Task & Progressions

Shark Attack

Same as last class. Once your ball is knocked out you are on the perimeter, you can re-enter the game if you can steal someone’s ball from the sideline.  This time the space is smaller and the pace is quicker.

Ball Tag

Moving around the defined area, two people try to tag the third person in the area.  The two people who are “it” cannot move once they have the ball in their hand.  If the runner can evade being tagged for 5 passes, they get a point.  If the runner is tagged, the “it” people get a point.

-Make the space small if the runner is having lots of success, or make the space larger if the runner is not having much success.

P1- try using different types of equipment if a lacrosse ball is too easy or hard.

360 Degree Field Hockey

In even teams 3v3, 4v4, must make 3 passes before you are able to score. To score you must dribble through the cones (emphasizes dribbling).  You can score on any goal, but cannot score on the same goal two times in a row. Opposing team gets the ball after a goal or when the ball goes out of bounds. The 4 goals encourages the players to use more space, limits them from clumping up.

P1-make the space smaller so it is more difficult for the offense

P2- make goals smaller

P3- remove a goal if offense is scoring too easily (this means they are moving to open space effectively and need to be challenged)

Advanced Square Passing

2 groups of 4 to a grid, each group lined up at the cone diagonally across from each other. This time as the student dribbles the ball they have to weave between 2 cones, and then when at the end of the grid pass to the front of the other line, then feed into that line.

P1-use additional cones for players to weave through

P2-extend the grid

P3-Have a 2 min competition between grids to see how many successful passes were made (speeds movement up)

P4-use 2 balls instead of 1 (more player involved, faster pace)

P5-Advanced – change directions, so they have to turn to pass or rotate stick

Sideline Challenge

Set up a rectangular grid with a goal at both ends. Two teams of 4, within the grid it is 3v3, with a player from each team on the sideline. The sideline players are always on offense, and need to be rotated out. The sideline players can use the entire length of the sideline. You must pass to a sideline player before you can score. This turns into a 5v3 game, which forces the player to use the width of the field. If ball goes out sideline player feeds the ball to the opposing team.

P1-you have to pass to both sideline players (forces to use all of the width of the area

P2-make the area smaller

P3-make the goals smaller

P4- have a no entry crease for the offense (widens the players out)