Springfield College Daily Lesson Plan

Name: Ben Bohlke Time: 82 minutes School: East Long Meadow High School Facilities: Softball Field Grade:12th Unit/Theme: Softball Control/Utilization Equipment: Softball Bats 1. 13 softball gloves Date: 10/3/13 Lesson #:2/4 Class Size: 12 Generic Level: 2. 10 Softballs 3. 6

Focus of Lesson: Fielding Student Performance Objectives (SPO): (NASPE #___; MA CF #___ ; Task/Activity #___)
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

(P) Students should be able to throw and hit the softball correctly. (NASPE #__1_; MA CF #_2.17_ ; Task/Activity #_1,2_) (C) students should understand where to run after hitting the ball as well as throwing the ball to the right place when given the opportunity. (NASPE #__2_; MA CF #_2.19__ ; Task/Activity #__1,2_) (A) Students should respect the equipment and the teacher at all times throughout the lesson. (NASPE #__5_; MA CF #__2.26_ ; Task/Activity #_Entire lesson_)

Check each objective is it specific? Is it achievable? Is it developmentally appropriate? Teacher Performance Objectives During the lesson the teacher will: 1. Explain all of the safety and and rules for the lesson.

2. Explain all of the skill cues as well as the start and stop signals. 3. Give more specific feedback to the students then in previous lessons. 4. Refrain from calling the students guys. Special Considerations What are the safety concerns? What is unique about the students in this class? During the lesson there is a possibility of many softballs and bats being used at the same time. This can get dangerous and the students need to make sure that they are aware of their surroundings while using the equipment.

References: (include page # and/or actual web site address Darst, P. W., Pangrazi, R. P., Sariscsany, M., & Brusseau, T. A. (2012). Dynamic
physical education for secondary school students (7th ed.). New York: Benjamin Cummings (pp 438-439)

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SEQUENCE OF LESSON

ORGANIZATION

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Attendance: Students will enter the gym and will go directly to their attendance spot. Attendance will be taken and then Students will go into the locker room to change for class.
Transition: Students will go into the locker room to change and then come back into the gym.

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1015 Warm up: students will start by jogging around the gym for 2 minutes. After this the teacher will lead stretches. While the stretches are going on the teacher will inform the students about the stop and start signals and rules during the lesson.

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outside to the softball field and sit on the bench without touching any of the equipment and face the teacher. 2022

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Informing: Fielding is one of the most important parts to softball. Fielding is essentially putting your body in the path of the ball to the best of your ability and using your glove to stop and control the ball. The most important aspect to Fielding is keeping your eye on the ball. You should watch the ball all the way into the point where it is in your glove.

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Refining: Skill cues for fielding.

Ground Balls:
Glove starts on the ground with your palm up Align the incoming ball with the middle of your body. Bend your knees in an athletic position with your chest slightly leaning forward. Put your non-glove hand hovering over your glove to help

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secure the ball.

Balls in the air:

If the ball is above your waist use the thumb down method with your glove while catching the ball. If the ball is below your waist, use the thumb up, palm up method for catching the ball. Align the incoming ball with the middle of your body

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_______fence_____________ Demonstration: The teacher will choose a student to help demonstrate both fielding ground balls and fielding balls that are in the air. The student will first roll the ball to the teacher to demonstrate balls on the ground. Next the student will toss a ball below the teachers waist but in the air to demonstrate catching a ball with the thumb up palm up method. Finally, the student will now toss a ball to the teacher that is above their waist to demonstrate the catching with your thumb down method. After this the student and teacher will demonstrate the first SSSSSSSSSS

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Transition: Students will partner up and take a glove and ball and spread out amongst the field but 20 feet away from their partner. Students also should make sure that they stand at least 10 feet away from other groups.

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properly. S Transition: the students will be told to form groups of three. Each group of three will be considered a team. One team will stay in to bat while the other 9 students spread out at every position in the field. S S S

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Activity 2: The students will spread out at every position except for pitcher, which the teacher will play as. One team will stay in and be the batters. Each team will get two outs per change. After every change of team batting the fielders will have to go to a position that they have not played yet. Every teams score will accumulate until the end of the game. The team with the most runs scored. Extension: if the fielders are getting are not getting into the game as much as you would like them to a new rule will be that every ball caught in the air will be an extra point for their team.

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Transition: Students will put all of the equipment back in the proper place where they got it. Next they will meet where the original meeting place was.

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Closure: The teacher will go over the skill cues and the purpose of the skill cues. If there is a ground ball what way do you hold your hand with the glove? See who can name two skill cues for fielding in general.