Middle School Floor Hockey Lesson 3
Middle School Floor Hockey Lesson 3
Middle School Floor Hockey Lesson 3
INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN
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Joshua P. Barnhart
UNIT GOAL: For students to demonstrate the skills and strategies necessary to fully
participate in a recreational floor hockey game.
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Lesson Four: Students will demonstrate the ability to maintain possession and create
space when attacking the goal in group of four in a controlled practice environment
against a three person defense.
Lesson Five: Students will demonstrate strategies to maintain possession and create
space to attack the goal both on and off the ball as well as the ability to describe strategies
to use spacing to defend the goal when on defense during 4v4 modified games.
ASSESSMENT:
Rating Proficient/Functional GOAL:
4
Fundamental Form
Student Displays:
Ability to maintain possession and create space
to attack the goal with 2 or less losses of
control by the team during the game.
Ability to describe strategies to use space to
defend the goal during a 4v4 modified game.
Intermediate Form
Student Displays:
Ability to maintain possession and create space
to attack the goal with 4 or less losses of
control by the team during the game.
Ability to describe strategies to defend the goal
during a 4v4 modified game.
Partial Form
Student Displays:
Ability to maintain possession and create space
to attack the goal with 8 or less losses of
control by the team during the game.
Foundational Form
Student Displays:
Ability to maintain possession and create space
to attack the goal with 9 or more losses of
control by the team during the game.
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Lesson Three
Creating Open Space to Attack the Net
INSTRUCTION:
Materials Needed
Hockey Sticks
Balls or Pucks
Nets, Cones, or some type of Goal
Instructional Objectives
1. Students will demonstrate skill in creating open space while attacking the net
in groups of three against a two-person defense
2. Students will display positive teamwork in order to work together and
achieve the lesson objectives in small groups.
3. Students will apply knowledge of offensive strategies while attacking the net.
Cues/Key Words
Create Open Space
Attack the Net
Time Frame
Approx. 45 min
Warm-Up Activity
Jail-Break Hockey (Review from previous lesson on puck control):
Students begin moving a ball or puck around a box made of floor tape (or
cones if outside). The box is the "jail". On the signal, students begin to move
the ball or puck around the designated area using various speeds and
direction. On the signal, students are given 10 seconds (or your choice of
time) to return their ball or puck to a box and must choose a different box
each time to avoid hanging around the same box. If all of the students make it
back to a box before the 10 seconds, the class gets a point. If everyone does
not make it or if someone uses his or her hands to put the ball or puck in a
box, the teacher gets a point. Set a score total to play to or a time limit. If the
students win, we move on to the next lesson. If the teacher wins, we refine
and continue.
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Anticipatory Set
Using a Prezi and video of a hockey team displaying teamwork, review the
importance of teamwork and working with peers in order to be successful in floor
hockey. Inform students that if each person in the class is able to successfully score
2 points by the end of the next class period (specifically applies to the application
activities at the end of each class), then they will be able to begin playing a modified
floor hockey tournament.
1. Practice Activity
Target Practice Shooting with Accuracy
Demonstrate proper shooting technique through use of a video and in
person while explaining the activity. Set-up involves having two cones
set several feet apart (creating a goal) and a line of tape on the ground
at approximately 10 feet, 12.5 feet, and 15 feet from the goal. Students
will work in partners with one student recording the number of
successful goals and the other student shooting at the goal from the
taped line. Each student takes five shots at a time before switching
with the recorder. Once the partners reach a combined score of 10
successful goals, they move back to the 12.5ft tapeline and repeat the
process. This activity can continue until either the designated time is
reached or all students succeed in scoring a combined 10 shots from
the 15ft tapeline.
2. Practice Activity
Three-Man Weave and Shooting Shooting and Teamwork
Have three students review the three-man weave from the previous
lesson in a quick demonstration. Add to the activity that between 10
to 15 feet from the goal (as marked by tape lines) one of the three
team members must attempt a shot at the goal (or net). The team of
three will start at the half court line and advance toward the goal
through passing during a three-man weave before taking the shot.
Students will repeat this process until each student has successfully
scored from taking a shot within the designated shooting zone.
Application
Modified 3 on 2 shooting drill
Each team of three from the previous activity will be playing against
another team of three. The objective of this activity is to score three goals
against your opponent while shooting from at least 10 feet away from the
goal. The offensive team starts at half court and proceeds to use teamwork
and passing skills to attack the net and attempt a shot on goal. The defending
team will have one goalie and two defenders and will NOT have hockey sticks
or be allowed to run. The defenders simply act as an object that is in-between
the attacking team and the goal; the defenders are NOT actively playing
against the other team. After each goal the students will switch from offense
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to defense and give the other team their hockey sticks. Students will have
three opportunities to be on offensive, and a different teammate must score
each time so that everyone scores once on the goal. If teams finish early then
they can continue the activity until brought together for the closure.
Closure
Review the lesson and unit objectives and engage the class in a discussion that
engages in self-reflection upon class progress toward those objectives. Make sure to
remind the class that if each of them can score twice by the end of the next class
then they can begin planning a modified floor hockey tournament.
Notes/Comments
Write down any comments and observations that pertain to how the lesson could be
improved in the future.
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