Lesson Plans for Flag Football 4Th 6Th

Unit: Flag Football – 8th grade Teacher: Jeanne Morgan

Day One Fitness Development: Discuss Health and Skill Related Fitness Components (Assign team lines) Jog around the lower field Lesson Focus: Teach the forward pass/proper catching Practice the forward pass with a partner Practice catching Play a game related to passing and catching. “5 Passes”

Teams: Pink – Lil Yellow – Ally Green – Ryan Black – Leah

Day Two Fitness Development: Run 5 laps around the outside of the basketball lines and participate in the 6 fitness stations. Station 1 – Jump rope for 2 minutes (count jumps) Station 2 – Work on the perfect push-up. Try to do sets. Station 3 – Wall sits – See if you can sit against the wall like a chair for 2 minutes. Station 4 – Abdominals – Ball Crunches Station 5 – Lunges – Do 10 step out lunges with your right leg. Repeat on your left leg Station 6 – Medicine Ball –

Lesson Focus: Review Forward Pass/Catching Practice pulling belts Introduce centering/hand off/lateral pass/punting/blocking Start Pass patterns

Play: Bamboozle ‘em Football Football 100 Rules: Maximum of 7 players per side Must cross 1st down line on the run or pass to obtain 1st down within 4 downs A dropped ball in a dead ball – can no be played Once the flag is pulled from a player, play stops immediately NO TACKLING Unsportsmanlike conduct player will be removed from the game Ball must be centered Game is started with a throw-off or a punt Pass interferance, blocking, contact, pushing, tripping illegal rushing – Penality loss of down and 5 steps away from the violator or 5 steps for the victim Can only rush on 4th down – 5 mississippi count Quarterback can only run on 4th down

Day Three

Finish anything we didn’t get to on day one Get with teams and practice pass patterns Trade positions Start Tournaments Round Robin Double Elimination