Lesson Plan 2-Punt
Jamie J. Stipp

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1. Objectives

A. Learnable Pieces

B. Teacher Objective:

2. Instant Activity:

Ask the children to find a safe self-space in the gym. Beanbags have been scattered throughout the gym prior to their arrival. Remind them not to touch the beanbags. To begin the activity, ask the students to begin walking throughout general space when the music starts. They are to avoid the beanbags as they are moving. When the music stops, the teacher will call out a body part (e.g. elbow, tummy, back). The students are then to touch that body part on five different beanbags as quickly and as safely as possible. The last one they touch will be their "home." They are to sit by that beanbag, and wait for the music to start and the game will be repeated.

3. Set Induction (unit):

Today we are going to be using our feet and body to kick the ball a special way. This way is called punting. Does anyone know what punting is? And what sports is punting most used?

We will start off today kicking balloons. We will kick them straight up in the air, avoiding our classmates.

4. Content Development:

Precontrol
Task Cue Challenge
1. Using balloons, demonstrate and have children practice dropping the ball and kicking it. Make contact with your shoelaces. Don't pop balloons and kick the balloon before it hits the ground.
2. Drop the ball to the floor. After the first bounce contact the ball with your foot send it to the wall. Contact the ball with your shoelaces. Make contact with the ball three times in a row.
3. Try the kick with your right foot and with your left foot to determine which is your preferred foot for punting. Remember contact the ball with your shoelaces. With your preferred foot, drop and kick the ball after the bounce five times. Repeat several times to determine your personal best.
4. Stand behind the kicking line, holding the ball in both hands. Drop the ball and kick it to the wall, making contact before the ball touches the floor. Point your toes down, and hit with your shoelaces. Make contact before the ball hits the ground 3 times in a row.
5. Stand behind the ball, holding it in both hands at waste height. Take a small step on your nonkicking leg, and then extend your kicking foot for contact on the shoelaces. Drop the ball as you swing your kicking leg forward; contact the ball just before it touches the ground. Watch the ball until it contacts your foot. Drop the ball for the punt; don't toss it upward. Remember contact the ball with your shoelaces! Consistently make contact with the ball 3-5 times in a row.

Control
Task Cue Challenge
1. Continue to practice with sets of five punts. Remember watch the ball until it contacts your foot. Drop the ball for the punt; don't toss it upward. Remember contact the ball with your shoelaces! Consistently kick the ball forward through the air.
2. Stand approximately ten feet behind the rope. Punt the ball so it travels over the rope. Retrieve the ball and punt from the opposite side of the rope. Extend your foot to contact the ball with your shoelaces, not your toes. Give yourself a point each time you are successful at punting the ball over the rope. How many points can you make out of ten trials?
3. Take a series of quick step forward. As your kicking leg moves back to front for the contact with the ball, hop slightly on your supporting so you are actually airborne for the contact. Quickly straighten your kicking leg at the moment of contact. Take a few running steps; then punt without stopping your forward momentum. Make your last step before contact a step-hop on your nonkicking leg, so that you'll be airborne for the punt. Practice until you can punt successfully three times in a row.
4. Practice punting with each type of ball (variety of scattered balls), using your running approach and airborne action for the kick. Extend your foot to contact the ball with your shoelaces, not your toes. Eyes on the ball, drop, and step-hop. Practice with each type of ball until you can punt successfully three out of five times.
5. In open field, try to punt as far as possible. Partners will place a colored jug at the point the ball touches the ground after children kick it. Then student will try to beat their distance of the last punt. Extend your foot to contact the ball with your shoelaces, not your toes. Eyes on the ball. Drop, and step-hop. What's the farthest distance you can kick? Yards on a football field.

Utilization
Task Cue Challenge
1. Practice punting into the different target zones (set up with milk jugs) -to the right and to the left of where you're standing. Extend your kicking foot and leg toward the target, to the right or left. Eyes on the ball, drop, and step-hop. Practice until you can select a target zone, tell a partner which one you've chosen, and then punt three out of five balls into that zone.
2. Select a target zone, and practice until you can consistently punt the ball into that zone. Then select a zone on the opposite side. Extend your kicking foot and leg toward the target, to the right or left. Eyes on the ball, drop, and step-hop. Can you kick it five out of five times in the zone of your choice?
3. Using target zones (cones) as a measure of distance, tell your partner where to stand for the two of you to punt to each other (successful distance for you). Punt the ball so your partner can catch it without moving more than a couple of steps. Adjust your power to match the distance your partner is from you. Extend your kicking foot and leg toward the target, to the right or left. Eyes on the ball, drop, and step-hop. How many consecutive times can you and your partner kick it to each other without each other having to move a couple of steps to receive the ball.
4. From behind the kicking line, practice punting to your partner in each of the target zones; near/far, right/left angle. Adjust your power to match the distance your partner is from you. Extend your kicking foot and leg toward the target, to the right or left. Eyes on the ball, drop, and step-hop. Being able to kick to all target zones with each kick.
5. Punt some balls high and lofty, others at a 45-degree angle. Adjust your power to match the distance your partner is from you. Extend your kicking foot and leg toward the target, to the right or left. Eyes on the ball, drop, and step-hop. How many seconds does your ball stay in the air?

5. Closure (unit):

  • Can anyone tell me what part of the foot we punt with?
  • Do we punt the ball before it hits the ground or after?
  • What kind of step do we take before we punt a ball?
  • How do we make our punts go higher/Farther? How do we make our punts go right/left?

6. Equipment: (for class of 30 students).

30 bean bags Radio 30 a variety lightweight balls (plastic and foam) 30 balloons
15 nerf footballs 15 hard footballs 15 cones 15 colored jugs and markers

7. M/A/F:

  • A variety of kicking balls (plastic and foam) positioned around the perimeter of the gym, approximately fifteen.
  • Ropes suspended between standards or across chairs a height of four to six feet, lightweight balls for punting.
  • A variety of balls for punting - placed around an outdoors teaching area, cones, and milk jugs.
  • Partners: Find a partner of similar abilities and stand shoulder to shoulder. If you can't find a partner, come stand by me. I'll partner up pairs, and triple up if a single student is without a partner.
  • For safety, lines will be set up and people punt all in the same direction.

Class rules - See rules


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