shape, thumbs
together.
Run precise
runs, plant
your foot, get
in and out of
your cut. Look
back at the
ball, track the
ball into your
hands.

Challenges :
(Applications)See how many
scarfs you can
get in so many
minutes. Try to
catch the ball
while on the
move.

Modifications
: Decrease
distance.
Decrease the
size of the
football.

Greet Students
Explain to them what the class period looks like.
Explain to the students the instant activity ladder madness
Have students pick up equipment, and meet in the middle of the gym.
Explain the proper technique and demonstrate how to catch a football.
Have the students get a partner and a football, and spread out in two lines across
from their partner.
Have the students throw the football back and forth while working on correct
throwing and catching form.
Stop the students and hand back their peer assessments from the day before and go
over results and work on refining technique.
Have students practice some more.
Bring students back to the center and go over the hook, slant, and fly.
Explain to them that we are going to get into our zone passing activity, and work on
running those routes while playing the activity.
Play zone passing.
Progress and have a few groups put their ball away and grab a noodle. They will try

to knock the ball down using a noodle while the others try to run correct routes and
catch the football.
14. Have students put equipment away and meet in the middle of the gym.
15. Closure

Demonstration #1: How to catch a football. The proper form when catching a
football is to have your hands away from your body and making a diamond with the
two. Track the ball as it comes to you and try to catch the ball out in front of you and
not with your body.

Activity 1:. (5 minutes)

WRITE OUT TRANSITION DESCRIPTION going into and out of

each of the Tasks: Have students pick up equipment, place it by the
storage room, and gather in the center of the gym.
(1 minute)
Demonstration #2: How to run routes. Go over the hook, slant, and fly. Talk
about the importance of running a good route, and how it gets you more open. Also
talk about the importance of communicating with your partner so he knows what
route you are running.

Activity 2: ( 5 minutes)

WRITE OUT TRANSITION DESCRIPTION going into and out of

each of the Tasks: Have students pick up equipment, place it by the
storage room, and gather in the center of the gym.
(1 minute)
Demonstration #3: Zone passing- Make four zones, and place scarfs on the far end
line. With partners, one student will be the WR and one will be the QB. The WR will
communicate the route to the QB before he goes out. The QB will try to hit the WR
in stride so he catches the football and can go down to get a scarf. They will alternate
rules. After while I will take two groups out and allow them to have noodles so they
can try to defend. The others will be doing the same things as before.

Closure
2-3 Minutes
How will you end the
lesson?
Write out the questions
that relate to your
learning goals and
objectives.
Questions that Check
For Understanding
(CFUs)
Hook to next lesson

Activity 3: (10 minutes)

Ask the students what the main focus of the day was.
Ask the students to explain and demonstrate the correct technique
when catching a ball.
Ask the students to explain or demonstrate the hook, slant, and fly
route patterns.
Ask the students why it is important to lead your WR.
Ask the students in what other sports to you catch the ball using the
diamond shape.

Hook- Tomorrow use passing skills to learn about catching as we

learn about offensive strategy.
Differentiation

Students with IEPs or 504 plans or students requiring other

accommodations:
Gifted/Talented Students: N/A
Language Differences (ELL): N/A
Learning Styles/Preferences: Will be giving verbal cues, visual
demonstrations, and putting words on board to read and visually
see.

Materials
What specific
materials/equipment
does the teacher need
for this lesson?

Scarfs
1 hula hoop per pair of students
1 football per pair of students
1 pin per pair of students
Cones
Agility Ladders

What materials do the

students need for this
lesson?

Academic Language Demand(s):

What content
specific terms
(vocabulary) do
students need to
support learning of
the learning
objective for this
lesson

Spiral
Hook
Fly
Slant
Center of gravity

What specific way(s)

will students need to use
language (reading,
writing, listening and/or
speaking) to participate
in learning tasks and
demonstrate their
learning for this lesson?
Describe the language
function and demands
required a how you will
support your students
during the lesson.
EVALUATION OF
LESSON

PRE-PLANNING: Explain if their was previous instruction in this activity (

levels) Students will have worked on catching a football in past years with

POST PLANNING: Assessment informs Teaching: what are future need

assessment results.
TEACHER REFLECTION NOTES:

ATTACHMENTS

Attached Exit Slip

Resources:
List references and
Other Resources
used to support or
develop the lesson.

2014 MNAHPERD Conference Joe McCarthy Handout