Fistball Curriculum By: Dr. Joanne Margaret Hynes-Hunter Dr. Joanne Hunter LLC [email protected] 410-271-0473 2019 1 | P a g e Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Objective ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Background ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 History................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Benefits ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Unit Plan Components ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 National Physical Education Standards ............................................................................................................................. 6 Interdisciplinary Education ................................................................................................................................................ 6 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 7 General Safety Precautions ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Class Preparation ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Class Safety Rules ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 EQUIPMENT NEEDS ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Equipment ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Student Handouts (1 per student) ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Assessments (1 per student) ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Teacher Guides: .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Class Posters: ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Optional Equipment ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 RECREATIONAL RULES .................................................................................................................................................... 9 COMPETITIVE RULES & SKILLS .................................................................................................................................... 10 Positions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11 • The Setter .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 • Returners ............................................................................................................................................................... 11 • Defenders .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Skills .................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Serving .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Service Errors ................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Closed-fist Pass & Set ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Closed-fist Pass & Set Errors ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Rally .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Rally Errors ................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Miscellaneous Rules ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 Court Dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 2 | P a g e TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................................. 14 TEACHING TIPS ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 BLOCK PLAN ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18 REFERENCES & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................ 20 REFERENCES (last visited 9/1/19) ................................................................................................................................. 20 WEBSITES (last visited 9/1/19) ....................................................................................................................................... 20 SOCIAL MEDIA .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 OFFICIAL EQUIPMENT (BALLS, CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES, TRAINING MATERIALS, BOOKS) ................. 20 VIDEOS (Last visited 9/1/19) ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Fistball Trailers/Rules/Highlights: ............................................................................................................................... 20 Skills .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 3 | P a g e INTRODUCTION Objective Make grade 4-12 students aware of, & become skilled in, Fistball at the recreational level. This, in turn, will hopefully motivate them to participate in Fistball at a club or team level &/or use Fistball as a sport they can participate throughout their lifetime. Background Fistball is a team sport where two teams of five players compete against each other on two half-fields, separated by a centerline & a net (or rope) stretched between two posts. Each play starts with a serve. Players are to hit a ball across & over the net (or rope) using only a closed fist &/or arm (unlike volleyball where open hands are allowed) so opponents cannot return it. After clearing the net (rope), the ball may be touched up to three times by any three of the five players on the court (with no consecutive hits by an individual player). The ball can bounce before each touch (unlike volleyball where no bounce is allowed). The three hits are used to save, set & return the ball back into the opponent’s half, in that order. Points are awarded to a team if the opponents are unable to return the ball in the field of play within three valid touches. After the initial serve, the team winning the point concedes the serve to the other team. A match is played in the best of five sets format, where the team winning three sets wins the match. Each set is played to 11 points with the winner leading by 2-points. If not, the match continues until one of the teams has a 2-point lead, or reaches 15 points, whichever comes first. History No one knows exactly