Rollerblading
UNIT PLAN
Rollerblading UNIT / Grade LevelLength of unit: 1 Week
Written By: Deb Lynch / X 7th Graders / ¨ 8th Graders / ¨ 9th Graders
Educational Objectives & Standards
Unit Objectives
/ State Standards1. To introduce the sport of rollerblading, the equipment, and safety rules. / 5PA-E3 -PO1
2. Introduce students to rollerblading to stimulate interest and promote a lifetime activity. / 3PA-E2 - PO1
3. Students will demonstrate beginning skills such as ready position, balance, stance, and forward movement of skating / 1PA-E1 – PO3
4. Students will demonstrate skills of heel braking, basic turning, and changing skate directions / 1PA-E1 - PO3
5. Students will demonstrate advanced skills of skating around objects, skating backwards, heel braking w/drag stop, and working together cooperatively to achieve skills. / 1PA-E2 – PO 2, 1PA-E3 – PO1
6. To promote teamwork and cooperative learning skills. / 6PA-E2 – PO2.
7. To promote and develop skills to have a physically active lifestyle / 7PA-E1 – PO2
8. Students will identify key concepts and information about skills they learned about rollerblading in class question/answer discussions. / 1PA-E2 –PO2
Mastery Elements /
Safety Rules / Care of equipment / Basic Turning / Games to build skill
Balance / Stance / Changing skating directions / Cooperative skill building drills
Ready Position / Basic Backward Movement / Balance/coordination
Basic Forward Movement / Heel braking/drag stop technique / Lifetime activity
Standard Heel Braking / Skill building practice techniques / Knowledge of key concepts of skating
Recreational games w/skating / Agility Skills
Page 1 of 12 Rollerblading master unit plan
Daily Overview /Day 1
Introduce:Equipment
Safety Rules
Ready Position
Balance / Stance
Forward Movement
Student Practice / Day 2
Review:
All day 1 skills
Teach:
Heel Braking
Basic Turning
Changing skate directions / Day 3
Review:
All day 2 skills
Teach:
Backwards skate w/partner.
Heel braking
Cooperative games
/ Day 4
Review:
All day 3 skills
Teach:
Backwards skate on own.
Heel braking/drag stop
Fitness skate
Games
/ Day 5
Review:
All skills
Teach:
Teacher led skating games
“Skateland” skating
Social and Recreational Activities
N-School Skate Program
Recreational Activities:
1. Turn Around – Each time the students pass by a teacher or each time the whistle blows, students must turn form forward to backward or backward to forward skating. Great for practicing turns.
2. Reverse – Students skate in the opposite direction (clockwise) around the gym. Handy for slowing skaters down.
3. Conga – Follow the leader with hands on hips of the person in front. The leader must go very slow for safety. It helps to have conga song…if not do 1-2-3 kick right then 1-2-3 kick left…ect…
4. Stoop – While Skating in either direction the students must stoop down when the whistle blows and stay down until it blows again. Great workout for the thighs!
5. Limbo – Have students line up to participate or have the bar at the side of the gym and allow students to participate if they wish. Have students bend down with hands on their knees, rather than lean back (because they will fall down).
6. Relays – Teams can race through a slalom course…or bounce a basketball…or shoot a basket…
7. Hockey – for the more advanced classes…
8. Capture the flag – Play this game with the smaller classes and when you feel the class has a good skating level.
9. Crazy – Skating in group of three holding hands. Each time the whistle blows the trios reverse their direction of skating….the more the whistle blows, the crazier it gets.
10. Shoot the Duck – Skate forward with students extending one leg while squatting down.
11. Obstacle Course – Use cones to set up an obstacle course for students to skate through.
12. Skating to Music – Set up 4 cones in a small square, the middle of the gym. Have students skate around the gym in a circle. Change directions, have them skate backwards, practice braking on your command…ect…
DATE: ______EQUIPMENT: Rollerblades, elbow pads, kneepads, wrist guardsUNIT: Rollerblading Day: 1 of 5 LOCATION: Gym
STANDARDS: 5PA-E3 -PO1, 3PA-E2 - PO1, 1PA-E1 – PO3, 7PA-E1 – PO2, 1PA-E2 –PO2
OBJECTIVE:
Students will demonstrate the beginning skills of rollerblading such as raising up from a sitting position, achieving balance in the ready position, and basic forward movement. Skills will be assessed by their practice and attempts made in class. Knowledge will be assessed in a class question and answer session at the end of class.
ACTIVITIES / CUE PHRAZES/INSTRUCTIONS
Intro:
Equipment – Put on skates and protective padding. Adjust skates
Outline Safety Rules / Adjust buckles to fit your foot.
Adjust brake on back of skate
Do not: Use walls to stop- Speed skate around gym-make trains- Swing each other around- slide on ground on kneepads.
Fitness: (Will be accomplished in lesson)
Lesson Focus:
Skating performance Instructions:
1. Demonstrate/Teach how to rise from sitting position:
2. Demonstrate/Teach how to Ready position
3. Teach how to achieve balance & stance for skating.
4. Demonstrate Basic Forward Movement
(Teach striding – combination of stroke (push) and glide.)
5. Practice Forward Skating / 1a. Shift from sitting to kneeling position
1b. Put one skate on floor, with both hands on knee,
push body up slowly into standing position.
1c. Touch backs of skates together in a “V” position.
2. Ready Position - Place body in upright position, arms and hands in view, with feet shoulder width apart.
3. Skater stands relaxed with skates shoulder-width apart, with ankles, knees and knees slightly flexed and shoulders comfortably forward.
4. Skater pushes off from the inside of one skate to carry the momentum into a glide by transferring weight and balance to the center edge of the opposite skate. One way to develop the independent leg action of skating is to begin by using the “V-walk”. Start in the ready position, make a “V” with heels together, take a few small steps forward, then return to the ready position and coast on both skates.
5. Practice can be with partner (if necessary), can organize class in two lines across gym wall, and then can progress to skating around gym in circle (if skill level is high enough).
Closure:
1. Who can tell me the three key points to standing up on rollerblades?
2. Can I have a volunteer to describe and demonstrate the ready position for standing balanced on your skates?
3. What are the important steps to remember when skating forward?
DATE: ______EQUIPMENT: Rollerblades, wrist guards, elbow pads, kneepads
UNIT: Rollerblading Day: 2 of 5 LOCATION: Gym
STANDARDS: 5PA-E3 -PO1, 3PA-E2 - PO1, 1PA-E1 - PO3, 7PA-E1 – PO2, 1PA-E2 –PO2
OBJECTIVE:
Students will demonstrate the rollerblading skills of heel braking, basic turning, and changing skate directions. Skills will be assessed by their participation in class. Knowledge will be assessed in a class question and answer session at the end of class.
ACTIVITIES / CUE PHRAZES/INSTRUCTIONS
Intro:
Equipment – Put on skates and protective padding. Adjust skates
Review Safety Rules / Adjust buckles to fit your foot.
Adjust brake on back of skate
Do not: Use walls to stop- Speed skate around gym-make trains- Swing each other around- slide on ground on kneepads.
Fitness: Warm-up skate around gym (slowly) until everyone has their skates on.
Lesson Focus:
Review:
- Ready Position
- Balance / Stance
- Forward Movement
Teach-
Heel Braking
Teach-
Basic Turning- “A” Frame Turning
Fitness Skate
- Practice lines- skate / heel brake
- Practice lines – skate/ turn
- Practice lines – skate in and out of cones
Game –
Play red light / green light to practice breaking skills / Ready Position - Place body in upright position, arms and hands in view, with feet shoulder width apart.
Stance -Skater stands relaxed with skates shoulder-width apart, with ankles, knees and knees slightly flexed and shoulders comfortably forward.
Forward movement - push off from the inside of one skate to carry the momentum into a glide by transferring weight and balance to the center edge of the opposite skate.
Heel Braking Steps:
1. Start from a coasting ready position.
2. Move brake foot forward approx. one skate length ahead of other skate.
3. Tip the braking skate onto its rear wheel by raising the front wheel off the floor and gradually engage the rear brake pad.
Basic Turning-
1. Start from a coasting ready position.
2. Make an “A’ by moving skates outside shoulder width onto inside edges. Lock hips and shoulders so upper body will turn as one unit.
3. Apply pressure to the inside edge of appropriate foot and look in the direction of the turn. To turn right, apply pressure to the inside edge of the left foot. To turn left, apply pressure to the inside edge of the right foot. Maintain balance through the turn by keeping weight on ball of the feet. Practice turning at slow speeds.
Closure:
What are the three steps to heel braking?
Who can tell me the three steps to basic turning?
Can someone demonstrate the three steps to basic turning as someone is explaining it?
DATE: ______EQUIPMENT: Rollerblades, wrist guards, elbow pads, kneepads
UNIT: Rollerblading Day: 3 of 5 LOCATION: Gym
STANDARDS: 1PA-E1- PO3, 1PA—E1-PO3, 1PA-E2-PO2, 1PA-E3-PO1, 7PA-E1-PO2, 1PA-E2-PO2
OBJECTIVE: Students will demonstrate the rollerblading skills of heel braking, basic turning, and skating backwards. Skills will be assessed by their participation in class. Knowledge will be assessed in a class question and answer session at the end of class.
ACTIVITIES / CUE PHRAZES/INSTRUCTIONS
Intro:
Equipment – Put on skates and protective padding. Adjust skates
Review Safety Rules / Adjust buckles to fit your foot.
Adjust brake on back of skate
Do not: Use walls to stop- Speed skate around gym-make trains- Swing each other around- slide on ground on kneepads.
Fitness: Warm-up forward skate around gym until everyone has skates on.
Lesson Focus:
Review:
Heel Braking
Basic Turning
Teach:
Backwards Skate
Fitness Skate-
-Give students time to practice forward skate around gym
-Let students skate, one whistle practice heel brake, two whistles practice turn and skate other direction.
-Practice skating backwards with partner helping.
-Practice skating backwards on own. / Heel Braking Steps:
1. Start from a coasting ready position.
2. Move brake foot forward approx. one skate length ahead of other skate.
3. Tip the braking skate onto its rear wheel by raising the front wheel off the floor and gradually engage the rear brake pad.
Basic Turning-
1. Start from a coasting ready position.
2. Make an “A’ by moving skates outside shoulder width onto inside edges. Lock hips and shoulders so upper body will turn as one unit.
3. Apply pressure to the inside edge of appropriate foot and look in the direction of the turn. To turn right, apply pressure to the inside edge of the left foot..
Backwards Skate
Student w/partner stand facing each other. One supports the other when learning backwards skate. Students are instructed to turn toes in and march/glide backwards. The further the toes are turned in, the quicker the weight is shifted from side to side, and the faster the student will skate backwards. Tell the students that their heel should move in and out, in and out, to create the motion that will help them get moving. It is important that the students stand with shoulders back (if the shoulders come too far forward, the students will fall face first. Students are instructed to look over their shoulder so they can be assured they are going in the right direction.
Closure:
What are some of the important points to remember when trying to skate backwards?
DATE: ______EQUIPMENT: Rollerblades, wrist guards, elbow pads, kneepads
UNIT: Rollerblading Day: 4 of 5 LOCATION: Gym
STANDARDS: 3PA-E2 –PO1, 1PA-E1 – PO3, 1PA-E2 –PO2, 1PA-E3 –PO1
OBJECTIVE:
Students will demonstrate the rollerblading skills of Drag-stop heel braking, and will review the steps of basic turning, and skating backwards. Skills will be assessed by their participation in class. Knowledge will be assessed in a class question and answer session at the end of class.
ACTIVITIES / CUE PHRAZES/INSTRUCTIONS
Intro:
Equipment – Put on skates and protective padding. Adjust skates
Review Safety Rules / Adjust buckles to fit your foot.
Adjust brake on back of skate
Do not: Use walls to stop- Speed skate around gym-make trains- Swing each other around- slide on ground on kneepads.
Fitness: Warm-up forward skate around gym until everyone has skates on.
Lesson Focus:
Review:
Backwards Skate
Review:
Skating forward
Heel Braking
Basic Turning
Changing skate direction
Teach-
Heel braking – drag stop
Fitness Skate-
-Give students time to practice forward skate around gym
-Give students time to practice backward state around gym
Game –
Four Corners / Backwards Skate
Students should to turn toes in and march/glide backwards. The further the toes are turned in, the quicker the weight is shifted from side to side, and the faster the student will skate backwards. Students are instructed to look over their shoulder so they can be assured they are going in the right direction.
Review of skills – teacher led / practicing learned skills.
Heel braking – drag stop:
1. Start from a coasting ready position.
2. Move brake foot (drag foot) behind other foot approx. 1 foot in length.
3. Turn drag foot perpendicular, then drag on floor to slow down to a stop.
Game - Teacher will designate a number (1 through4) for each corner of the gym. Teacher plays music while students skate. When music stops, students go to their chosen corner, teacher calls out a corner number. Students standing in that corner are “out”. To make the game faster (so kids are not sitting out too long) call more than one corner to be out, or have the last 5-10 students left all be winners.
Closure:
There are two different ways to brake. Who can describe one way? What is the second way to break? (Have them tell you the key points)
Great Job today!
DATE: ______EQUIPMENT: Rollerblades, wrist guards, elbow pads, kneepads
UNIT: Rollerblading Day: 5 of 5 LOCATION: Gym
STANDARDS: 3PA-E2 – PO1, 1PA-E2-PO2, 1PA-E3 -PO1, 6PA-E2 – PO2, 7PA-E1 – PO2
OBJECTIVE:
Students will demonstrate all the rollerblading skills they have learned in the course of the unit. They will further develop their skills, as well as increase their fitness level in class.
ACTIVITIES / CUE PHRAZES/INSTRUCTIONS
Intro:
Equipment – Put on skates and protective padding. Adjust skates
Review Safety Rules / Adjust buckles to fit your foot.
Adjust brake on back of skate
Do not: Use walls to stop- Speed skate around gym-make trains- Swing each other around- slide on ground on kneepads.
Fitness: Warm up forward skate around gym until everyone has skates on.
Lesson Focus:
Review:
All Skills – Teacher led commands on different skills.
Teacher Led skating games
“Skateland” skating w/ music (provided by skate company) / See additional unit information for a list of social and recreational activities.
Let students skate around the gym, like they would at “Skateland”. Play music to make it more fun, and alter their skating around the gym. (Skate different directions in gym, skate forward, skate backwards…)
Closure:
Discuss with students how Rollerblading is a great life-time activity they can participate in. Rollerblading will raise their heart rate and provide them with a good fitness workout. Working out can be fun with activities like rollerblading!
Rollerblade Test