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Bocce Ball - Lesson 6
Bocce ball - lesson 6 takes the game indoors and makes some adaptations. Use bean bags or juggling balls that won't bounce too much to play indoors. The focus is on throwing and using good form. The strategy will be slightly different...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 1 - Boating Basics
Teach your young adventurers about boating basics, such as boating terminology, knots, key aspects of the boat, and how to determine a boat's capacity. This resource is a good way to get started on learning how to water ski. There are...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports, Lesson 2: Personal Flotation Devices
Lesson 2 is part of a twenty-two lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson is on personal flotation devices. There are reasons why the law requires PFDs. Click on the resource link at the bottom of the page to...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 5 - Water Skiing Laws/Safety/Equipment
Water skiing laws exist for the safety of all concerned. Proper equipment is just as important as following all the laws concerning safety. Lesson 5 is part of a unit on boat safety and water sports. There are links at the bottom of the...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 10 - Cold Water/Weather
Lesson 10 is part of a twenty-two lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. It focuses on how to handle cold water and cold weather when water skiing, as well as what to do if hypothermia or frostbite occur. Click on the resource...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 12 - Pool, Deep Water Starts
Lesson 12 is part of a unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson is getting up on the water ski using a one-foot start and a two-foot start. It is suggested to click on the resource link at the bottom of the page to...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 16 - Hand Signals, Water Skiing
Lesson 16 is part of a twenty-two lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. Pupils practice the proper hand signals to retrieve a water skiier who has fallen down in the water. It is suggested to click on the resource link at the...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 17 - Review Starts, Introduce Cross-Overs
How do you cross that gigantic wake behind the boat? Lesson 17 covers the basic techniques of how to cross-over the wakes. Lesson 17 is part of a 22 lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. There are links at the bottom of the...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 19 - Wake Board Tricks
Wake board tricks, like the tantrum, whirlybird, and the flip, are pretty advanced tricks to learn. This fun lesson plan describes how to perform each of these tricks. It takes a lot of practice, along with a lot of spills and tumbles,...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 20 - Dry Land Wake Board Work
Lesson 20 is part of a 22 lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. The focus in this lesson is getting up on the wake board. If you click on the resource link at the bottom of the page, there is another resource link that goes to the...
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Footbag - Lesson 4 - Inside Kick
Learn how to perform the inside kick in footbag (aka hacky sack). There are some basic skills to learn and this is one of them. Seems easy enough to learn, but takes a bit of practice to really do it well. So grab that footbag and start...
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Golf - Lesson 8 - Course Management, Shot Selection
Every golf hole is different. Some seem so easy, while others are full of twists, turns, hills, and hazards. Learning to navigate or manage the hole is a skill worth having. This lesson on course management and shot selection is part of...
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Golf - Lesson 1 - Intro, Full Swing, Stance, Posture
This is the first lesson out of nine in this golf unit. So, let's start at the beginning. A little history, some rules, and an introduction to golf terms. Practice the full golf swing without a club in hand. Focus on stance and posture....
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Golf - Lesson 3 - Full Swing, Pitching
Golf lesson 3 is part of an eight lesson unit. There is a link at the bottom of the page to go to the lessons as well as a link to go to the unit homepage. This particular lesson reviews the mechanics of a full swing. The class practices...
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Mountain Biking - Riding Over Obstacles
Mountain biking means mountain trails. Hills, valleys, bumps and stumps. There are going to be plenty of obstacles to ride over or around. Learning how to handle obstacles will make being out on the trails safer. So learn how to...
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Orienteering - Lesson 2 - Topographical Maps
One of the most important skills in orienteering is being able to read a topographical map. Understanding the contour lines and symbols and the scale of the map will make planning your route so much better. In this lesson, partners get...
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Orienteering - Lesson 6 - Compasses
Travel using a compass. Get your bearings! What does that mean? Choose a starting point, set your bearings, move to a location, and then use your bearings to return to the original starting point. It is of utmost importance to understand...
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Orienteering - Lesson 9 - Declination
What's the difference between true north and magnetic north? Lesson 9 has your class practicing mapping using a compass and taking the correct declination into account. This lesson is one part of a 10 lesson unit on orienteering....
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Soccer - Lesson 3 - Dribbling
The most important skill in soccer is dribbling. Most can do a decent job of kicking the ball around, but it takes a lot of practice to get good and make the ball do exactly what you want it to do. So this lesson plan on dribbling is...
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Soccer - Lesson 12 - Passing
Soccer lesson 12 focuses on reviewing and practicing the skills of passing, passing on the move, making accurate passes to have a shot on goal. It is imperative to learn good passing skills to be successful in soccer. After all,...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 3 - Footwork and Passing
This third lesson in the Tchoukball unit is all about footwork and passing. In this lesson there are several drills to practice footwork as only three steps are allowed in regulation play. As the class works on footwork, they will also...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 6 - Game Strategy
The sixth lesson plan in this Tchoukball unit talks about game strategy. There were some basic game strategies presented in lesson four, and this lesson specifically focuses on how to attack the frame, and positioning for offense....
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Tchoukball - Lesson 7 - Tournament Design
Lesson 7 in this Tchoukball unit presents many forms of tournaments. This lesson will then use a modified form of a 3 v 3 tournament. It's organized to maximize practice time in preparation for the following big tournament. Players will...
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Sports Lesson Plan
Have your class participate in a variety of sports and craft activities using this resource. With sports as the theme, learners work on art projects. Students create soccer ball prints, a three dimensional football, and a sports collage.