Learning outcomes
Combines manipulative skills and traveling for execution to a target
Student Targets
Skill: I will demonstrate the cues for scooping ground balls.
Cognitive: I will discuss the importance of working independently and safely with lacrosse equipment.
Fitness: I will stay actively engaged in all activities.
Personal & Social Responsibility: I will work safely with my peers and equipment.
Teaching Cues
- Top Hand Below Head
- Stick Low, Parallel to Ground
- Bend and Knees, Hips Low
- Scoop Low, Quick, and Through
- Bring Up to Cradle
Activity Set-up and Procedure
Equipment:
- 1 lacrosse stick per student
- 2–4 balls per student (or bean bags)
- 1 hula hoop per 2 students
- 4 cones
Set-Up:
- Create a large activity area using cones to represent the boundaries of the “yard.”
- Scatter balls and bean bags around the yard.
- Space hula hoops around the perimeter of the yard.
- Pair students, each student with a lacrosse stick.
- Assign each pair to a hoop.
Activity Procedures:
- Today’s activity is called Clean Up Your Yard.
- The objective of this activity is to work with your partner to collect the most balls or bean bags.
- On the start signal, the first person from each team will jog into the yard and use the lacrosse stick to scoop up one ball/bean bag and return it to their hoop using cradling skills.
- Once the ball is inside the hoop, her/his partner will jog to scoop up another ball and return it to the hoop.
- This will continue until all of the balls have been collected and the yard is clean.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
