SUNY Cortland Physical Education
Nicole DeSalvia- Polo Lesson
Activity Progression
Instructions:
One of the characteristics of effective teachers is their content knowledge. They are able to develop interesting progressions that help students learn the skills they are teaching. Use this template to create a logical progression sequence for a skill, task or activity for students of varying abilities.
The instructor will determine most complex step (or end point) for you. Devise as many steps leading to that end point as you can. These steps should be in order of complexity with the simplest element in the progression at the bottom of the page.
Once you have completed this progression, you should be able to select one or more components from it to use in developing a lesson plan
Skill(s):
MOST COMPLEX SKILL | |||
Tasks (Extensions) The activities for the whole class | Cues (Refinements) Secrets to improve performance | Challenges (Applications) More chances to practice the same tasks | |
1 | Polo Tournament Day!! 6 Chuckker played school wide for a polo prizee | Include all types of passes, slow smooth strikes, defense use bumps and hooks, roll ins when ball goes out of bounds | Time |
2 | Polo Game, 6 Chukkers (periods 7 mins long) all standard polo rules apply | Slow smooth strikes w mallet to pass and shoot. | Time |
3 | Mini Polo Game- 4 v 4 , keeping rules in mind- R hand mallet, defense may hook and bump- boundaries count, ball rolled in when it goes out. | Slow smooth strikes w mallet to pass and shoot. 15 min games | Amount of time, size of goals and field. |
4 | 4 v 4 w target-target player stands on sidelines and helps as an extra pass, each team looks to score using | Slow smooth strikes w R hand to pass and shoot. Use hooks and elbow taps on defense | # of passes before shot, use of target players |
5 | 3 v3 w. target- target player stands on sidelines and helps as an extra pass, each team looks to score using | Slow smooth strikes w R hand to pass and shoot. Use hooks and elbow taps on defense | # of passes before shot, use of target players |
6 | 4 v 3 drill, offense works on passing, defense on hooks and bumps | Defense use elbow taps and hooks to get ball, Offense stay spread in a triangle | # of passes before shot |
7 | Man down drill 3 offense v 2 defense- O looking to shoot, D defends with hooks and bumps | Defense use elbow taps and hooks to get ball, Offense stay spread in a triangle | # of passes before shot |
8 | Shooting Drill, line upon the 3pt line w a goal under the hoop- rapid fire towards goal- works on aim | Slow smooth strike- aim for net | # of shots |
9 | Gallop while steering L, pass w your R- a “Tail Shot” (behind pony/own behind) | Steer L, Pass w R behind | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
10 | Canter while steering L, pass w your R- a “Tail Shot” (behind pony/own behind) | Steer L, Pass w R behind | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
11 | Trot while steering L, pass w your R- a “Tail Shot” (behind pony/own behind) | Steer L, Pass w R behind | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
12 | Walk while steering L, pass w your R- a “Tail Shot” (behind pony/own behind) | Steer L, Pass w R behind | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
13 | Gallop steering w. L pass R with a Belly shot (under pony/between legs) to a partner | Steer L, pass w R w. belly shot under pony/between legs to partner | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
14 | Canter steering w. L pass R with a Belly shot (under pony/between legs) to a partner | Steer L, pass w R w. belly shot under pony/between legs to partner | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
15 | Trot steering w. L pass R with a Belly shot (under pony/between legs) to a partner | Steer L, pass w R w. belly shot under pony/between legs to partner | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
16 | Walk steering w. L pass R with a Belly shot (under pony/between legs) to a partner | Steer L, pass w R w. belly shot under pony/between legs to partner | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
17 | Gallop Steering L, pass to partner on the “near side” (L side of horse) | Steer L, Pass w right hand on LEFT side of horse | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes/speed |
18 | Canter Steering L, pass to partner on the “near side” (L side of horse) | Steer L, Pass w right hand on LEFT side of horse | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes |
19 | Trot Steering L, pass to partner on the “near side” (L side of horse) | Steer L, Pass w right hand on LEFT side of horse | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes |
20 | Walk Steering L, pass to partner on the “near side” (L side of horse) | Steer L, Pass w right hand on LEFT side of horse | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes |
21 | Gallop steering L, pass forehand R | Steer L, Partner pass R | Increase/Decrease distance/ # of passes |
22 | Canter steering L and pass forehand R to partner | Steer L, partner pass R | Increase/Decrease Distance/# of passes |
23 | Trot steering L and pass forehand w R t partner | Steer L, partner pass R | Increase/Decrease distance/ #of passes |
24 | Walk steering w L and pass forehand to partner w R | Steer L, Partner Pass w R | Increase/ Decreased Distance # of passes |
25 | Gallop while steering/changing direction w. L hand, while dribbling w R | Steer L, Control ball w mallet on R | Increased/Decreased Speed |
26 | Canter while steering/changing direction w. L hand, while dribbling w R | Steer L, Control ball w mallet on R | Increased/Decreased Speed |
27 | Trot while steering/changing direction w. L hand, while dribbling ball w R | Steer L, Control ball w mallet on R | Increased/Decreased Speed |
28 | Walking while changing direction with L hand, and striking ball (dribbling) w R | Steer L, Control ball w mallet on R | Increased/Decreased speed |
29 | Gallop w/ speed while steering w L, R on mallet | Steer w/ L, R ready for game play | Increased/Decreased Speed |
30 | Trotting/Canter steering left and right with left hand, and R hand holds mallet | Steer Left, Right ready for pass | Increased/ Decreased speed |
31 | Walking with reigns in L, Mallet in R | Left steers while moving, right is ready for a pass | Increased/decreased speed |
32 | Holding Mallet in right hand and Steering with The left | Right hand passes, left hand steers | Increased/decreased speed |
33 | Picking up speed in a Gallop | When in a canter, nudge the sides of the horse with your feet to pick up speed | Pull back on reigns to slow horse. |
34 | Moving into a Canter | After up to trot speed, pick up more by lightly kicking the horses side | Pull back on reigns to slow horse |
35 | Moving into a Trot | Kick side of horse a bit more forcefully, they will speed up | If too fast pull back gently on reigns. |
36 | Starting a Ride | Lightly with each foot nudge the horse in their side to make them start walking. | |
37 | Stopping a Horse | Pull back evenly on reigns and say “Woaahh”- do not jerk! | Varies depending on speed. |
38 | Steering a Horse | To turn right, pull reigns lightly to the right, to turn left- pull reigns lightly to the left | Angle of turn, more force sharper angle, less force wide angle. |
39 | Mounting a horse | Right Foot up, pull with upper body and right leg, swing left leg over | Height of horse |
40 | Saddle a horse | Throw saddle on back and tie securely on with buckles | |
LEAST COMPLEX SKILL |
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