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10 P.E. Lessons Plans for Track & Field
In The Classroom

Article By: John Tansley

Plan for the Discus


SAFETY TIPS
- Never turn your back on the throwing circle.
- Rather than have retrievers stand in the back of the landing sector, have students retrieve their own discus. Instruct students always to check that no one is in the landing sector before they throw.
- Have a "Safety-Watcher" (a student who is not participating) watch both the landing sector and the thrower. Allow no throw to be initiated until he/she calls, Safe to throw.
- Use the smaller/lighter girls' 1kg discus to facilitate learning the proper grip/release techniques.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED
1kg girls' discus
Several traffic cones
Discus ring or 8 ft. 2 112-inch diameter circle scribed on a smooth surface
Line t7ags (pennants) or chalk sector lines to designate the landing area

 
CLASS ACTIVITIES

1. Practice the proper grip and "Finger-roll" release: Have students line-up in two equal lines facing each other five yards apart, so each student has a partner directly opposite him or her. Give discus to the students in one line. Instruct students to place the throwing hand flat on top of the discus with the fingers gripping the edge with the first knuckles of all four fingers, and the thumb lying lat on the middle of the discus... while keeping the throwing hand perpendicular to the ground. Instruct students to swing the throwing arm back, stop forward with the opposite foot, and roll the discus off the index finger with a bowling action on its edge towards their throwing partner in the opposite line. Have students repeat this drill several times, back-and- forth. As they master rolling the discus on its edge in a straight line towards their partners, have one line move back 5-yards and repeat the drill.

2. Practice standing throws with traffic cones: Have each student take a position in the front of the throwing circle, with the opposite shoulder pointing in the direction of the landing sector and the feet slightly wider than shoulder-width. The toe of the front foot and the heel of the back foot should be in a straight line and the kneeshould be slightly bent in a balanced stance. Instruct throwers to wind-up by twisting at the waist to face the back of the circle without moving the feet, and begin the throw by pivoting on the back foot to point the too towards the landing sector (as if crushing out a cigarette.) The cone should toe pulled around the circle with the arm straight and the hand shoulder high. The head and chest should lead the arm to the front of the circle and the cone should be released with a slinging action.

After several throws, students can practice standing throws with the discus. Instruct students that centrifugal force will keep the discus in the hand parallel to the ground.... just as water will stay in a bur-ket when it is swung quickly in a wide circle over the head. Emphasize trying to release the discus flat for a good flight.

 

Lesson 6:
Plan for the Hurdles



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