UNIT PLAN PRIMARY SCHOOL - Queensland Oztag · PRIMARY UNIT PLAN ©2010-2016 Qld Oztag Group Inc ABN 16 873 614 527 page 3 Implementation Lesson Plans: Lessons plans contained within

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UNIT PLAN

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Action shot from the 2014 Junior State Cup

Unit Plan Primary (Years 1-7)

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Table of Contents

Unit Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1

Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 2

Implementation ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Lesson Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 4

Oztag Assessment Sheet.................................................................................................................................... 8

Year 1 Lesson Plans .............................................................................................................................. 10

Year 1 - Lesson Plan 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 11

Year 1 - Lesson Plan 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Year 1 - Lesson Plan 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 20

Year 1 - Lesson Plan 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 24

Year 1 - Lesson Plan 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 28


Year 2 - Lesson Plan 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 31

Year 2 - Lesson Plan 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 36

Year 2 - Lesson Plan 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 41

Year 2 - Lesson Plan 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 46

Year 2 - Lesson Plan 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 50


Year 3 - Lesson Plan 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 53

Year 3 - Lesson Plan 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 58

Year 3 - Lesson Plan 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 63

Year 3 - Lesson Plan 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 68

Year 3 - Lesson Plan 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 73


Year 4 - Lesson Plan 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 76

Year 4 - Lesson Plan 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 82

Year 4 - Lesson Plan 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 88

Year 4 - Lesson Plan 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 92

Year 4 - Lesson Plan 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 97

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Year 5 Lesson Plans ............................................................................................................................ 100

Year 5 - Lesson Plan 1 .................................................................................................................................... 101

Year 5 - Lesson Plan 2 .................................................................................................................................... 107

Year 5 - Lesson Plan 3 .................................................................................................................................... 113

Year 5 - Lesson Plan 4 .................................................................................................................................... 116

Year 5 - Lesson Plan 5 .................................................................................................................................... 120

Year 6 Lesson Plans ............................................................................................................................ 122

Year 6 - Lesson Plan 1 .................................................................................................................................... 123

Year 6 - Lesson Plan 2 .................................................................................................................................... 130

Year 6 - Lesson Plan 3 .................................................................................................................................... 136

Year 6 - Lesson Plan 4 .................................................................................................................................... 141

Year 6 - Lesson Plan 5 .................................................................................................................................... 145

Advanced Lesson Plans ....................................................................................................................... 148

Advanced - Lesson Plan 1 .............................................................................................................................. 149





Additional Drills ................................................................................................................................. 175

Tagging, Twisting and Spinning ..................................................................................................................... 176

Passing ........................................................................................................................................................... 179

Kicking ............................................................................................................................................................ 181

Attacking Moves ............................................................................................................................................ 182

Decision Making/Reaction ............................................................................................................................. 184

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Unit Summary

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Overview

Title: Oztag for Primary Age Students

Unit Overview:

This unit aims to provide students with an experience in Oztag. As well as teaching basic rules, tactics and game play, the unit is designed to give students an understanding and appreciation of the skills fundamental to Oztag, in particular those that make Oztag unique. It is also designed to help students improve their abilities in similar sports such as touch football, rugby league and rugby union through use of skills also used in these sports.

Duration: The unit duration for each year level is:

Five weeks

One lesson plan per week

One lesson plan = 30 minutes

Total duration = 150 minutes

Year Levels: Primary i.e. years 1 - 6

Unit Outcomes:

The key unit outcomes offers students opportunities to develop knowledge, processes, skills and attitudes necessary for making informed decisions about:

Developing concepts and skills for physical activity:

o Catching

o Ball handling – running with the ball

o Passing

o Kicking

o Playing the ball

o Applying game tactics

o Offensive moves – draw and pass, wrap, switch, overs, unders

o Defensives skills – 1 on 1, 2 on 1, 3 on 2, wrap, switch

o Unique Oztag skills – tagging, twisting and spinning

Enhancing personal development:

o Communication

o Decision making

o Team work

o Leadership

o Self confidence

o Following instructions

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Implementation

Lesson Plans: Lessons plans contained within the unit address specific needs of each year level from years 1 to 6. Lessons plans allow for the Qld Education designated 30 minute Physical Education lessons primary school students are to receive.

Teachers should allocate more time to participating/practicing and less on explaining/demonstrating. Whilst correcting technique is the goal, more focus should be placed on the participation and enjoyment of the skills used.

Lesson Plan Structure:

The following structure has been applied to the five lesson plans:

Lesson 1 = Introduction of key Oztag skills

Lesson 2 = Revising, refining and expansion of key Oztag skills

Lesson 3 = Revising, refining and expansion of key Oztag skills

Lesson 4 = Introduction of game skills and rules

Lesson 5 = Expansion and refining of game skills and rules, and assessment

Resources: Materials and resources required for the unit:

Oztag School Development Kit

o Ball

o Rule book

o Tags

o Belts

Markers/Witches hats

Whistle

Hoops

Field space

Additional resources that can assist in the unit’s implementation:

Qld Oztag You Tube Channel - www.youtube.com/user/OZTAGQUEENSLAND

Qld Oztag Teachers Information manual

Qld Oztag Website – www.queenslandoztag.com.au

Australian Oztag Website – www.oztag.com.au

Local Oztag Venue Managers – consult the Qld Oztag website for contact details

Oztag shorts are also available to be purchased from your local Venue Coordinator of Qld Oztag. These are used in replace of the Oztag belts.

Assessment: A generic assessment sheet is provided to be used for each year’s plan. The assessment sheet provided is a starting point for developing the specific criteria based assessment relevant to your school and year level curriculum plans.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OZTAGQUEENSLAND

http://www.oztag.com.au/

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Lesson Summary

Year 1

Lesson Plan Focus Areas

1 Placing on and taking off Oztag belts and tags

Defensive skills – tagging


Attacking skills – ball handling

3 Attacking skills – ball handling

Attacking skills – passing

4

Attacking skills – scoring a try

Attacking skills – play the ball

Basic Oztag rules

5 Basic Oztag rules

Year 2






3 Defensive skills – tagging

Offensive skills – twisting and spinning

4



Basic Oztag rules

5 Basic Oztag rules

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Year 3




2

Placing on and taking off Oztag belts and tags

Offensive skills – passing

Offensive skills – ball handling

3 Defensive skills – tagging


4

Attacking Skills - scoring a try

Attacking Skills - play the ball

Basic Oztag rules

5 Basic Oztag rules

Year 4


1




2




3 Offensive skills – kicking

4

Attacking Skills - scoring a try

Attacking Skills - play the ball

Basic Oztag rules

5 Basic Oztag rules

Attacking skills - 2 on 1 attacking (draw and pass)

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Year 5


1




2




3 Offensive skills – kicking

4

Basic Oztag rules

Attacking skills - draw and pass

Attacking skills - wrapping

5 Basic Oztag rules

Defensive skills – wrap

Year 6


1




2 Offensive skills – draw and pass

Offensive skills – decision making in attack

3 Defensive skills – wrapping and switching

Offensive skills – wrapping and switching

4

Defensive skills – wrapping and switching



5 Oztag rules

Offensive skills – kicking

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Advanced


1




2 Defensive skills – wrapping and switching


3 Offensive skills – unders and overs


4 Communication


5 Oztag rules


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Oztag Assessment Sheet

Level Skills Game Rules and Tactics Participation

1 Demonstrates a very limited ability Displays zero knowledge No involvement

2 Demonstrates a limited ability Attempts to use tactics, basic knowledge of rules Little involvement

3 Demonstrates a sound ability - Performed accurately Uses basic tactics, moderate knowledge of rules Moderate involvement

4 Demonstrates a high ability - Performed accurately at

speed Successfully selects tactics to use, high knowledge of rules

High involvement

5 Demonstrates a very high ability - Performed consistently

accurate at speed

Consistently and successfully selects tactics to use, very high

knowledge of rules Very high involvement

Student

Level

Passing Catching Tagging Tag Evasion Kicking Playing the

ball

Game Rules

and Tactics Participation Total

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

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Year 1 Lesson Plans

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Year 1 - Lesson Plan 1

Focus Areas: Introduction of key Oztag skills:



Learning Outcomes: At the completion of this lesson students will be able to:

Put on an Oztag belt

Explain where to place tags on the Oztag belts

Make a tag in a defensive situation

Apply tagging skills in a simulated game situation

Explain basic technique needed to make a tag

Duration: 30 minutes

Section Activity Resources

Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Simon Says)

Use the game of Simon Says to get students to do move around using various locomotion e.g. skipping, jogging, jumping, hopping etc

Incorporate locomotion you would use in Oztag e.g. sideways sliding, twisting, spinning

Once completed take students through a light stretch of different muscle groups

Key Teaching Points:

Explain the importance of warming up and stretching

As they are warming up explain to students that they will be doing Oztag

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Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Putting on a Belt and Tags

Have students sitting as a group

Explain how to put on a belt and tags and demonstrate

Have students place on their own belts (assistance will be required)

Allocate students into two different groups (reflective of the two different colour tags). As you call out a colour have that student go and put on that colour tags


Furry side of the belt to the outside

Oztag logo on the belt to the front and middle

Have the belt rap around your waist

Tags to sit on either side of your waist and hanging straight down

Special Oztag shorts can be used and if you play at a competition you will have to play in a pair

Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

(2 minutes)

Activity 3 – Tagging

Have students sit as a group

Demonstrate to the students how to make a tag – use a student as a volunteer

Ask students to stand up and practice tagging them selves


Use two hands – it’s easier to make the tag

Use the palm of your hands NOT fingers – just like swatting a mosquito

When you make the tag just throw it on the ground – make sure you throw it straight down not away from where you are standing

STRESS: Zero contact including that the attacker is not allowed to push the defenders hand away

No jumping by the attacker in avoiding being tagged

Oztag Belts

Tags

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Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 4 – Tagging One-on-One

Split class into two teams

Create channels using markers 2 m wide and 4 m long – enough for each member of a team

Have both teams at the end either end of the channels, 1 player from each team per channel standing in the middle of the markers

Team A runs towards team B and try to run over the line without being tagged

Team B must try and make the tag on team A

Get 5 turns each and rotate

Make a game of it by seeing how many tries/tags each team can make and have the other team try to beat it


Students must stay in their channel or they have run out

No contact

Use both hands and palms to make the tag

Explain that the end line between the markers is like the tryline in Oztag

Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

2m

4m

B B

A A

B

A

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Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 5 – Modified Game (Red Rover)

Set up a field 25m wide x 30m long

Have two defenders in the centre of the field and all other players as attackers at one side of the field

On the whistle all attackers must run across the field to the other side (to score a try), and the defenders must make as many tags as possible

Once tagged the attacker then becomes a defender

Repeat until the last two students remaining as attackers wins and becomes the first defenders for the next game

Variation – team 1 v team 2.

o Have 1 whole team in the middle as defenders and another whole team as attacker, then swap. Team that has the most successful runs without all players being tagged is the winners.


Students must stay in the field or they have run out and become defenders

No contact


If tagged the attacker simply places his/her tags on and becomes a defender

Explain to students that the end lines are like try lines in a game of Oztag

Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

30m

25m

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Conclusion

(1 minute)

Activity 6 – Packing up equipment

Demonstrate to students how to roll up belts

Ask student to roll up belts and place tags into the two different colour piles


Start rolling up belt with Furry side to the outside, and at the non-logo end of the belt

Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)

Activity 7 – Revise Key Points

Sitting as a group ask students to call out answers two the following questions:

o Where do we wear the belt on our body?

o Where do the tags sit on your belt?

o How many hands do we make a tag with?

o What part of the hand do we tag with?

o Are you allowed to push the defenders hands away when they try to tag you?

o Are you allowed to jump to avoid being tagged?

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Focus Areas: Revising, refining and expansion of key Oztag skills:






Apply ball handling skills in a simulated game situation

Explain basic technique used in ball handling



Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 1 - Revise putting on belts and tags

Sit students as a whole group and ask if they can remember how to put on belts and tags - ask for volunteers to explain

Ensure correct technique is mentioned

Ask student to place on the belts and tags ensuring there is even numbers between the two different tags colours – provide assistance as required






Belts

Tags

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Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 2 - Warm Up (Catch/Tag)

Ask students to partner off with someone from the opposite team i.e. with different tags on

On the whistle students from team A must run around and students from team B must try and tag them

Allow sufficient time for tags to be made, or until all tags have been made

Alternate turns



Correct technique to make a tag i.e. using two hands and palms NOT fingers

No contact or fending

Belts

Tags

Whistle

Body

(4 minutes)

Activity 3 – Ball Handling

Sit students as a whole group and ask explain how to hold the ball as you are running

Provide demonstration

Get students to practice holding the ball and running short distances with it.

Ensure all students get a turn


Both hands on the ball

Ball held out in front of the body

Balls

Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 4 – Oztag Relay

Set up two relay channels (one for each team/tag colour) 30m apart

Split each team into two

All team members must have belts but only the 1st runners have tags on

Have each half of the team line up at either end of the relay channel.

Belts

Tags

2 x Balls

Whistle

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One side starts with the ball and runs to the other side – to their team mates

The 2nd runner removes the tags from the 1st runner and places them on, the 1st runner then gives the ball to 2nd runner who runs back to the other side

Repeat until all team members have run

If a tag falls off during the run the runner must put the tag back on before continuing

1st team to get their last runner across the line wins

Repeat 3 times




Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 5 – Red Rover Game (With Oztag Balls)

As for lesson 1 however attackers carry balls – if there are not enough balls just ensure that students share and take it in turns

Belts

Tags

Balls

Whistle

30m

A A A A A A A A

B B B B B B B B

A

A

A

A

A

A B

B

30m

25m

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No contact


Carry ball with both hands and out in front of body


Conclusion

(1 minute)

Activity 6 – Revise Packing up equipment

Ask student how we roll up the belts. Demonstrate if needed




Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)







o How many hands do we carry the ball with?

o Where do we carry the ball?

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Attacking skills – passing


Pass a ball in an attacking situation

Explain basic technique needed to pass a ball

Run with an Oztag ball

Explain basic technique used in running with the ball

Apply running and passing skills in a simulated game situation



Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up

Have students place on tags and belts – ensure even numbers in teams

Set out a grid 20m x 20m – no one is allowed outside of the grid

On the whistle students have to run around and tag as many people as they can while still avoiding having their own tags removed

The person with the most tags wins

Repeat as needed



Enforce correct technique to make a tag – two hands and using palms

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

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Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Passing Technique

Explain and demonstrate to students correct technique in passing the ball

Have students pair off and practice passing to each other – no more than 2 metres apart.


2 hands on the ball

Stand side on to the person you are passing the ball too

Turn shoulders slightly to face the person you are passing the ball too

Swing arms like an elephants trunk towards person you are passing the ball to and release the ball

Point to the player you have passed the ball to once released.

Balls

Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 3 – Passing Relay

Set out 2 lines of markers with 2m between each marker

Have the two teams line up with one student per marker

The ball starts at one end of the line and must be passed to the end of the line going through all sets of hands.

The first team to get ball up and back wins

Repeat as needed


Correct passing technique

2 x Balls

Markers

2m

A

B

A A A A A

B B B B B

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Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 4 – Modified Game

Set up a field of 25m by 30m

Place several hoops sporadically on the field.

Have the two teams spread out on the field

Each team will receive a ball

To score a point the ball must be held inside a hoop – the ball can be carried into a hoop or passed to a person standing in one

Each team must focus on scoring and stopping the other teams scoring

To stop the other team scoring they must tag the person with the ball. If this is done the ball is given to the other side – i.e. it is possible for a team to have possession of both balls.

Highest score wins


Passing – two hands on ball, swing arms like an elephant, stand side on to the person

Ball Handling – two hand on ball and ball out in front

Tagging – use two hands and palms of the hands

Tags

Belts

Whistle

2 x Balls

Markers

Hoops

30m

25m

A

A A

A

A

A B

B B

B

B

B

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Conclusion

(2 minutes)


Once students roll up their belts have them sitting as a group ask students to call out answers two the following questions:

o How many hands do we use when passing the ball?

o How do we swing our arms when we pass?

o How do we stand when passing – side on or facing the person we are passing to?



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Focus Areas: Introduction of game skills and rules:



Basic Oztag rules


Explain how to score a try in a game of Oztag

Demonstrate how to play the ball if tagged in a game of Oztag

Demonstrate dummy half skills – run or pass

Apply play the ball skills in a game situation

Explain basic rules used in a game of Oztag



Introduction

(5 minutes)



Set out a grid 20m x 20m – no one is allowed outside of the grid

Give 4 or 5 students a ball

On the whistle students with a ball have to run around and avoid being tagged

Students without balls have to tags those with the balls

Once tagged the person must give the ball to the person who made the tag


Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

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Body

(3 minutes)

Activity 2 – Play the Ball Demonstration

Explain and demonstrate how and when to play the ball

In threes have student practice playing the ball – 1 as the defender who removes the tag, 1 as the attacker who plays the ball and one as the dummy half who picks the ball up and runs


Defender removes tag and then holds up the tag and drops it to the ground marking where the play the ball should occur

Run back to where tag is on the ground, face your try line

Place the ball on ground in front with ends of ball pointing to sidelines

Place the ball horizontally on the ground

Put one foot on top of the ball & heel or gently roll the ball behind to dummy half

Pick up and re-attach tag quickly

Dummy half can either run with the ball or pass to the 1st receiver

Belts

Tags

Balls

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 3 – Play the Ball Tunnel Ball


Have 1m intervals between markers

All team members must have belts and tags on

Have each team line up on the markers (1 player to each marker) all facing the same direction

One side starts with the ball

Have 1st person play the ball, to the 2nd person who picks the ball up and plays it to the 3rd person etc

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

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Once the last player receives the ball s/he picks it up and plays the ball

Continue to the team has completed 1 full rotation – 1st team to do so wins


Correct technique for playing the ball

Assist students as needed

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 4 – Scoring

Explain and demonstrate how to score a try

Set up a “tryline” have students practice scoring – have students line up 5m back from tryline and take turns running across the line and scoring the try

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

10m

A A A

B B B

Z

5m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B B B B B

B B B B B

Tryline

A A A A A A A

B B B

Z

B B B

Z

B

Z

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Must place ball on the ground – don’t just run across the line

Use whistle when student score the try

Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 5 – Modified Game (5v5)

Set up 2 fields 15m x 25m

Split the two teams into two again (total of 4 teams)

Play two games of 5 v 5


As the game is progressing explain basic rules as needed e.g. kick off, knock on, 6 tags = changeover, no contact, no jumping, forward pass

Play with no marker

Defence cannot move forward until the 1st receiver has the ball or Dummy Half Runs

Ensure attacking player moves forward and does not run backwards

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o How do you score a try? What do you have to do with the ball?

o When do you play the ball? What has to happen?

o How do you play the ball? Can you just roll it between your legs?

o Where do you face when you play the ball?

o What happens after you play the ball?

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Focus Areas: Expansion and refining of game skills and rules, and assessment:

Basic Oztag rules


Apply Oztag skills in a game situation




Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Oztag Stuck in the Mud)


Set up a field 15m x 15m – no player allowed outside of the field

Nominate two students to be the defenders, every other student as attackers (i.e. avoid being tagged)

If tagged the students can only be unstuck if they play the ball – dummy half must be present

o Have 3 or 4 balls on the field – if stuck another attacker must get the ball to them

Rotate defenders





Play the ball – place ball on ground, must use one foot on the ball and roll backwards to dummy half

Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

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Body

(20 minutes)

Activity 2 – Full Game

Play full game of Oztag with 8 v 8

Field size for juniors = 40m x 25m

Ensure subbing of players if frequent to involve all players



Play with no marker

Defence cannot move forward until the 1st receiver has the ball


Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Body

Assessment

As students are playing the game complete assessment sheet

Note: You will require another person to referee the game. Alternatively complete the assessment sheet post game being played

Assessment Sheet

Conclusion

(5 minutes)



o How many people in one team for Oztag?


o Can you push someone away when they try and tag you?

o What is the best way to make a tag?

o How do you play the ball?

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Year 2 Lesson Plans

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Explain basic technique needed to make a tag



Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Simon Says)

Use the game of Simon Says to get students to do move around using various locomotion e.g. skipping, jogging, jumping, hopping etc

Incorporate locomotion you would use in Oztag e.g. sideways sliding, twisting, spinning



Explain the importance of warming up and stretching

As they are warming up explain to students that they will be doing Oztag

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Body

(5 minutes)












Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

(2 minutes)




Ask students to stand up and practice tagging them selves







Oztag Belts

Tags

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Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 4 – Tagging One-on-One


Create channels using markers 2 m wide and 4 m long – enough for each member of a team

Have both teams at the end either end of the channels, 1 player from each team per channel standing in the middle of the markers

Team A runs towards team B and try to run over the line without being tagged

Team B must try and make the tag on team A

Get 5 turns each and rotate

Make a game of it by seeing how many tries/tags each team can make and have the other team try to beat it


Students must stay in their channel or they have run out

No contact



Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

2m

4m

B B

A A

B

A

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Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 5 – Oztag Relay



All team members must have belts but only the 1st runners have tags on


One side starts with the ball and runs to the other side – to their team mates

The 2nd runner removes the tags from the 1st runner and places them on, the 1st runner then gives the ball to 2nd runner who runs back to the other side

Repeat until all team members have run

If a tag falls off during the run the runner must put the tag back on before continuing

1st team to get their last runner across the line wins

Repeat 3 times




Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

30m

A A A A A A A A

B B B B B B B B

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Conclusion

(1 minute)






Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)









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Apply ball handling skills in a simulated game situation

Explain basic technique used in ball handling



Introduction

(3 minutes)










Belts

Tags

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Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 2 - Warm Up (Missing Tag)

Set a field of 20m x 20m

Everyone puts on tags

Someone is nominated as in, that person loses one tag.

The aim of this game is to get someone else’s tag to replace yours.

Everyone has to stay within the boundaries.

Increase the play by taking away two tags, or have more players with only one tag to have more chasers.





Belts

Tags

Whistle

Markers

Body

(4 minutes)









Balls

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Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 4 – Rob the Nest

Set up a grid 20m x 20m

Split each team into two (total of 4 teams)

Each team only has 1 set of tags – given to the first runner

On whistle, one player from each team run to the centre and pick up a ball from the centre hoop then run back to place ball in their teams’ hoop

When returned, the next player takes the tags off the runner and places them on and runs to collect another football

If there are no footballs left in the centre, players may rob another teams nest.

After 1 minute, blow the whistle and the team with the most footballs wins.

Repeat as needed


Cannot collect balls without tags on – only 1 person can collect balls at a time




Belts

Tags

Balls

Hoops

Whistle

20m A A A A

A A A A B B B B

B B B B

20m Balls in the hoop

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Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 5 – Red Rover Game (With Oztag Balls)


Have two defenders in the centre of the field and all other players as attackers at one side of the field

On the whistle all attackers must run across the field to the other side (to score a try), and the defenders must make as many tags as possible

Once tagged the attacker then becomes a defender

Attackers carry balls – if there are not enough balls just ensure that students share and take it in turns

Repeat until the last two students remaining as attackers wins and becomes the first defenders for the next game

Variation – team 1 v team 2.

o Have 1 whole team in the middle as defenders and another whole team as attacker, then swap. Team that has the most successful runs without all players being tagged is the winners.



No contact


Belts

Tags

Balls

Whistle

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

30m

25m

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


If tagged the attacker simply places his/her tags on and becomes a defender


Conclusion

(1 minute)

Activity 6 – Revise Packing up equipment

Ask student how we roll up the belts. Demonstrate if needed




Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)









PRIMARY UNIT PLAN







Explain the offensive and defensive skills that make Oztag Unique

Demonstrate correct technique for making a tag

Demonstrate correct technique for evading a tag – twisting and spinning

Apply tagging and tag evasion skills in a simulated game situation



Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Equipment Race)

Set up a channel 30m in length

At one end have all the belts and tags for student tom place on

Have students run up and back the length of the channel and gradually place on the equipment:

o 1st = belt, 2nd = tag 1, 3rd = tag 2

First person to have all equipment on correctly is the winner



Ensure there are even number of different colour tags to ensure team numbers are even

Redistribute tags to ensure team have even number of player abilities (if required)

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Twisting and Spinning Demonstration

Stress the two key differences in attack between Oztag and other football sports is the use of spinning and swivelling hips

Demonstrate how to do both twisting and spinning without defenders

Demonstrate with students as defenders – use 2 students creating a channel approx 1m wide

Have students practice each skill


Ensure key teaching points for spinning:

Spinning of left foot:

o Plant left foot inside shoulder of the right hand side defender

o Look over right shoulder and spin

o Be sure not to raise elbows so not to collide with defenders

o Be sure not to jump

o Do not spin too early

Spinning of right foot:

o As above but opposite

Ensure key teaching points for swivel hips:

o You want to try and get your hips perpendicular to the defenders as you cross the line of defence

o Easiest method is to slightly lift the front foot as moving forward through the line of defence

o Try to do this at speed


o Think of doing the twist (rock and roll dancing)

o Do not do the twist too early.

Tags

Belts

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 3 – Oztag Core Drill 1

Set up 2 rows of 10 markers

o 1 Line of Blue markers approx 1m apart and 1 Line of White markers 1m apart

o Ensure width between each set of different coloured markers is minimum 4 m. Note: This can be modified to suit ability of students

Allocate a specific tag colour to specific marker colour. E.g. All Pink Tags stand on the white markers. Line up facing the middle

Give each student a number in each line starting from 1.

Call a number. Each person called to run in the opposite direction on the outside of the line into the middle of the drill. One player is the defender trying to stop a try, the other is an attacker trying to score a try at the end of the drill

Ensure all numbers on one side have a go, and then repeat so other side then becomes defenders or attackers.

Tags

Belts

Markers

4m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A A A A A A A A A A

Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ Δ


B B B B B B B B B B

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

10m

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Use of spinning and twisting to avoid being tagged

Use of correct tagging technique

o Use of palms

o Don’t attack the tags fingers first

o Like you are swatting a mossie on the side of their hip

Stress Safety points

o Cannot palm

o Cannot jump

o Cannot tackle

o Cannot hit hand away OR cover tags with arms or hands

o Cannot run into players

Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 4 – Modified Game (End Ball)

Set up a field of 25m x 30m

The class should be divided equally and positioned on the field.

The ball is passed among team mates until it can be passed to a person who is stationed over the oppositions try line to gain a try.

Players can only run five steps before of loading the ball to a team mate.

Passes can be no more than 5m in length (short passes only).

If an attacker is tagged with the ball a changeover is awarded.

Variations:

o Restrict timeframe that the ball can be held.

o Introduction of a 2nd ball

o Change so that backward passes are the only pass allowed.

o You cannot pass the ball to the same person you received it from.

Tags

Belts

Whistle

Balls

Markers

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


o All members of the team must touch the ball prior to an attempt at scoring being made.

Highest score wins


Passing – two hands on ball, swing arms like an elephant, stand side on to the person



No contact

No fending or jumping to avoid tags

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o What 2 offensive skills should you use to avoid being tagged?

o Can you jump when doing these?

o Can you protect you tags when running with the ball?

o Can you tackle the attacker?

o Should you twist and spin before you get to the defensive line or at the defensive line?

30m

25m

A

A A

A

A A

B

B B

B

B

B A

A B

Tryline 1 Tryline 2

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN






Basic Oztag rules









Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (4 to Score)


Set out grids 10m x 10m – no one is allowed outside of the grid

Split class up into groups of 4-8

Teams must pass the ball four times between their team mates to score 1 point

Students are not allowed to run with the ball in their possession.

A change over occurs when the opposing side drops the ball or intercepted, or a player is tagged while holding the ball

Repeat as needed – highest score wins


Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Body

(3 minutes)












Belts

Tags

Balls

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 3 – Play the ball relay






Have 1 person play the ball, next person act as dummy half and pass the ball to 1st receiver

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


1st receiver runs up to the team mates at other end of channel and turns around to play the ball etc

Rotation = play the ball to dummy half to 1st receiver to end of the line

1st team to go through all players as 1st receiver wins



Body

(5 minutes)




Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

10m

A A

A

A A A A A A A

B B

B

Z

B B B B B B B

5m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B B B B B

B B B B B

Tryline

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Body

(10 minutes)







Play with no marker



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)





o How do you play the ball? Can you just roil it between your legs?



PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Basic Oztag rules






Introduction

(5 minutes)







Rotate defenders






Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(20 minutes)







Play with no marker



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Body

Assessment



Assessment Sheet

Conclusion

(5 minutes)








PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Year 3 Lesson Plans

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN













Introduction

(3 minutes)










Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Attackers move to spaces to receive the ball

Body

(5 minutes)












Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

(2 minutes)




Ask students to pair off and practice tagging on each other




Oztag Belts

Tags

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Step forward to the attacker - stay on your toes, do not step backwards on your heels




Body

(8 minutes)

Activity 4 – Cats and Dogs

Set up markers in a field 20m x 20m.

Place two witches at half way point

Have all players in partners on the half way line. Half of them facing one try line and the other facing the other try line.

Call Dogs and all players run to Dogs tryline. Same with Cats.

If you call Dogs the Dogs must try and score a try on their tryline, and the Cats must try to stop them by making a tag

Mix up the calls of Cats and Dogs.

Highest score wins

Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

20m B

B

A

A

A

A

A

20m

B

B

B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



No contact



Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 5 – Tag Timer


Have 2 teams as attackers and defenders – teams start at opposite sides of the field

On the whistle start the stop watch and all attackers must run around the field, and the defenders must make all the tags

Once all tags are made stop the stop watch

Repeat for the other side as attackers

Fastest time wins

Introduce balls – time stops immediately once all attackers carrying balls are tagged



No contact


Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

Conclusion

(1 minute)






Belts

Tags

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Conclusion

(1 minute)









PRIMARY UNIT PLAN

















Introduction

(3 minutes)





Belts

Tags

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN







Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 2 - Warm Up (Missing Tag)

Set a field of 20m x 20m

Everyone puts on tags

Someone is nominated as in, that person loses one tag.

The aim of this game is to get someone else’s tag to replace yours.

Everyone has to stay within the boundaries.

Increase the play by taking away two tags, or have more players with only one tag to have more chasers.





Belts

Tags

Whistle

Markers

Body

(4 minutes)






Balls

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Thumbs running down the ball and Fingers curled underneath (like holding a hamburger)

Body

(7 minutes)

Activity 4 – Ball Handling Relay

Split class up into 4 even teams

Set up a relay channel for each team 20 - 30m long

Have the 4 teams split into 2 – half at each side of the channel

Conduct running relays – 1st team to go through the whole team wins

Use a variety of ball handling skills during the races e.g. simply holding ball in front, wrapping the ball around their waist as they run, passing the ball between their legs as the run


All players to wear tags and belts

If tags fall off they must return and put the tags on before they can proceed

Stress correct technique for handling the ball – if they do not run with the ball held in front then they must run again.

Balls

Markers

Tags

Belts

20 - 30m

A A A A A A A A

B B B B B B B B

B B B B B B B B

A A A A A A A A

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(4 minutes)

Activity 5 – Passing Technique

Explain and demonstrate to students correct technique in passing the ball

Have students pair off and practice passing to each other – no more than 2 metres apart.


2 hands on the ball

Stand side on to the person you are passing the ball too

Turn shoulders slightly to face the person you are passing the ball too

Swing arms towards person you are passing the ball to and release the ball

o Arms slightly bent at elbow to make pass more horizontal

Point to the player you have passed the ball to once released.

Eye contact focuses on receiving players upper body

Ball receiver to have hands up in front of chest ready to receive the ball

Ball receiver to watch the ball into the hands

Call for the ball

Balls

Body

(7 minutes)

Activity 6 – Captain Ball

Use the same 4 teams as ball handling activity

Set up teams members to stand 1 m apart and “captain” to be 2m in front of the team

Player 1 Starts, standing pass along line.

When the last player receives ball, he/she runs to the front of line while all other players shuffle along 1 place.

Continue until Player 1 gets back to the top of line – all sit down

Balls

Markers

Tags

Belts

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



All players to wear tags and belts


Conclusion

(2 minutes)







o How many hands do we use when passing the ball?

o How do we swing our arms when we pass? Do we use straight or bent arms?

o How do we stand when passing – side on or facing the person we are passing to?

o What should the ball receiver do?

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

B

A

A

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

B

B

B

1.5m

2m

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN










Apply tagging and tag evasion skills in a simulated game situation



Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Equipment Race)

Set up a channel 30m in length

At one end have all the belts and tags for student tom place on

Have students run up and back the length of the channel and gradually place on the equipment:

o 1st = belt, 2nd = tag 1, 3rd = tag 2

First person to have all equipment on correctly is the winner



Ensure there are even number of different colour tags to ensure team numbers are even

Redistribute tags to ensure team have even number of player abilities (if required)

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Twisting and Spinning Demonstration






















Tags

Belts

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(10 minutes)


Set up 2 rows of 10 markers

o 1 Line of Blue markers approx 1m apart and 1 Line of White markers 1m apart

o Ensure width between each set of different coloured markers is minimum 4 m. Note: This can be modified to suit ability of students

Allocate a specific tag colour to specific marker colour. E.g. All Pink Tags stand on the white markers. Line up facing the middle

Give each student a number in each line starting from 1.

Call a number. Each person called to run in the opposite direction on the outside of the line into the middle of the drill. One player is the defender trying to stop a try, the other is an attacker trying to score a try at the end of the drill

Ensure all numbers on one side have a go, and then repeat so other side then becomes defenders or attackers.

Tags

Belts

Markers

4m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A A A A A A A A A A



B B B B B B B B B B

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

10m

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





o Use of palms

o Don’t attack the tags fingers first

o Like you are swatting a mossie on the side of their hip


o Cannot palm

o Cannot jump

o Cannot tackle


o Cannot run into players

Body

(8 minutes)


Four teams are positioned in two 30m by 20m grids.

Each team has a score a try by placing the ball over the opposition’s goal line.

There is no offside and forward passes are allowed to be thrown.

Each team has six allocated tags per set with a change over occurring at the end of the set.

Once an attacking player is tagged they simply place on the tags and pass the ball to a team mate.

All players are allowed to move freely even when in possession of the ball

Once the ball is dropped or an interception occurs then there is a change over.

No kicking is allowed

Balls

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Correct tagging technique

Correct tag evasion (twisting and spinning) technique

Attacking players moving to gaps to allow the ball carrier options to pass the ball

Communication amongst players in attack and defence

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o What 2 offensive skills should you use to avoid being tagged?

o Can you jump when doing these?

o Can you protect you tags when running with the ball?

o Can you tackle the attacker?

o Should you twist and spin before you get to the defensive line or at the defensive line?

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Attacking Skills - Scoring a try

Attacking Skills - Play the ball

Basic Oztag rules









Introduction

(5 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Ball Handling – two hand on ball, thumbs on tops, fingers wrapped underneath, and ball out in front

Tagging – use two hands and palms of the hands, stepping towards the attacker

Body

(3 minutes)












Belts

Tags

Balls

Body

(5 minutes)






Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Have 1 person play the ball, next person act as dummy half and pass the ball to 1st receiver

1st receiver runs up to the team mates at other end of channel and turns around to play the ball etc

Rotation = play the ball to dummy half to 1st receiver to end of the line




Body

(5 minutes)




Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

10m

A A

A

A A A A A A A

B B

B

Z

B B B B B B B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Body

(10 minutes)







Play with no marker



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

5m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B B B B B

B B B B B

Tryline

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Conclusion

(2 minutes)








PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Basic Oztag rules






Introduction

(5 minutes)







Rotate defenders






Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(20 minutes)







Play with no marker



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Body

Assessment



Assessment Sheet

Conclusion

(5 minutes)







o How do you avoid being tagged?


PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Year 4 Lesson Plans

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN

















Introduction

(3 minutes)








Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN








Body

(5 minutes)












Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

(2 minutes)




Balls

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN







Thumbs running down the ball and fingers curled underneath (like holding a hamburger)

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 4 – Ball Handling Drills

Set up a small grid of 15m x 15m

Students to hold the ball

Move around grid lightly slapping footballs and checking correct grip. At the end of each of the following stationary handling drills the coach checks correct grip.

Get students to perform different moves to perform and then hold the ball again:

o Ball on the ground. One foot on top of ball. On whistle, quickly bend down pick up ball and stand up.

o Ball on ground. On whistle, spin around once, two claps and pick up ball

o Ball in Hands. Throw ball up about head height catch in hands

o Ball in Hands. Throw ball up, one clap, catch in hands. Then try 2 claps, 3 claps, 4 claps…Count as many claps as you can!

o Bounce the ball to re-gather

o Bounce, clap and re-gather

o Move ball around waist, squeeze with thumb when ball is in one hand. Race 5 times around waist

o Move ball around both knees, legs together. Race 5 times around knees

o Move ball Figure 8 around knees, legs apart Race 3 times figure 8

Balls

Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Correct technique in handling the ball

Tags and belts on

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 5 – Off Loads Relay

Split class into 2 teams, then each tem into half

Set up two markers per team 10m apart

Each half of a team to stand in a line on a marker.

One end starts with the ball (A) and runs toward the other end.

At the same time the person without the ball (B) runs towards their other end

Players meet in the middle and as they continue to run the player with the ball (A) does a small and light pass to the receiver (B)

The student standing behind student A (C) times his/her run to receive the ball in the middle of the markers from student B.

This continues until the whole team has completed two full cycles – one passing left and one passing right

First team to finish wins

Variations can be increasing the width of the markers so players must pass further, passing the ball head height, passing the ball to the knees

Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

A A A A A

B B B B B

A A A A A

B B B B B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Correct ball handling

Correct passing technique:

o 2 hands on the ball

o Stand side on to the person you are passing the ball too

o Turn shoulders slightly to face the person you are passing the ball too

o Swing arms towards person you are passing the ball to and release the ball

Arms slightly bent at elbow to make pass more horizontal

o Point to the player you have passed the ball to once released.

o Eye contact focuses on receiving players upper body

o Ball receiver to have hands up in front of chest ready to receive the ball

o Ball receiver to watch the ball into the hands

o Call for the ball

Timing of the run so that players meet in the middle

Do not pass too hard

Body

(8 minutes)







Fastest time wins


Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


o Ball scan be passed amongst the attacking players



No contact



Correct ball handling technique

Conclusion

(1 minute)






Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)





o How should you hold a ball?

o How do you pass a ball?

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN















Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Off Loads Relay)








Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Continue until the whole team has completed 2 full cycles – one passing left and one passing right
















o Call for the ball



A A A A A

B B B B B

A A A A A

B B B B B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(2 minutes)












Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 3 – Twisting and Spinning










Tags

Belts

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN














Body

(8 minutes)


Split the class into males and females and then split each gender into 2 groups (pink and green for each) to total 4 groups

Set up 4 channels

o 2 horizontal witches hats approx 10m apart

o 2 vertical witches 1m apart set half way along (5m) the horizontal witches hats

Have each group line up behind 1 set of horizontal witches hats

Have 2 students on the vertical markers as defenders

Have 1 student from the start of each line move through on your signal. DO NOT let student go through at their own will.

Repeat to all students have gone through and then allow to pick up tags.

Switch defenders and repeat until all students have had a go at defending twice.

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Note: After approx 2 turns ask students methods to avoid being tagged ie swivel hips and spinning. Provide demonstrations on how to do this and ensure students use these by allocating specific turns to do so sample set up might be:

o Turns 1 and 2 – normal run through

o Turns 3 and 4 – swivel hips

o Turns 5 and 6 – spinning


Do not pick up tags until all students have run through to the other side of the horizontal witches hats




o Cannot palm

o Cannot jump

o Cannot tackle

10m

A

A

A A A A A

B

B

B B B B B

1m

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Cannot run into players

Body

(8minutes)



Each team has a score a try by placing the ball over the opposition’s goal line.


Each team has six allocated tags per set with a change over occurring at the end of the set.

Once an attacking player is tagged they simply place on the tags and pass the ball to a team mate.


Once the ball is dropped or an interception occurs then there is a changeover.







Balls

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o How do you make a tag?

o What two things can be done when you have the ball to help score more tries?

o How do you do a spin? A twist?

o Should they be done before the defensive line of at the defensive line?

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN






Explain the rules surrounding kicking in a game of Oztag

Describe correct technique for kicking

Demonstrate correct technique for kicking in a game situation



Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Back Line movement)


Have teams form a line across the field

Have class run up and down field as back line play ie passing ball along the line

Repeat as needed



Passing backwards

Calling for ball

Balls

Tags

Belts

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Kicking Demonstration

Explain the rules surrounding kicking in Oztag:

o Can only kick in general play on zero (not after a play the ball), 4 or 5

o Kicks have to be below referees should during normal play but can go any height for kick restart and drop outs

o Attacking players cannot dive on the ball following a kick

Explain that for kicks during play it is best to do a grubber

Demonstrate how to do a grubber

Get student in pairs to practice grubbers to each other


Head down over the ball

Don’t lean back when kicking

Hold ball straight down so that it is vertical when you kick it – fingers running straight down the ball

Kick the top of the ball to make it roll end over end

Balls

Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 3 – Gate Ball

Split class into 4 teams – 2 separate games

Set up two fields consisting of two makers opposite each other (approx 30m apart) and at the halfway of those markers another two markers approx 10m apart.

Each team stands at spreads out on the field within their own half.

Each team takes it in turn to grubber the ball between the gate – team A starts with the ball and team B has a gate keeper standing at the gate and trying to stop the ball rolling through the gate.

Once the person has kicked the ball they run up to the gate to be the gate keeper, and the defending side now become the attacking side to try and kick the ball between the gates. To do this they simply regather the ball and pass it to their team mate waiting on the marker to kick the ball

Teams must rotate kickers

Balls

Markers

Tags

Belts

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Scoring:

o Teams take it in turn to grubber the ball between the gate – if successful they receive 1 point

o If the ball is kicked into the air and caught by the opposition the defending team will receive 1 point

o Highest score wins within a given time or first to 10 points wins


Correct technique for kicking

Ball must bounce through the gate to score a point

Defenders can only stand in their half - gate keepers cannot more forward of the gates line

Have students wear tags and belts

Body

(10 minutes)





Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

30m

A

A

10m

A A

A

B

B

B

B

B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Ensure kicking is used during the games – variation to use double points for scoring off kicking

Play with no marker



Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o When can you kick during a game?

o What happens if the ball is kicked over the referees should on the full? What if it bounces that high?

o What is the best way to kick the ball during normal play?

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Attacking Skills - Scoring a try

Attacking Skills - Play the ball

Basic Oztag rules









Introduction

(5 minutes)


6 stations

20m between each station

Each station stretch a different muscle group

Each station = stretching for 1 minute

Start at jogging and move class around each station

Between each station use a variety of locomotion e.g. jogging, high knees, side steps etc

Ask students to provide the different locomotion used

Belts

Tags

Markers

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Body

(3 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

20m

Station 2 Station 1

Station 3

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Body

(5 minutes)


Set up four relay channels 15m apart – with markers at 5m intervals

Split each team into two – creating 4 teams


Have each team line up one end of the relay channel.

In groups of three teams will rotate through ruck positions in a relay:

o Person play the ball to person 2,

o Person 2 to pass the ball to person 3

o Person 3 to run to first marker who plays the ball for person 1

o Person one passes the ball to person 2 etc

o Once have completed play the ball on last marker all three run back to original marker and pass the ball onto to the next group


Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

15m

1 2

3

A A A 1

2

3

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Unless your team is playing with a dedicated dummy half it is good practice to have the person playing the ball follow the ball carrier to be the next dummy half

Body

(5 minutes)







Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Body

(10 minutes)





Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

5m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B B B B B

B B B B B

Tryline

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN






Conclusion

(2 minutes)








o Which player should follow the ball carrier?

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Basic Oztag rules

Attacking skills - 2 on 1 attacking (draw and pass)




Use the draw and pass in a game situation



Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – 2 on 1 drill

Set up two grid 8m x 5m – split class into two teams

At one end of each grid have 1 defender

At the other end have the reminder of the team in two lines (attackers)

Attackers must run and score a try by beating the defender through a draw and pass

Rotate defenders after a few turns at defending

Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

8m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN





Correct draw and pass technique:

o Do no pass ball too early or late

o Only pass if the defender comes to the ball carrier – do not force the pass

o Pass the ball off the back foot and rotating the shoulders towards the receiver

o Receiver to stay wide of the defender

Body

(20 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Body

Assessment



Assessment Sheet

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Conclusion

(5 minutes)







o How do you avoid being tagged?


o How do you do a draw and pass?

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Year 5 Lesson Plans

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Introduction

(3 minutes)








Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

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Body

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Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

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Balls

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Thumbs running down the ball and fingers curled underneath (like holding a hamburger)

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 4 – Ball Handling Drills

Set up a small grid of 15m x 15m

Students to hold the ball

Move around grid lightly slapping footballs and checking correct grip. At the end of each of the following stationary handling drills the coach checks correct grip.

Get students to perform different moves to perform and then hold the ball again:

o Ball on the ground. One foot on top of ball. On whistle, quickly bend down pick up ball and stand up.

o Ball on ground. On whistle, spin around once, two claps and pick up ball

o Ball in Hands. Throw ball up about head height catch in hands

o Ball in Hands. Throw ball up, one clap, catch in hands. Then try 2 claps, 3 claps, 4 claps…Count as many claps as you can!

o Bounce the ball to re-gather

o Bounce, clap and re-gather

o Move ball around waist, squeeze with thumb when ball is in one hand. Race 5 times around waist

o Move ball around both knees, legs together. Race 5 times around knees

o Move ball Figure 8 around knees, legs apart Race 3 times figure 8


Correct technique in handling the ball

Tags and belts on

Balls

Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

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Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 5 – Off Loads Relay








This continues until the whole team has completed two full cycles – one passing left and one passing right









Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

A A A A A

B B B B B

A A A A A

B B B B B

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o Call for the ball



Body

(8 minutes)







Fastest time wins





No contact



Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

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Conclusion

(1 minute)






Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)





o How should you hold a ball?

o How do you pass a ball?

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Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Tag Gauntlet)

4 Teams of 5 – 7 players

Use tag gauntlet to count number of tags removed.

Team with most tags removed is the winner

Defenders cannot move forward must only move laterally on line

Team 1 Attacks, Team 2 Defends then swap

Repeat as many times as needed


Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

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Correct tagging technique:

o do not use fingers

o use palms

o step towards the attacker

o use both hands

Body

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Oztag Belts

Tags

A A A A A B B B

B B

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Body

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Spinning of right foot: As above but opposite








Tags

Belts

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Body

(8 minutes)


Split the class into males and females and then split each gender into 2 groups (pink and green for each) to total 4 groups

Set up 4 channels

o 2 horizontal witches hats approx 10m apart

o 2 vertical witches 1m apart set half way along (5m) the horizontal witches hats

Have each group line up behind 1 set of horizontal witches hats

Have 2 students on the vertical markers as defenders

Have 1 student from the start of each line move through on your signal. DO NOT let student go through at their own will.

Repeat to all students have gone through and then allow to pick up tags.

Switch defenders and repeat until all students have had a go at defending twice.

Note: After approx 2 turns ask students methods to avoid being tagged ie swivel hips and spinning. Provide demonstrations on how to do this and ensure students use these by allocating specific turns to do so sample set up might be:

o Turns 1 and 2 – normal run through

o Turns 3 and 4 – swivel hips

o Turns 5 and 6 – spinning

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Do not pick up tags until all students have run through to the other side of the horizontal witches hats




o Cannot palm

o Cannot jump

o Cannot tackle


Cannot run into players

10m

A

A

A A A A A

B

B

B B B B B

1m

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Body

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Activity 4 – Modified Game (Money Ball)


Each team has a score a try by placing the money ball over the opposition’s try line.

The money ball starts in the centre of the field and the two teams at either end of the field

On the whistle 1 person from each team must run to collect the money ball


Once a player is tagged with the ball they are out of play and the ball is given to the opposition.




Once a team has scored all players come back on to the field

Variation – make passes only able to go backwards






Balls

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o How do you make a tag?

o What two things can be done when you have the ball to help score more tries?

o How do you do a spin? A twist?

o Should they be done before the defensive line of at the defensive line?

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Explain the rules surrounding kicking in a game of Oztag

Describe correct technique for kicking

Demonstrate correct technique for kicking in a game situation



Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Back Line movement)


Have teams form a line across the field

Have class run up and down field as back line play ie passing ball along the line

Repeat as needed



Passing backwards

Calling for ball

Balls

Tags

Belts

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Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Kicking Demonstration

Explain the rules surrounding kicking in Oztag






Get student in pairs to practice grubbers to each other






Balls

Body

(10 minutes)

Activity 3 – Base tag (Kicking)

Split class into 2 teams

Set up a baseball field

Play game of baseball however there is no ball pitched. The batter simply kicks the ball into the field to constitute a hit

Normal baseball rules apply:

o 3 out, side away

o Highest score wins

How to get out:

o If the ball makes it to a base before the runner

Balls

Baseball plates

Tags

Belts

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o If the ball is caught by a fielder

o Runners must have tags on at all times - they cannot proceed without tags on. If a tag falls off they must return to get the tag


Correct technique for kicking

Have students wear tags and belts

Body

(10 minutes)







Ensure kicking is used during the games – variation to use double points for scoring off kicking



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o When can you kick during a game?

o What happens if the ball is kicked over the referees should on the full? What if it bounces that high?

o What is the best way to kick the ball during normal play?

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Basic Oztag rules

Attacking skills - draw and pass

Attacking skills - wrapping





Use a wrap in a game situation



Introduction

(3 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Tag Timer)






Fastest time wins



Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

Whistle

Stop watch

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No contact




Body

(5 minutes)


Set up two grid 8m x 5m – split class into two teams











Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

8m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B

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Body

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As above but increase to 2 defenders and 3 attackers

Increase width of grid to 7m


Exactly the same principle as 2 on 1 – there is just 1 extra pass

Able to pick up 2nd man straight away – stager the line so that the 2nd man stays deeper than the 1st receiver

Attackers to run at “space not faces”

Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 4 – Wrapping

Explain principle of the ‘wrap’:

o Person 1 passes the ball to person 2

o Person 1 then runs behind person 2

o Person 2 pass the ball to person 1 – ensure that they create a gap by drawing the defender

Demonstrate to the class

Have students practice in the grid set up above – use 2 attackers and 2 defenders

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

B B

A 1 A 2

A 1

A 2

B B

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Stress that the wrapper creates the “3rd person” that they had in the 3 on 2

Person 2 must draw the defender to create the gap for the person doing the wrapping

Body

(10 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o How do you draws and pass?

o How do you execute a wrap?

o What are the kicking rules for Oztag?

o What are the contact rules of Oztag?

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Basic Oztag rules

Defensive skills – wrap




Successfully defend against a wrap in a game situation



Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Wrap Defence

Review how to execute a wrap (as covered in previous lesson) – ask students to demonstrate

Now going to show how to defend against it

Defender 1 sees that attacker 1 has passed the ball to attacker 2 and began to wrap.

Defender 1 then yells at defender to “push”, defender 1 then moves sideways to attacker 2 and defender 2 moves to the gap that attacker 1 will move into

Split class into 2

Have students practice in a grid 8m x 7m


Must communicate

The defence call for the defenders to slide sideways – but must move forward at the defence first

Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

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Body

(20 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Body

Assessment



Assessment Sheet

Conclusion

(5 minutes)



o What are some key Oztag rules we must abide by on the field?

o What are some attacking moves we can apply to score more tries?

o What defence moves to we apply to stop tries from being scored?

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Year 6 Lesson Plans

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Introduction

(5 minutes)









Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

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o use both hands when tagging

o step forward when making tag

o use palms

Correct tagging evasion technique:

o Time hip movements to react to defenders attempts at tagging

o Use movement at the line, not before the line

o Correct technique for twisting - move hips away from attackers attempts e.g. if defenders is attempting to tag the right tag, then the attackers should move that hip away from the defender

o Correct technique for spinning – plant foot and look over opposite shoulder to tag the right tag, then the attackers should move that hip away from the defender

Body

(2 minutes)






Oztag Belts

Tags

A A A A A B B B

B B

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Body

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Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

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Tags

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o Move hips away from attackers attempts e.g. if defenders is attempting to tag the right tag, then the attackers should move that hip away from the defender






Body

(7 minutes)


Set up two grids 7m long x 5m wide – one grid for each team

At one end of the grid set up a marker 1 m in from either end – each of the 2 markers a different colour

Tags

Belts

Markers

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Have all but 1 students lining up evenly on the colour markers (attackers)

At the opposite end have 1 person (defender) standing on the line between the 2 makers (tryline)

The object of this drill if for the defender to collect as many tags as possible from the defenders

The teacher will call a colour (corresponding to a colour of one of the markers the attackers are standing on) and the student standing on that colour has to run to beat the defender using twisting and spinning

The teacher calls out the two different colours until all students have run though

Allow all student to have a turn as defender - highest tag count wins

Increase difficulty by calling out the colours in quicker succession’


Have the defender constantly move forward ie do not stay on the try line




o use palms


A A A A A

B

A A A A A

Green marker

Blue marker

7m

5m

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Body

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o use palms

Balls

Tags

Belts

Markers

Whistle

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Conclusion

(1 minute)






Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)





o How should a tag be made?

o What two things can be down to avoid being tagged?

o How do you best execute the twist and spin?

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Offensive skills – draw and pass




Successfully apply decision making skills in attack in a modified game



Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Square Passing Grid)

Set up a square grid 5m x 5m

Split students up evenly into 4 each group standing on a marker

Have all students wearing belts and tags

Player A runs with the ball towards player B

Player B starts running towards player C

Player A passes the ball to player B who receives the ball 1/3 way along the path

Player B runs with the caught ball and passes to player C who receives the ball 1/3 way along path etc

Once the ball has been passed player A joins the end of the line of which player B was stationed

Continue as needed

Change directions

Introduce a 2nd ball

Balls

Markers

Belts

Tags

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Pass the ball from outside the grid in

Must communicate

Hands out in front to receive the ball


Body

(5 minutes)


Set up two grids 8m x 5m – split class into two teams





Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

A A A A A

D D D D D

5m

5m

B B B B B

C C C C C

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o use palms











8m

A A A A A

A A A A A

B 5m

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Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 3 – 3 on 1 on 1 drill


Same principle as 2 on 1 however there are 3 attackers and 2 defenders at two different intervals

Ball carrier must decide on who is the best option to pass the ball at each interval

Switch positions from where the ball starts i.e. from the middle attacker and two outside attackers






o use palms




A A A A A

A A A A A B

8m

15m

B

A A A A A

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Body

(5 minutes)



As above but 3 attackers v 2 defenders at the one interval



Communication amongst attackers and defenders

Emphasis is on making the correct choice in attack i.e. choosing the correct player to pass the ball to

Markers

Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A

A A A A A B

8m

10m

B A A A A A

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Body

(8 minutes)







Ensure draw and pass is used



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o What things do you need to do when drawing and passing in attack?

o How should you pass the ball?

o Why is communication so important? Who needs to communicate...attackers or defenders?

o What’s the best way to make a tag?

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Explain how to execute the wrap and switch in an attacking situation

Explain how to defend against the wrap and the switch

Use the wrap and switch in a game situation

Defend against the wrap and the switch in a game situation



Introduction

(4 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Square Passing Grid – Inside ball)




Player A runs with the ball towards a marker 1m towards the centre of player B

When player A reaches the marker, Player B starts running behind/’inside’ player A

Player A passes the ball to player B and player B starts running to the maker in front of player C


Continue as needed

Change directions


Balls

Markers

Belts

Tags

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Turn towards the person you are passing the ball to i.e do not pass the ball ‘blind’

Must communicate


This is the principle of a switch which we will be going over in today’s lesson

Body

(4 minutes)








Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

A A A A A

D D D D D

6m

6m

B B B B B

C C C C C

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Ball carrier to draw in 2 defenders

Body

(4 minutes)


Now going to show how to defend against the wrap



Split class into 2



Must communicate

The defence calls for the defenders to slide sideways – but must move forward at the defence first

Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

Body

(4 minutes)

Activity 4 – Switch

Explain principle of the ‘switch’:

o Person 1 moves forward and changes direction towards person 2

Belts

Tags

Balls

B B

A 1 A 2

A 1

A 2

B B

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o Person 2 runs underneath person 1 – creating an ‘X’








Markers

Body

(4 minutes)

Activity 5 – Switch Defence

Now going to show how to defend against the switch

Defender 2 sees that attacker 2 is going to switch.

Defender 2 then yells at defender 1 to “push – you got the switch”, defender 1 then moves sideways to moves to the gap that attacker 2 will move into, and defender 2 slides to now defend against attacker 1

Split class into 2


Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

B 2 B 1

A 1

A 2

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Must communicate


Body

(8 minutes)










Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o How do you execute and wrap?

o How do you defend against a wrap?

o How do you execute and switch?

o How do you defend against a switch?


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Explain how to execute the wrap and spin in an attacking situation







Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Walk Tag)

Set out a field roughly 30m x 30m

Split class into 2 halves

Play a game of Oztag but walking only

Any person caught running will be penalised



Don’t be so strict on the Oztag rules – the idea is to get the student moving to warm up

Ensure that the quieter students receive the ball

Tags

Belts

Markers

Ball

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Body

(7 minutes)



Remind students of the 3 on 2 drill they did 2 weeks earlier

Like last time there will be 3 attackers v 2 defenders at the one interval

However this time you are equipped with the skills we did last week i.e switch and wrap so can do either of these as well as the draw and pass

Remind students of how do to switch and wrap – ask for volunteers

Have student go through – repeat as needed




Emphasis is on making the correct choice in attack i.e. choosing the correct player to pass the ball

Do not always need to pass the ball i.e. do not force the error

Use of wrap and switch

Support players to stay wide of defenders to create room for draw and pass

Ball carrier to draw in 2 defenders for the switch and wrap

Markers

Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A

A A A A A B 8m

10m

B A A A A A

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Body

(7 minutes)

Activity 3 – 3 on 2 Gauntlet

As for the 3 on 2 drill above however have 3 intervals









Do not always need to pass the ball i.e do not force the error




o use palms


Markers

Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A

A A A A A

A A A A A

B

B

B

B

B

B

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Body

(9 minutes)









Use of attacking and defensive skills that have been practiced

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)








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Oztag rules




Explain rules used in a game of Oztag

Apply kicking skills to a game of Oztag



Introduction

(10 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Kicking Relay)





Explain that for kicks during play it is best to do a grubber - Demonstrate how to do a grubber


Set up 4 channels 10m long – 1 per team

Students must grubber the ball to themselves, regather and pass on to the next player

Players must regather the ball and pass to the next player i.e. they cannot kick the ball direct to the next player

Balls

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First team to go through whole teams wins.






Body

(15 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

A A A A A

B B B B B

A A A A A

10m

B B B B B

Grubber Re-gather Pass

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Body

Assessment



Assessment Sheet

Conclusion

(5 minutes)






o What is the best way to kick during normal play in Oztag?

o What are the rules involved with kicking during normal play?

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Advanced Lesson Plans

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Advanced - Lesson Plan 1











Introduction

(5 minutes)









Oztag Belts

Tags

Markers

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o use palms






Body

(2 minutes)






Oztag Belts

Tags

A A A A A B B B

B B

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Body

(2 minutes)












Oztag Belts

Tags

Body

(2 minutes)





Tags

Belts

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o Move hip away from defenders hands e.g. if defenders is attempting to tag the right tag, then the attackers should move that hip away from the defender






Body

(7 minutes)


Set up two grids 7m long x 5m wide – one grid for each team

At one end of the grid set up a marker 1 m in from either end – each of the 2 markers a different colour

Tags

Belts

Markers

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Have all but 1 students lining up evenly on the colour markers (attackers)

At the opposite end have 1 person (defender) standing on the line between the 2 makers (tryline)

The object of this drill if for the defender to collect as many tags as possible from the defenders

The teacher will call a colour (corresponding to a colour of one of the markers the attackers are standing on) and the student standing on that colour has to run to beat the defender using twisting and spinning

The teacher calls out the two different colours until all students have run though

Allow all student to have a turn as defender - highest tag count wins

Increase difficulty by calling out the colours in quicker succession’


Have the defender constantly move forward ie do not stay on the try line


Correct tag evasion techniques

Body

(8 minutes)




Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A

B

A A A A A

Green marker

Blue marker

7m

5m

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o use palms








Markers

Whistle

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Conclusion

(1 minute)






Belts

Tags

Conclusion

(1 minute)





o How should a tag be made?

o What two things can be down to avoid being tagged?

o How do you best execute the twist and spin?

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Explain how to execute the wrap and switch in an attacking situation






Introduction

(4 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Square Passing Grid)




Player A runs with the ball towards player B

Player B starts running towards player C

Player A passes the ball to player B who receives the ball 1/3 way along the path

Player B runs with the caught ball and passes to player C who receives the ball 1/3 way along path etc


Continue as needed

Balls

Markers

Belts

Tags

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Change directions




Pass the ball from outside the grid in

Must communicate



Body

(4 minutes)








Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

A A A A A

D D D D D

5m

5m

B B B B B

C C C C C

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Body

(4 minutes)


Now going to show how to defend against the wrap



Split class into 2



Must communicate


Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

Body

(4 minutes)

Activity 4 – Switch

Explain principle of the ‘switch’:


Belts

Tags

Balls

B B

A 1 A 2

A 1

A 2

B B

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o Person 2 runs underneath person 1 – creating an ‘X’








Markers

Body

(4 minutes)

Activity 5 – Switch Defence

Now going to show how to defend against the switch

Defender 2 sees that attacker 2 is going to switch.

Defender 2 then yells at defender 1 to “push – you got the switch”, defender 1 then moves sideways to moves to the gap that attacker 2 will move into, and defender 2 slides to now defend against attacker 1

Split class into 2


Tags

Belts

Balls

Markers

B 2 B 1

A 1

A 2

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Must communicate


Body

(8 minutes)










Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

Conclusion

(2 minutes)








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Offensive skills – unders and overs



Explain how to execute an unders and overs in an attacking situation

Use an unders and overs in a game situation




Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Square Passing Grid – Inside ball)




Player A runs with the ball towards a marker 1m towards the centre of player B

When player A reaches the marker, Player B starts running behind/’inside’ player A

Player A passes the ball to player B and player B starts running to the maker in front of player C


Continue as needed

Change directions


Balls

Markers

Belts

Tags

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Turn towards the person you are passing the ball to i.e. do not pass the ball ‘blind’

Must communicate


This is the principle of a switch which we will be going over in today’s lesson

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 2 – Unders

Revise switch and wrap covered last week – ask students how to execute them and ask for volunteers to demonstrate

Now going to add to the attacking arsenal

Explain principle of the ‘unders’:

o Attacker 1 runs towards defender 1 and moves back towards the ‘inside’

o Attacker 2 runs towards defender 1 and moves back towards the ‘inside’

o Attacker 1 pass the ball to Attacker 2 – ensure that they create a gap by drawing the defender 1

Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

A A A A A

D D D D D

6m

6m

B B B B B

C C C C C

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o Attacker 2 straightens their run into the gap created by defender 1




Ball carrier must draw the defender 1 to create a gap for the ball receiver

Ball receiver and ball carrier must 1st run straight at defender before changing direction – if s/he runs straight for the gap to be created then their defender will simply slide in defence and make the tag

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 3 – Overs

Exactly the same principle as unders but the opposite

Explain principle of the ‘overs’:

o Attacker 1 runs towards defender 1 and moves towards the ‘outside’

o Attacker 2 runs towards defender 1 and moves back towards the ‘outside’

o Attacker 1 pass the ball to Attacker 2 – ensure that they create a gap by drawing the defender 2

o Attacker 2 straightens their run into the gap created by defender 2



Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

B 2 B 1

A 1 A 2

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Ball must draw the defender 2 to create a gap for the ball receiver

Ball receiver and ball carrier must 1st run straight at defender before changing direction – if s/he runs straight for the gap to be created then their defender will simply slide in defence and make the tag

Body

(5 minutes)

Activity 4 – 3 on 2 Gauntlet





Attackers to use the draw and pass, wrap, switch, unders and overs


Markers

Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A

A A A A A

A A A A A

B

B

B

B

B

B

B 2 B 1

A 1

A 2

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Use of attacking skills that have been practised




o use palms




o Correct technique for twisting Move hips away from attackers attempts e.g. if defenders is attempting to tag the right tag, then the attackers should move that hip away from the defender

o Correct technique for spinning – plant foot and look over opposite shoulder

Body

(8 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN



Conclusion

(2 minutes)



o How do you execute an overs?

o How do you execute an unders?

o How do you execute a switch?

o How do you execute a wrap?


PRIMARY UNIT PLAN




Communication



Successfully apply communication skills to effect a positive result in attack and defence in a modified game




Introduction

(5 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Walk Tag)

Set out a field roughly 30m x 30m

Split class into 2 halves

Play a game of Oztag but walking only

Any person caught running will be penalised



Don’t be so strict on the Oztag rules – the idea is to get the student moving to warm up

Ensure that the quieter students receive the ball

Tags

Belts

Markers

Ball

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Body

(7 minutes)

Activity 2 – Communication (Line Defence Drill)

Stress the importance of communication – particularly in defence

o Everyone must be talking – calling out who they are marking at the very least

Split the class into two teams – 1 attackers and 1 defenders

Set up a grid 50m wide and 10m long

Attackers start on the 10m markers and must attempt to score a try

Defenders stand on the try line and stop the attackers from scoring (making a tag)

Only have 1 tag to score.

10 attempts each team – highest score wins





Markers

Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A A A A A A

B

10m

50m - Tryline

B B B B B B B B

B

PRIMARY UNIT PLAN


Use of unders, overs, wrap and switch



Body

(7 minutes)

Activity 3 – Reaction Drill

Just as important as actually talking in communication is listening – so you can react to what you have heard

This drill will force you to listen but also use your decision making skills to react what is in front of you

Set up square 8m x 8m.

Have half of the players in Defence and half in Attack – have all students in a line at the half way of the grid

Students run from the half way around the end marker and begin attacking or defending

The attackers receive the ball and attempt to score, defenders stop this by making a tag.

The teacher will call out a numbers - that number represents the number of attackers and defenders to be used. For example if 3 is called, they first 3 students from each line will run around the marker and it becomes 3 on 3

Repeat as needed

Ensure you give swap the attackers with the defenders.

Markers

Balls

Tags

Belts

A A A A A B B B B B

10m

10m

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Use of unders, overs, wrap and switch




o use palms






Body

(9 minutes)









Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

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Use of attacking and defensive skills that have been practiced

Conclusion

(2 minutes)








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Oztag rules




Explain rules used in a game of Oztag

Apply kicking skills to a game of Oztag



Introduction

(10 minutes)

Activity 1 – Warm Up (Kicking Relay)








Set up 4 channels 10m long – 1 per team

Students must grubber the ball to themselves, regather and pass on to the next player

Balls

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Players must regather the ball and pass to the next player i.e. they cannot kick the ball direct to the next player

First team to go through whole teams wins.






Body

(15 minutes)








Belts

Tags

Balls

Markers

Whistle

A A A A A

B B B B B

A A A A A

10m

B B B B B

Grubber Re-gather Pass

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Body

Assessment



Assessment Sheet

Conclusion

(5 minutes)






o What is the best way to kick during normal play in Oztag?

o What are the rules involved with kicking during normal play?

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Additional Drills

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Tagging, Twisting and Spinning

Drill 1 – Still Tagging

In pairs students take it in turn tagging each other

Students stand no more than 1m away from each other facing each other

Student are only allowed to move one legs if they are defending (i.e. removing tags), and no legs if they are attacking (i.e. avoiding being tagged). This forces strong movement of hips


Defenders to:



o use palms

Attackers to:


o Move hips away from attackers attempts e.g. if defenders is attempting to tag the right tag, then the attackers should move that hip away from the defender

Drill 2 – 4-Way Tagging

Set up a square shape grid approx 10m x 10m

Each corner of the square has a different colour marker

Split the class up into 4 equal groups

Place 1 group on each colour marker (attackers) and 1 defender in the middle of the grid

As the teacher calls out a colour (corresponding to a coloured marker) the attacker at the start of that line must run through to the diagonally opposite marker while trying to avoid being tagged, and the defender must attempt to make the tags

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Go through whole class and switch defenders

Defender with most tags made wins


Attackers do not put on tags until the drill is complete – safety reasons

Defenders to:



o use palms

Attackers to:





A A A A A

B B B B B C C C C C

10m D D D D D

C 10m

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Drill 3 – Cover Defence

Set up a square shape grid approx 20m long x 6m wide

Split class into two – attackers and defenders

Attackers are to run straight up the ‘line”

Attackers to carry a ball

Defenders are to run across and make the tag before they score

Students to switch positions i.e. once they have been attacker they rejoin the defenders line

Switch attackers and defenders positions i.e. move attacker from Left side to right etc


Defenders cannot place hands on the attackers – only remove tags

Defenders to:



o use palms

Attackers to:


A A A A A

20m B B B B B

6m

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Passing

Drill 1 – Basetag (Passing)


Set up a baseball field

Play game of baseball however there is no ball pitched. The batter simply passes the ball into the field to constitute a hit

Normal baseball rules apply:

o 3 out, side away

o Highest score wins

How to get out:

o If the ball makes it to a base before the runner

o If the ball is caught by a fielder

o Runners must have tags on at all times - they cannot proceed without tags on. If a tag falls off they must return to get the tag


Correct technique for passing

Depending on the age of the students the bases may need to be short in length given the passing may not be very far. This could also create an issue with defending students bunching up in the infield. Creating two games with smaller numbers can alleviate this issue.

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Drill 2 – Dodge Ball

Set up a field 10m wide x 12m long – with a safety zone 1m either side of half way


Teams to spread out over their half

Starting with 4 balls – 2 per team

Teams must pass the ball into opposition players

If the ball hits the opposition they are out

If a players pass is caught by the opposition, the person passing is out

The team with the last player/s remaining wins


Correct technique for passing

Students not to enter the safety zone to catch, pass or pick up a ball

12m

10m

Safety Zone

B

B

B

B

B

B B

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

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Kicking

Drill 1 - Bullseye

Set up 6 markers 1m apart in a straight line

Have 7th marker 10m back from the middle of the line

Students are to grubber kick for accuracy

o In between the 1st two marker (them idle goal) = 3 points

o The next goal to the right and left = 2 points

o And the final goal to the right and left = 1 point

Student receive 5 kicks each – highest score wins

No points are relieved for kicking outside the goals or if the kick is not a grubber






Grubber kick

3 pts 2 pts 1 pts 1 pts 2 pts

10m

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Drill 2 – Drop Kick Competition

Conduct a drop kick competition

Set up different markers surrounding football posts

Each student to receive 1 kick from each position

The student with the most number of successful kicks wins

Variations:

o kicking for distance i.e. longest drop goal

o create a ‘money’ ball from one of the position – this ball is worth more points if the kick is successful




Hold ball straight down so that it is vertical when you drop it

Ball should be dropped so that the point of it hits the ground

Time the kick so that you half volley it i.e. kick at just as the ball bounces up

Kick the bottom of the ball with the top of your foot

Attacking Moves

Drill 1 - Drift

Explain principle of the ‘drift’:

o Attacker 1 (ball carrier) and attacker 2 (1st receiver) run diagonally forward with ball carrier looking to pass the ball to 1st receiver.

o Attacker 3 (2nd receiver) runs back underneath both ball carrier and 1st receiver

o Ball carrier passes the ball to 2nd receiver

o 2nd receiver straightens run into gap that has been created

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2nd receiver to run back inside late – if leave too early than defence can react

All attackers to run straight first - this commits defenders

Ball carrier to run to gap between defender 1 and 2

Ball carrier to pass the ball facing the 2nd receiver i.e. do no pass the ball blind

2nd receiver to straighten run into gap that would have been created by defender 1

The 1st receiver must also be ready to receive the ball

Drill 2 – Block

Explain principle of the ‘block’:

o Attacker 3 (2nd receiver) acts as a decoy (block)

o 2nd receiver runs towards gap in between defender 3 and 2

B 2 B 1

A 1 A 2

A 3

B 3

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o Attacker 2 (1st receiver) runs behind 2nd receiver towards gap created by defender 3

o Attacker 1 (ball carrier passes the ball to 1st receiver




1st receiver to run behind 2nd receiver late – if leave too early than defence can react

All attackers to run straight first - this commits defenders

Ball carrier to run to gap between defender 1 and 2

2nd reliever to run at gap in between 2nd and 3rd defender

1st receiver to straighten run into gap that would have been created by defender 3

The 2nd reliever (block) must also be ready to receive the ball

Decision Making/Reaction

Drill 1 – Retreat and Attack

Split class into 3 equal groups

B 2 B 1

A 1 A 2

A 3

B 3

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Set up a grid 7m wide and 8m long – with additional markers at 5m long

Allocate 2 students to be defenders standing on the line created by 5m makers

The 2 groups are attackers and stand in 3 lines at the start of the grid

On the whistle the first 3 attackers move forward using any attacking moves and try to score a try, and the defenders must first run back to the 8m marker and then towards the attackers to make the tags


Reaction to what is in front of the – for both the defenders and attackers

Communication


Correct tag evasion technique

Defenders to turn and face the ball when retreating

A A A A A

8m

B B B B B

D

5m

D

8m

C C C C C

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Drill 2 – Ruck Plays

Set up a grid with 1 marker in the middle and 3 markers 2m back and spread out approx 2m apart either side so that it resembles a ruck in the middle and 3 attackers either side

Split the class up evenly so that there are students on each marker

From the ruck the teacher calls out a specific move and the students must complete that attacking move

Take it turn passing ball from ruck to left and right side

Introduce defenders if needed


Ensure students rotate positions

Don’t stand too deep in attack

Must be able to react to what the teacher calls immediately

Support players running correct lines to draw defenders and create holes

A A A A A

B B B B B

C C C C C

B B B B B

C C C C C

D D D D D

D D D D D

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