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matt lovesky (Msl3402)
Junior Member
Username: Msl3402
Post Number: 4
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 9:03 am: |       |
We used to always play flag football in Physical Education and I always enjoyed it but some students would not participate because they were afraid of getting pants or actually tackled. How could we modify this for maximum participation |
Brian J McCandless (Bjm6483sruedu)
Junior Member
Username: Bjm6483sruedu
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 11:57 am: | |
I feel that flag football is a great way of teaching football in class without having students get injured by playing tackle. I think that as long as the rules are explained well and all the students understand how the flag system works, the game is fairly full-proof. The problems that happen during flag football, are the same that you see in any other sport. |
Matthew Donatelli (Mjd5176)
Junior Member
Username: Mjd5176
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 6:37 pm: | |
My highschool had more than one game of flag football at a time. The teachers would tell the students that one feild was for a competitive game and the other feild was for a just for fun game. That way all the students that were all about winning and playing hard were playing on one feild and the students that just wanted to play around were on another feild. |
Kelley Leigh Riedel (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 12:47 pm: | |
I think that flag football is a great idea for physical education classes. I think one way to modify it is to split it into boys vs. boys and girls vs. girls if this is possible. Another way that I feel you can provide maximum participation is to have two games going on at the same time, people who know the game of football, and another being people who are learning about the game of football. |
Harry Watts (Hwatts)
Junior Member
Username: Hwatts
Post Number: 7
Registered: 8-2008
| | Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 12:44 pm: | |
Flag football is one of our best units. The kids love the game and seem to really try hard all the time. What i have found is that i do not play with the flags. I play one hand tag. The flags make it very hard on the students that do not have speed. I only play one hand becuase with two students tend to push even when they are not trying to. Overall it seems to work for me. I do not have any problems with lies about being tagged. |
Dick Moss (Dickm)
Junior Member
Username: Dickm
Post Number: 11
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 - 7:32 am: | |
There's a rugby variation that might fit the bill - it's similar to football in many ways, but is non-stop and lots of fun. It's called Touch Footy and is extremely popular in Australia.
There is an article and some sample videos at the following link:
Physical Education Games - Touch Footy
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Josh Uncapher (Jlu5948)
New member
Username: Jlu5948
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 8:16 am: | |
The best way to maximize FULL participation in flag football is to play a variation of the game called "Fitness football". The students would use heart rate monitors if available. Depending on the class size there could be one or two games. The game is a non-stop, moving game without any downs or penalties such as flag football. The object is still to score but to keep moving the whole time as you advance down the field with short quick passes (eliminate long passes). If heart rate monitors are available you can set an amount of time that you want the students to stay in their target heart rate zone. This is a very good way to have fun playing football while getting a class worth of fitness in also. |
