Flag Football Lesson Plan
Flag Football Lesson Plan
Flag Football Lesson Plan
Time
2
min
Activity/Content Development
Introduction: We will be
discussing some of the key
elements of Flag Football. We will
discuss the tactic of maintaining
possession by how to hand the ball
off to a teammate and also how to
hold the ball while you are running.
Skills we will discuss will include
grip, passing, and catching with the
key elements of each. Including
passing with your arm back with
follow through, gripping on the
laces and finding your comfortable
spot, and catching with hands out in
front of body.
(Demo passing/catching/grip)
Students will be stretching while
instructors are talking.
Modifications
-Students can stand
around instructor if
class size is large
Organization
-Everyone lined up on
the baseline
Teaching Cues
-"Flag football is
not much
different than
American
football, but
with slight
modifications to
the rules and
procedures"
8 min
10
min
Tactical Awareness:
Instructors can
underhand toss ball to
student, having
student pivot and turn
while maintaining
possession
-Instructors can act as
defenders while
students are jogging
with ball to enforce
transferring ball from
hand to hand while
-Game performed on
regulation volley-ball
court with end zones
positioned on opposite
baselines
-Equipment: footballs
and cones if needing to
define boundaries
Tactical Awareness:
-While holding
footballs, students will
jog to end of court,
turn around, jog back,
and hand-off ball to
next student (repeat)
-Equipment: footballs
-"Work on
gripping,
passing, and
throwing the
ball. Think
strategy and
tactics that
could be used in
flag football
gameplay, they
will transfer
over"
-"While running,
the ball should
always be
placed in the
arm farthest
away from the
defender"
20
min
each student.
maintaining possession
Catching Drill:
-Students can catch lob
passes if able
-Students can run a
certain route or pattern
before catching
1: Grip on the
laces, hold ball
with finger pads,
grip not to tight
or too loose.
Make it
comfortable
2: Pass with
arm back
holding ball near
ear and make
winding motion
on throw toward
target. Have
happy feet when
throwing a pass,
dont be flat
footed. Step
with nonthrowing foot
18
min
increase/decrease
length of cones
depending on skill level
-another option is to
line students facing
each other about 15ft
apart. Students will
pass to each other
working on accuracy
using proper technique
and form. For every
pass that is caught at
the chest is 2 pts. If the
ball is caught but not
at the chest is 1 pt. If
the ball is uncatchable
is 0 pts.
passes.
Target Passing:
Students on the
baseline with one
instructor watching
passing elements and
other instructor in field
judging if the cones
are hit.
-Equipment: Footballs
and Cones
towards target
with toe also
facing target,
use your body
to rotate
throwing arm
3: Catch with
hands out in
front, bring
hands into body
on lob passes
2 min
Students on baseline
Check for
understanding