EQUIPMENT
1 football
10 short cones
1 flag per 2 students
OBJECTIVE
Today we are playing Flag Football. In this game, the objective is to get the ball into your opponent’s end zone by passing it to your teammates.
INSTRUCTIONS
- I will divide you into two teams (using flags) and select one team to begin with the ball in their end zone.
- If you have the football you can pass to anyone on your team.
- The offensive team gets four tries (downs) to make two complete passes.
- If they make two complete passes, the downs start over again.
- If they do not make two complete passes, the other team gets the ball where the last play occurred.
- A pass is incomplete if it hits the ground or goes out-of-bounds.
- Once an offensive student has the ball, he/she can be tagged by the defensive and the ball is dead. The next play begins where the tag occurred.
- The defense must wait five seconds before tagging the quarterback at the beginning of each play.
- Once a point has been scored the opposing team starts with the ball in their end zone.
- Students cannot push or shove one another.
Game 1: Play as indicated above. One-handed tags must be used on defensive.
Game 2: Two-handed tags must be used on defensive.
Game 3: Use flags instead of tagging.
TEACHING TIPS
- Approach: If students are not involving everyone on their team, consider a variation where everyone on a team needs to catch a pass before scoring a point.
- Discussion: Ask students to share what was easy or hard about making sure a defender was not in their throwing path.