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Name of Activity: Ultimate Frisbee Hoops
Purpose of Activity: To help students better understand the rules in ultimate frisbee in a controlled environment and to practice their aim when throwing a frisbee.
Prerequisites: Students should have had practice throwing and catching the frisbee. They also have some basic knowledge of ultimate frisbee.
Suggested Grade Level: 6-8
Materials Needed: Frisbee, pinnies, 4 hula-hoops (two taped together forming the number 8).
Description of Idea Before the students come into the gym their class should already be divided into two teams, and the figure 8 hula-hoops should be hung over both basketball court rims. The playing area will be the basketball court. Assign one team to one sideline, and the other team to the other sideline in boy/girl order. Have one team put on the pinnies. Once each team is spread out on their sideline assign each team a target. Have the first four people in each line come out to the playing area. Now it is a game that combines ultimate Frisbee and basketball. These are the rules to play by; 1. Pass the Frisbee back and forth to work towards your target. If nobody is open on the court the thrower is encouraged to throw it to their sideline player.
2. Only one momentum step is allowed after catching the Frisbee. The thrower is not allowed to move with the Frisbee.
3. The players must abide by the five and five rule. A thrower has five seconds to throw the Frisbee and the person guarding the thrower has to be five feet away. If the thrower is being guarded closer than five feet their five seconds is not counted.
4. Once a team thinks they can throw the Frisbee through a hula-hoop a shot can be taken. Shots cannot be taken from beyond the half court line. Three points for making it through the top hoop, and one point for making it through the bottom hoop. Sideline players are not allowed to score.
5. Players are not allowed to be in the basketball 3 second lane. If a shot is taken in the lane no points are awarded. If a defender blocks the Frisbee while standing in the lane a free shot is given from the free throw line.
6. Change in possession occurs when; the Frisbee hits the ground, on an interception, a missed shot, or the Frisbee goes out of bounds. After about 90 seconds a whistle is sounded blow and those eight players go to the end of their respective lines, and the next four come out from each line.
Assessment Ideas: During closure, you can ask the students what made their teams more successful. Hopefully you'll get answers that'll carry over to good Ultimate Frisbee gameplay such as moving to open space, passing to open players, snapping your wrist, short passes, pointing to your target, etc.
Teaching Suggestions: Instead of using a regular frisbee you could use a nerf frisbee. Attach a third hula-hoop to the targets and adjust scoring accordingly.
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