Lesson Plan
Skill Objective(s): Student will display a mature Set, Dig, Hit, and Serve 8 out of 10 Equipment:
times in a lead up game setting. Volleyballs and Nets.
Set
1. Makes contact with only fingertips.
2. Hands in ready position above forehead.
3. Wide Aggressive Stance.
a. Knees bent. Teacher: Thaddaeus
b. Feet are shoulder width apart. Dvorak
c. Weight on the balls of their feet. Grade Level: Middle
4. Thorough follow through. School
Dig/Bump
1. Hand Position
a. Palms up one hand lying flat inside of the other.
b. Close hands with thumbs together pointing away from the body.
c. Inside of forearm flattened as much as possible.
2. Wide aggressive stance.
a. Feet shoulder width apart
b. Knees bent
c. Weight on the balls of their feet.
3. Uses legs for power.
Hit
1. Left leg forward(Right leg if left handed).
2. Bow and Arrow ready position.
a. Dominant arms elbow pointed backwards.
b. Elbow at a low angle, 40 or less.
c. Hand just behind head, open with the palm facing up.
d. Non dominant arm straight out for balance.
3. Makes contact at the highest point.
a. If capable jumping is encouraged if proper form is not sacrificed.
Time Progression-Activities Formation-Organization-Explanation Cues:
1. Warm up Activity.
3 min a. Hitting (wall) -Each student with their own volleyball -Bow and Arrow.
stands 8-10 feet away from a wall they -Hit it at the top.
can hit against. -Bend the knees.
-The student will start out gently hitting
the volleyball with a focus on correct
form against the wall. Over time they
will start to increase the hitting power as
their arm warms up.
- Let the ball roll back to them and
repeat.
30 sec b. Slide -Students will slide from their location -Don’t cross the feet.
to the volleyball net. Touch it and slide
back.
3 min c. Setting (wall) -The student will keep their ball. -Finger tips.
- The student will now stand 2 feet away -Bend the knees.
from the wall. -Hit it high.
- With their ball they will practice
setting against the wall repeatedly.
-Do not catch the ball. Set it back
against the wall.
3 min d. Setting- -Get Low
Digging(wall) -This is an addition to the Setting (wall). -Hit
-The student will set the ball against the
wall.
-This time instead of continuously
setting the ball they will dig the ball
against the wall.
-Catch the ball from the dig and start
again with the set.
2 min e. Jumping- Defense - Everyone gets a partner and stands at
the net, one person on each side of the
net.
- Facing their partner the students will
jump as high as they can and touch the
net.
- This will be repeated till I say stop.
4 min 2. Setting (Partner) -Students will partner up with one ball
per couple. -Finger tips.
-Facing each other with 10 feet spacing -Bend the knees.
students will set the ball back and forth -Hit it high.
with each other without stopping or
letting it hit the ground.
4 min 3. Digging (Partner) -Same partners as setting. -Get Low
-Spaced about 10 feet apart the first -Hit it high.
partner will toss the ball to the other
partner.
-The second partner will dig the ball
back to the first partner.
-Switch after 2 mins of digging.
4 min 4. Setting-Digging (Partner) -Students with the same partner will
now start with a toss to the other
partner. -Make the pass high.
-The partner will set the ball back to the
first partner where they will try to dig
the ball back to the second partner.
- The second partner now becomes the
first partner and starts again by tossing
it to their partner.
4 min 5. Hitting-Setting (Partner) -The students with the same partners
will then gain access to a hard surface to
hit against.
-The partner starting with the ball will
set it to their partner.
-The second partner will then receive
the pass by hitting it into the wall. Then
get the rebound.
-They continue this till I say switch.
-The partners will then switch positions
and continue.
4 min 6. Hit-Dig(Partner) -The students will partner up with one
ball per couple.
-They will then give themselves 15 feet
of space.
- One partner with the ball will be
working on hitting form.
- The other partner will be digging the
first partner’s hits.
-The goal is for the digger to have the
ball get back to the hitter. If not
possible at least get it above their heads.
- This will be repeated until I’ve been
able to see good fundamentals in the
majority of the class and work with
those who are struggling.
-The roles will then switch and the hitter
will be digging and the digger will be
hitting.
10min 7. Newcomb -The class splits into four teams and
each team picks a half court.
-The object of the game is to get the ball
to touch the opposing team’s floor
inbounds.
-One person will serve from behind the
back line over the net to the other team.
-The other team will try to catch the
ball.
-If they catch it then they throw it over
to the other team’s side trying to get
them to drop it.
-When a team scores they get 1 point
and they get to serve.
-First team to 5 wins.
-I will stop the game and add a twist.
-When the ball is caught the person who
caught it must now pass the ball to a
teammate who will set the ball over the
net. Throwing over the net is no longer
allowed accept for on the serve.
-Twist 2: Now the person who catches
the serve will pass the ball to a
teammate who will bump the ball over
the net.
-Twist 3: Now the person who catches
the ball can choose to either pass the
ball to a teammate who can either set or
bump the ball over the net. Or the
person who caught the ball can choose
to Hit the ball to the other side.
-A different team mate has to return the
ball every time.