Lesson 3 - offensive & defensive strategies

 

                diagram                    Task & Progressions              CUES  

Bean Bag Tag

  1. -In pairs, one has a bean bag

  2. -Within the designated area, the player with the bean bag tries to out maneuver the player that is following

  3. -Toss bean bag above head heigh and chasing partner tries to catch the bean bag in the air

  4. -Switch positions

Abandon Ship!

  1. -4 “ships” and shark infested ocean

  2. -Select 2-4 players as “sharks”; rest of students are pirates (own stick and ball)

  3. -Yell “abandon ship” and the pirates must stick handle to another ship

  4. -Sharks try to remove the ball from the pirates; ball must be passed from the playing area

  5. -Repeat until 1 pirate remains

Chinese Gates

  1. -Split students into teams

  2. -Give offending and defending teams 1 minute to create a strategy

  3. -1 less defender than gates; defenders try to tag offending team in the attacking zones

  4. -Offenders try to get through gates without being tagged; cannot be tagged in the safe zone

  5. -Offensive players cannot return to the safe zone after they have left

  6. -Jog back the start if tagged or score; try to score again

  7. -First time, have students run; then progress to using sticks and balls

Stay At Home Defense

  1. -Split students into 4 teams

  2. -Each team splits into 3 offensive; and 5 defensive players (will switch off/def each time the team rotates out)

  3. -Offensive players start with ball and choose a direction to attack

  4. -Use offensive and defensive strategies to score and prevent scoring, respectively

  5. -After one shot on goal, the offense retrieves the ball and attacks the other set of defense

  6. -Continue until whistle blows; switch teams (and rotate who is offense/defense while waiting for next turn)

Bean Bag Tag

Leader:

  1. -Change direction

  2. -Change speed

  3. -Head fake

Chaser:

  1. -Anticipate movement

  2. -Stay close

  3. -Keep an eye of leader’s feet rather than body

Abandon Ship!

  1. -Head up

  2. -Change speed and direction

  3. -Keep ball close

  4. -Survey location of defense

  5. -Defense: stay low to ground

  6. -Commit to checking

Chinese Gates

  1. -Head up

  2. -Change direction

  3. -Change speed

  4. -Defense: stay low to ground and commit to checking

  5. -Strategy:

  6. -Offense - sacrifice runner? Deking? etc.

  7. -Defense - Fastest defenders at front or back? Double team? etc.

Stay At Home Defense

  1. -Head up

  2. -Communicate

  3. -Offense:

  4. -Keep ball close to stick

  5. -Find open space

  6. -Defense:

  7. -Identify passing and shooting lanes

  8. -Stay low to ground

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