District 11 Educational Support Services
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 Grade 9 -12, Flag Football

Course Number: PE.FLGFTBL


Overview                                                                              

How many times have you been passing by a community park and watched a bunch of guys and gals having the time of their lives with only a football?  Flag football was developed around the time of World War II to allow military men to play without the risk of injury.  This is also true for us today.  By playing flag football, you will benefit from learning football fundamentals and skills as well as individual and team strategy.  Passing routes and running plays will be included in your instruction as well as different defensive fronts to improve coverage of the offensive attack.  After this class you can be one of those enjoying a great game in the park rather than the one watching from the sideline.

Prerequisite: None
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 0   Grade Level:  9-12  Credit per Semester: 1
Additional Credit Information: Credit per Semester: 1.0 (Physical Education or Elective)

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No Prerequisite
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Standards

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
  • A complete fitness program promotes participation in grade level skills and activities that build health and wellness including cardiovascular, flexibility, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, and lifetime activity.

  • Good sportsmanship includes following rules of play and being responsible for yourself and the safety of others.

  • We can increase our health and wellness by participating in the physical activities we lead or participate in by ourselves and with others.

  • Rules help keep games and activities safe and fair.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • How does movement, muscle stretching, doing sit ups, push ups and pull ups increase body strength and overall health?

  • How can people protect themselves sore muscles or injury from over exercising? 

  • Why do we have to be responsible for our own behavior?

  • What is the purpose for rules of play in athletic or competitive sports?

  • How do class rules and team rules help make competitive sports and individual sports more enjoyable?

  • Why is cooperation important in games and in life?

  • How does cooperation in games impact the final outcome?

  • What does good sportsmanship look like?

Standards

Standard 1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: Loco motor, non-loco motor, manipulative skill development and movement
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs loco motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination

Standard 2: Exhibits components of physical fitness
District Indicator: Demonstrates cardiovascular endurance
District Indicator: Demonstrates flexibility
District Indicator: Demonstrates muscular strength and endurance

 

Essential Skills/Indicators:

  • Is able to throw a football to a person 10 yards away

  • Is able to catch a football thrown from 10 yards away

  • Can run one football pattern of the following: hook, square out, square in

  • Understands the goal of the team in possession of the ball

  • Understands the goal of the team without the ball

  • Understands basic football terminology

  • Understands what offensive contribution can be made by offensive players without the ball

  • Knows how and can attempt to disrupt the successful play of opponents

  • Is able to follow basic flag football rules

  • Is able to exhibit good sporting behavior

  • Can play without endangering the safety of others

Rubrics:

 

Beginner Football Marking Criteria

 

    Throw

        0 point - No effort

        1 point –

            Uses proper body mechanics

            Uses correct grip, forward foot, and follow-through

        2 points –

            Ball wobbles in flight

            Ball drops before reaching a five-yard target

        3 points –

            Ball reaches a stationary 5-yard target accurately

        4 points –

            Ball reaches a moving target

            Is accurate to 10 yards

        5 points –

            Has accurate variable range

            Changes speed, maintaining accuracy

 

    Catch

        0 point - No effort

        1 point –

           Position is lined up behind the ball

           Watches the ball in flight

           Uses proper hand position

        2 points –

           Brings ball into body

           Catches an accurate 10-yard pass while standing

           Watches the ball into hands

        3 points –

           Runs and catches a ball thrown to a target

        4 points –

           Adjusts to an inaccurate throw up to three steps from the target area

           Does not need to stop running in order to catch

        5 points –

           Catches a ball thrown over head

           Catches while running full stride

           Catches a ball thrown with speed an/or distance

 

    Pass Pattern

        0 point - No effort

        1 point –

            On command, runs hook or square left/right patterns

            Turns at the proper times and in the correct direction

        2 points –

            Makes clean cuts

            Doesn’t watch the ball until cut

        3 points –

            Loses opponent and still keeps the pattern

            Reliably runs a 10-yard pattern and catch a ball thrown accurately

        4 points –

            Instinctively knows when to cut back to the ball

            Runs short and long patterns well

        5 points –

            Changes running patterns without confusion

            Fakes opponent before making the cut

            If open, will catch ball on target

 

Lessons