Class #2

Equipment needed:

• Nerf Footballs (25)

Warm-up:

• "Jump Rope Around the World."
  • All jump rope by themselves.
  • Teacher begins to time the class jumping.
  • Each student gets 5 "lives."
  • When they miss with the rope the fifth time, they are "out."
  • They go to another area in the gym (behind the purple line on the storeroom side of the gym).
    • They continue jumping once they use all of their lives.
    • Once 10 students are in this area, the stopwatch stops.
  • Class gets credit for 1,000 miles on the map for every 1:00 that they jumped.
    • Until there are 10 students jumping behind the purple line.
  • Class also gets the chance to earn extra credit mileage.
• Teacher picks one of the jumpers that used up all of their lives but were continuing to jump behind the purple line.
• Give that person a hand held pulse monitor.
• If their heart rate is within the target range (150-180), they earn a "free 1,000 miles" for their class.

Skill Development:

Muscle of the week:

• Triceps-
  • Introduce "push-up."
    • Can go on their knees, or toes as long as their back is flat.
    • Stress that the slower they go, the faster they will get stronger.
    • Try to create an "earthquake" in their arms, where their arms actually start to shake.

Skill Development:

• Review passing.
  • Review grip of ball.
  • Hold last few laces, depending on size of hand.
  • Don't do anything different with hand when you throw.
  • Just throw like you would normally throw any ball.
  • All with partner.
    • Throw ball back and forth.
    • Ask them "How many can you get to spiral?"
    • *Check proper set-up, step, release, follow through.
      • Stand sideways, step with front foot, throw with back hand, point at target with throwing hand.
• Introduce catching.
  • "What do hands have to do to catch a ball over your head?"
    • Make a diamond with hands (thumbs and index fingers in).
  • "What do your hands have to do to catch a ball below your shoulders?"
    • Make a basketwith hands (thumbs and index fingers out).
• Repeat throw and catch with partner.
• Start together, face to face with partner.
  • Every time you catch, move back one step…
  • "How far can you get apart?"

Application:

• Throw away
  • Divide class in half, each person has a ball.
    • On signal, each team tries to throw all footballs to the other side.
  • On whistle, each team gets one point for each ball on the other side of the gym.
    • Try to beat team's previous score to "win" round.
  • If any team throws a ball after the whistle, the other team gets all the points.
  • *Stress proper technique…

*Any ball that is caught, before it touches the ground = 1 point for the catcher.

• *Stop game part way through to have kids take their pulse (for :06, then add a "0" to the number to get beats/minute).
• Anyone who's heart rate is within the target range (150-180) are told that they are playing the game the right speed.
• *Does this make this game "aerobic?"