Kelsey Rehain and Kate Bowen

School: In Tech Academy Grade: 9-12 Number of students: 10-15

Date: 4/12/13 Time: 20 minutes

Unit: Track and Field (Hurdles)
Lesson Focus: Hurdles
Equipment: 9 hurdles, 3 cones, 15 peer assessments, 15 pens, Hurdle visuals (instructional materials), computer, projector, tape
Play space needed: Leg of the track
Safety: One student in a lane at all times while hurdling. All students after they finish hurdling over the last hurdle must clear the
track.

Objectives:

Learning Domain(s) Objective(s) National
Standard(s)
NYS Standard
Cognitive 1) Students will be able to analyze their peers
performance, identify common errors and
elaborate on how to correct these errors.
2 1A
Psychomotor 1) Students will be able demonstrate a hurdle
over cones with a straight lead leg at knee
height
2) Students will be able to demonstrate a
hurdle with the trail leg tucked behind the
hip

2 1A

Time Task Organization Cues Challenges and
Modifications
5 min. Introduction: Review the three phases of
the hurdle. The teacher will also ask one
Students are lined up
on the starting line
Approach:
- 8 steps to first hurdle

student to physically demonstrate a proper
lead leg and trail leg. Once the
demonstration is over the teacher will show
pictures of athletes performing hurdling
properly.
-Approach
-Take-off
-Hurdle Clearance
Assistant teacher will demonstrate hurdling
over the hurdle.
facing the instructors.
Cones will designate
the starting line.
Students must start
behind the cones.
- Begin horizontal
- Start with lead leg
Take off:
-Fast lead leg
-Take off on trail leg
Hurdle clearance:
-Toe up
-Straight lead leg
-Tuck trail leg behind hip
10 min Performance:
1) The three lanes will be given a signal
to begin to clear the first hurdle.
Once the student in that lane
hurdles over the last hurdle the next
person in line will go. Students will
focus on getting their lead leg knee
height or higher. The students will
complete the hurdles once with left
lead leg and once with right lead leg
to choose their preference
2) Students will go three times at a
jogging pace. The students will give
their peer feedback on either
something they did correctly or
something they can work on.
3) The students will three times at a
sprinting pace. As other students
are performing the hurdle at a
Students will divide
evenly into three lanes
with three hurdles per
lane. Once the student
hurdles over the last
hurdle they will clear
the lanes and walk on
the perimeter of the
lanes in order to
return to the lines.
Same cues as above
Can you find any errors in
your peers form?
How can they improve their
form?

Challenge: -
Imagine a life
sized hurdle.
How high can
you get?

Modification:
-Perform the
motion beside
the hurdle
-Change your
lead leg
spring pace the students next in line
are responsible for analyzing the
quality of movement from the
athlete performing. The students
will complete the peer assessment
checklist.
4) Finally two volunteers will be asked
to demonstrate a freeze frame of
the proper lead led form and trail
leg form
5 min Closure:
1) The students will finish by
completing a sheet about common
errors they have witnessed in while
analyzing their peers performance.
2) A volunteer would be asked to share
their results from the analysis
questions to the class.
Students will return to
the classroom to
complete the
analyzing questions.
Each of the three lanes
will be assigned one of
the stages of hurdling.
They will need to find
groups of three with
one student from each
lane.



Peer Assessment Check List:
Mostly Sometimes Never
Straight lead leg (at least knee height)
Lead Leg toe is up
Trail leg tucked behind hip

Analysis Questions:

Name:

What is a common error you witnessed which could be improved?



How would you correct this error?



Why would this improve the athletes success in the event?



















Instructional Materials: