Sample Lesson Plans that meet the New York State
Standards for Physical Education
Reprinted from Lesson Plans That Meet the New York State
Standards for Elementary PE
Tim Smith
© 2003
| LESSON: Week # 7 |
ACTIVITY: Captain & Crew Golf
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GRADE LEVEL: 4-6
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Goals and/or Objectives:
· To develop the skills of kicking (punting, long kicks and short
kicks) using the rules and strategies associated with a "captain
and crew" format in golf.
NYS Standards and Performance Indicators:
Standard 1 Personal Health and Fitness:
· demonstrate mastery of fundamental motor, non-locomotor, and
manipulative skills, and understand fundamental principles of movement
Standard 2 A Safe and Healthy Environment:
· contribute to a safe and healthy environment by observing safe
conditions for games, recreation, and outdoor activities
· come to know and practice appropriate participant and spectator
behaviors to produce a safe and positive environment
· work constructively with others to accomplish a variety of
goals and tasks
· demonstrate care, consideration, and respect of self and others
during physical activity
Standard 3 Resource Management:
· know that resources available at home and in the community
offer opportunities to participate in and enjoy a variety of physical
activities in their leisure time
· demonstrate the ability to apply the decision making process
to physical activity
Curricular Threads:
Fitness Related Skills: anaerobic pathways and flexibility.
Interdisciplinary Concepts: leverage and trajectory (science),
counting and recording data (math).
Pro-Social Skills: expressing your feelings and negotiating.
Safety Concerns: stray projectiles and manipulatives hitting
adjacent foursomes.
Materials:
| · A large outdoor area |
6 cones |
| · 1 pencil for each foursome |
6 folded mats |
| · 1 volleyball or soccer ball for each student |
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| · 1 scorecard per each foursome (see diagram
1) |
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Diagram 1
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Procedures:
Day 1 and Day 2:
Entry: Class jogs for two minutes either on the perimeter of the gymnasium
or through a coned pattern.
Warm Up Module: Lower Body Stretch
· Lead the students through stretches for their lower body (quadriceps,
hamstring, and the gastrocnemius groups) explaining the differences
between dynamic and passive stretching.
Health Related Fitness Concept Module: The Lungs
· Mechanics: Oxygen enters the lungs through inspiration, or
the breathing in of air. Carbon dioxide is removed from the lungs through
expiration, or the breathing out of air. The lungs move about 6 liters
of air per minute at rest. During exercise, the lungs can move 20 to
30 times the amount of air they normally move at rest. Make students
aware that they also breathe deeper and faster during exercise and,
thus, move more air.
Skill Development Module: Kicking with an emphasis on punting.
· Through the use of verbal cues and demonstration review the
skills of long- and short- kicking as described in week 3. Also, teach
punting.
Punting Techniques
To execute a punt effectively, students should
· Extend their arms, holding the ball at waist height;
· Drop the ball as they step and kick (they should not toss the
ball);
· Keep their eyes focused on the ball;
· Follow through with their leg fully extended; and
· Change their body angle to affect the ball trajectory:
1. forward for distance and
2. upright for shorter, higher kicks.
Have the students' practice punting, by
· Dropping balls onto the foot, lightly making contact, and
· Punting for:
1. distance;
2. height;
3. accuracy; and
4. to a partner.
Game Activity Module: Captain & Crew Golf
· Divide the class into groups of 4 players. Each group should
fill out a scorecard (diagram 1).
· Explain the rules of golf using a "captain & crew"
format-this works best if you use a foursome to demonstrate as you explain
the rules.
· Each player in the foursome tees off by punting his or her
ball from behind the folded mat toward the appropriate cone for the
hole that they are playing.
· After everyone in a foursome has teed off, players in that
foursome decide which shot (punt) is in the best position for the next
shot, and place their balls there. Each player then takes another shot,
kicking the ball off the ground (as if using a fairway wood or iron).
This counts as the second shot. Players continue to collectively select
the best shot for all to kick from until one of the foursomes shots
hits the cone.
· The number of shots taken are then counted and recorded for
each hole.
· The foursome moves to the next hole and tees off when the hole
is clear, again using a punt as their drive.
· After all six holes have been played, the scores for each hole
are tallied and multiplied by three to obtain an 18-hole score. The
scorecard should be signed and verified by players in the foursome before
being handed in to the teacher.
· Scores will be posted on the "master leader board"
for each foursome, much as is done in a real golf tournament.
· Set the teams into position as shown in diagram 2 using a shotgun
approach (a foursome starts at each hole) and start play.
· Stress the rules and strategy for playing golf in this format.
Also, stress the importance of cooperative skills in selecting the best
shots to use for any given situation.
Closure:
· Review the key concepts of today's lesson: punting and kicking
skills; expressing your feelings and negotiating; and be sure to help
the students connect with community resources for golf by having them
list local places to play golf on the back of their scorecard.
