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Hey guys. I am currently in my 1st year out of Uni and got a contract as a PE teacher for years R-7. Everything is going great except that I did all my prac in a junior primary classroom (Don't get me started on the laziness and attitudes of year 6/7). Anyway I am about to start a 4 week block of AFL next week. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of a basic guideline?

I was thinking that R-2 would just be basic skills (kicking, handballing and marking). 3-7 would be that early on but some sort of modified game in weeks 3 and 4 would be great. Not looking forward to the lazy kids that have a miraculous "injury" when I start this.

Anyway, any tips would be greatly appreciated!
 
I remember my teacher used to always have a prize at the end of the lesson. It was usually some sort of football gear or merchandise.
Was always a good initiative to play but then again, we never had any lazy ****ers not want to do PE. PE was our escape from the classroom.
 
Back Pocket,

I am nearly finished my PE degree. Just did an 8 week AFL block.

I will post up something tomorrow afternoon.

But remember to give the kids the most amount of ball touch as possible. Split up the good kids with the bad kids (give you more teachers) and don't bow to the pressure of just playing games.

OM
 

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pacemaker said:
I am a PE specialist but just recently out like yourself. I did a AFL course at uni and I am a certificate one AFL coach.

I found something similar to the manual I have got fom completing the course.

http://www.aflauskick.com.au/coordinators/lesson-plans/

This lesson plans should be a good start. They are pdf and take up 5MB to open. All the best.
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I thought you got drafted Pacemaker? Or was that into an Auskick division?
 
ClarkeM said:
I thought you got drafted Pacemaker? Or was that into an Auskick division?
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Tell you what Scott, with my footy ability, PE degree and my coaching certificate there is no way they are going to dog me this year. :cool:

Back pocket: those resources below the lesson plans are great as well for warm up's hopefully that site helps some what.
 
Cheers guys. I printed out those auskick lessons and the modified games part. Not sure if we will get to the games. Just teaching most kids to kick and handball is going to take up the whole block. They are scared of the ball and complain that it hurts to kick and handball. Other then that those lessons have been a great starting point.

Thanks to all those that replied:thumbsu:
 
Yeah i agree, i would have not liked the hard footies at their age. The wahoo ones are good, but all depends on the schools facilities.
 
A bit off topic but what are people's thoughts on dodgeball?

I'm the PE teacher at our school for the first time this year(been teaching for years). Basically no one else wanted to do it so I got lumbered with it but actually I'm really enjoying it.

But all the kids want to play dodgeball. I've relented a couple of times but to me why would you want to teach kids to evade the ball? All other ball games involve attacking the ball. Dodgeball to me is teaching the kids to be afraid of the ball. Sure there are some skills involved in dodgeball(e.g. throwing) but it seems the negatives outweigh the positive.

Thoughts?
 
I think Dodgeball is good for PE teaching.
I'm on the positive end of it anyway.

It doesn't teach kids to be scared of the ball so to speak. It focuses on their decision making, agility, speed and it's actually a good team game as you really do have a mutual interdependence with your teammates (e.g. catching the ball = teammate comes back in play, catching a deflected ball to save a teammate).
Also, it's a very popular game so there'll be plenty of people that would be keen on playing it for the enjoyment factor as well.

May I ask how old they are?
 

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Noddy Holder said:
A bit off topic but what are people's thoughts on dodgeball?

I'm the PE teacher at our school for the first time this year(been teaching for years). Basically no one else wanted to do it so I got lumbered with it but actually I'm really enjoying it.

But all the kids want to play dodgeball. I've relented a couple of times but to me why would you want to teach kids to evade the ball? All other ball games involve attacking the ball. Dodgeball to me is teaching the kids to be afraid of the ball. Sure there are some skills involved in dodgeball(e.g. throwing) but it seems the negatives outweigh the positive.

Thoughts?
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I might be moving to Victoria and if you don't want to do it next year I am applying for this position at your school. What school are you at?

Not true here Noody, dodgeball is considered a game which teachers attacking and defensive strategies. When is the right time to attack and when to retreat and defend. Sorry to state the obvious if you knew this. Hopfully you are using those sqishy foam netball sized balls for this as this would be ideal for the game
 
Noddy Holder said:
A bit off topic but what are people's thoughts on dodgeball?

I'm the PE teacher at our school for the first time this year(been teaching for years). Basically no one else wanted to do it so I got lumbered with it but actually I'm really enjoying it.

But all the kids want to play dodgeball. I've relented a couple of times but to me why would you want to teach kids to evade the ball? All other ball games involve attacking the ball. Dodgeball to me is teaching the kids to be afraid of the ball. Sure there are some skills involved in dodgeball(e.g. throwing) but it seems the negatives outweigh the positive.

Thoughts?
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Dodgeball sucks. Once you're out, you're out until the game is over. Unmotivated kids just get themselves out right at the start so they can sit down.

At my school we play Warball. You need a basketball court with multipurpose lines on it. Two sides, each side can't go into the other third (Netball lines), same rules as dodgeball but if you throw the ball into the basketball hoop at the other end you get your teammates back in.

Great game. Mixes up dodgeball with some strategy. End of last year I played it for three days straight with my year 7 and year 8 classes combined with the other classes. Teachers vs. kids. 4 teachers vs. 50 kids is very hard.
 
Pardon my ignorance but would Dodgeball be the same game that we called Poison Ball when I was a kid? If it is, it's a great game.

When we played if you caught the ball you got an extra life.

If the people throwing the ball could throw it to a person on the end on the full and they caught it they could call freeze and everyone in the middle trying to dodge the ball had to freeze in their footsteps. If the people in the middle could see that this was going to happen then they could yell out wiggles. This meant that they weren't able to move their feet but could move their bodies around.The thrower then had the option of either throwing at the frozen people (they were still able to catch it and thus gain another life) or roll the ball along the ground at the stationery targets, in this way if the ball bounced of someones' feet and hit someone else then they were both out.

Another game and probably my favourite was Handball or European Handball (the one they play at the Olympics). It's fast, you can catch, bounce and throw the ball and run with it. For the playing area you only need a netball or basketball court or even a tennis court.
 
Ok guys try this game for primary school I think it is called "star wars". Basically it is a modified version of dodgeball except somewhat better. Same rules except the difference is each team has two jedi's as I call them. Now think of it this way these jedi's are like the king or queen in the game of chest(powerful people). Once someone is hit with the ball they are to sit down until the team's jedi runs and tags them. Once this has happened they are now back into the game. The game eventually ends when the jedi's lose their powers and this happens when they get hit with the ball.They cannot help save their teammates any more. Jedi's are still in the game but can not help others. If they get hit again (twice) then they need to sit and wait until all members are out. Or to speed up the game when one team only has three members left it is game over. Duration of the game usually last for 10 - 15 minutes so it would be a good activity for daily fitness.

In my own opinion not a fan of dodgeball because as said previously you have students inactive once they are out and it is sort of similar with this "star wars" game. This modified version helps to address this but you still have people becoming inactive. More into tagging type of activities where students are constantly running and very active.
 
THRILLHO said:
Dodgeball sucks. Once you're out, you're out until the game is over. Unmotivated kids just get themselves out right at the start so they can sit down.
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I play it so that if a person on one side catches a ball then everybody who is out is back in so they're in play most of the time.
 
pacemaker said:
Ok guys try this game for primary school I think it is called "star wars". Basically it is a modified version of dodgeball except somewhat better. Same rules except the difference is each team has two jedi's as I call them. Now think of it this way these jedi's are like the king or queen in the game of chest(powerful people). Once someone is hit with the ball they are to sit down until the team's jedi runs and tags them. Once this has happened they are now back into the game. The game eventually ends when the jedi's lose their powers and this happens when they get hit with the ball.They cannot help save their teammates any more. Jedi's are still in the game but can not help others. If they get hit again (twice) then they need to sit and wait until all members are out. Or to speed up the game when one team only has three members left it is game over. Duration of the game usually last for 10 - 15 minutes so it would be a good activity for daily fitness.

In my own opinion not a fan of dodgeball because as said previously you have students inactive once they are out and it is sort of similar with this "star wars" game. This modified version helps to address this but you still have people becoming inactive. More into tagging type of activities where students are constantly running and very active.
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Wrong.

Good game
 
Dodgeball's similar to Poison Ball. Our old PE teacher always used to do Twisters - he'd spin the ball heaps with both hands as he threw it. Got heaps of people out.

Good team game? The Blob. Two people are it, they have to hold hands and tag people. You get tagged, you join The Blob. If The Blob separates (two people in the middle let go of each other) then you can't be tagged by either sides of The Blob - it must be entirely connected. The idea is to be the last one to survive, and it's pretty funny when there's a huge wave of kids in a wall formation coming to tag you :D
 
Yeah, when I was in primary school we played a similar game called Octopus. If you got tagged you had to stand there in the spot you were caught and catch others. I've used this as a warm up game. Kids like it.

Will have to try the blob though. Sounds great.
 
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