Essay About Team Sport And Pupils

Gaelic Football
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Lesson Plan 3 game related activity Gaelic Football:
Aim:
To develop the skills learned by the pupils to a level where they can incorporate the skills learned into a game related scenario
Objectives:
Pupils should be able to
Repeat basic skills learned in previous classes
Realize the game is a team sport
Learn to tackle
Know when to call for a ball
Know when to pass and when to carry ball
Know how to maintain possession of ball
Make space for teammates
Know when to take scores
Implement basic and developed skills into game situation
Previous knowledge:
Very varied many of the pupils will be from the local U-12 County winning team; other pupils will never have participated in Gaelic activities before.
Resources:
Eight balls, twenty-four cones, Gaelic football field, first aid equipment, bibs
Length of Lesson:
Approx 45mins
Classes
6th class 32 pupils age 11-12
Teacher Activity:
Pupil activity
Lay out cones prior to beginning of lesson
Introduction:
4 mins
Orally revise skills learned yesterday
Tell pupils what will be covered today
Take roll if necessary
Listen
Answer teachers questions ask for clarification on confusing matters
Main body of Lesson:
Divide into four groups
Two cones sin front one at ten meters one at twenty. Ball placed at first cone
Demonstrate what desired
Pupil runs to cone picks up ball and solos round cone and places ball back at cone
(4 repetitions)
(7 minutes)
Pupil picks up ball solos and hops every four steps round cone and places ball back at first cone
Teaching Points
Toe underneath ball
Solo and hope every four steps
Keep your eye on the ball
Place ball on ground
Pupils divide into pairs one pupil has ball other pupil stands at cone pupil with ball must make it across to other cone
Demonstrate tackle stance and how to tackle
(2 repetitions per pupil)
(5 minutes)
Divide into pairs facing opponent both pupils have instructions and will carry them out to their best ability
Teaching points
Try to dispossess opponent
Stand sideways
Dont commit yourself to early
Dont panic
Try to get low to ground
Groups divide into five groups
Two teams of even number
One team where bibs
Demonstrate what desired
Team must maintain possession for as long as possible no solo or hop ball cannot
touch ground
Opposition may tackle in order to retrieve possession
Winning team stays on
(15 minutes)