Omnikin Lesson Plan Elementary Level

Name: Kennedy Dupree

Lesson Focus: Holding and Scoring (Team Movement)
Lesson Title: Omnikin Basketball

Date: 10/31/16
Grade: 4

Class Length: 25
minutes
Class Size: 26

STANDARDS/BENCHMARK/GLEs:
Standard: Psychomotor
Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement
forms.
Benchmark:
Benchmark 1-E-2: Combines a variety of motor skills for specific sports with a stationary and/or moving
partner.
GLE:
GLE: 1-E-2.1: Demonstrate a combination of movement concepts while performing various skills (e.g.,
sliding while dribbling a ball in a curved pathway in general space, trap and pass, catch and pivot, volley
ball with racquet/paddle while moving).
Standard: Cognitive
Standard 2: Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills.
Benchmark:
Benchmark 2-E-1: Integrates movement concepts with other content areas (e.g., measuring distances and
timing races or events).
GLE:
GLE 2-E-1.2 Participate in low organized games/activities that include movement and integrate with
appropriate math skills (e.g., skip counting, time, clock skills, addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division).
Standard: Affective
Standard 5: Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical
activity settings.
Benchmark:
Benchmark 5-E-3: Works cooperatively with teachers and peers to reach a common goal.
GLE:
GLE 5-E-3.2: Describe key behaviors which exemplify each of the personal/social character traits of
responsibility, best effort, cooperation, and compassion in isolated settings

 LESSON OBJECTIVES: (TLW)

Cognitive: TLWBAT understand the concept of hitting to open space 95% of the time by the end of the
unit.
Affective: TLWBAT cooperate with their teammates and classmates throughout the lesson 100% of the
time.
Psychomotor: TLWBAT hit to a target by using the push or strike method 80% of the time, by the
end of the lesson.
STUDENT LEARNING TARGETS: (TSW/I will)
Cognitive: TSW/ I will be able to understand how hitting to open space leads to success in the game by
the end of the unit.
Affective: TSW/ I will cooperate with my classmates and teammates throughout the entire lesson.
Psychomotor: TSW/ I will be able to hit to a target using the push or strike by the end of the lesson.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION:
Cognitive: TTW check for understanding through observing the students concept of hitting to open
space.
Affective: TTW observe students behavior while participating in class activities.
Psychomotor: TTW observe the students throughout the skill practice and culminating activities making
sure that each student is using the push and strike to get the ball to open space.

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE
Objective
Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor

Higher-Order Thinking
Skill Addressed
Analyze
Understand
Apply

Learning Styles
Addressed
Logical
Interpersonal
Kinesthetic

Skill/Concept Taught
-

Push
Strike
Hold

Skill Cues/Instructional Cues Used

Push:
1. Elbows out
2. Palms forward
3. Push through
Strike:
1. Clap hands together
2. Swing back (hit with the forearm)
3. Follow through (hit with the forearm)
Hold:
1. Kneeling statue
2. Palms up
3. Head down

ACCOMODATIONS:
- Accommodations will be provided if a student were to come in with an injury. As of now there are
no known injuries, but if one were to arise, that student would be in charge of keeping score during
game play.
MODIFICATIONS:
- If students are having trouble hitting the targets, implement bigger targets.
- If the students are surpassing the target difficulty, implement smaller targets.
- Use different size Omnikin balls for groups who may be more/less advanced.
EQUIPMENT/TEACHER MATERIALS:
Item:
Large Omnikin Ball
Medium Omnikin Ball
Milk Crate
Colored Pennies
Cone
Poly Spot
Hula Hoop

Amount:
2
4
6
26
28
28
12

RESOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_eQyr8N9b0
https://www.omnikin.com/site/en/omnikin-balls/

SAFETY:
- Head is to be down when holding the Omnikin ball with your team.
- When hitting the Omnikin ball, the object is to hit it to open space, do not aim to hit it at your
classmates.
- Be aware of your surroundings at all times.

 LESSON PROCEDURES/ACTIVITIES:
Time

Activity Description

Skill/Teacher Cues

Anticipatory Set:
Introduction: Good morning you all, my name is Ms. Dupree
and I will be teaching you about Omnikin ball this week. If
you have heard of Omnikin ball before raise your hand.
Alright, very good, and if you havent played or heard of it
before thats ok, we are going to learn all of the skills and
strategies that we need to play it this week.

Throughout the week I will be

using the whistle to get your
attention like Coach Morgan, so
when you hear the whistle, put
any equipment you have at your
feet and focus your attention
towards me.

Transition
To start us off, we are going to play a game called railroad.
Instant Activity Instruction:
-

I will use the Omnikin ball as the train on the track.

You all will create the track.
You will have to lie down on the floor on your back
next to each other.
Once the train rolls over you, you have to get up and
run to the end of the railroad track so you can keep the
train going.
The object is to get the train back to this side of the
gym after going to the other side around the cone.
On my whistle, form a line on the ground using this
line that you are already in.

Remember to be aware of your

surroundings
Always run on the feet side of
your classmates, never by their
heads
Remember to demonstrate

Transition
- Whistle
Instant Activity Game Play:
-

The teacher uses the Omnikin ball as the train on the

track while the students create the track.
Students will have to lie down on the floor on their
backs next to each other.
Once the train rolls over a student, they have to get up
and run to the end of the railroad track so they can
keep the train going.
The object is to get the train back to the starting side of
the gym after going to the other side around the cone.

Transition

Remember to be aware of your

surroundings
Always run on the feet side of
your classmates, never by their
heads

Time

Whistle
Great job everyone!
Get toe to toe with a partner (divide into 4 groups of 4
and 2 groups of 5)
When you get to your court, put a penny on from the
crate and wait for my instruction.

Activity Description
Skill Instruction:
-

Today we are going to learn how to hit and hold the

Omnikin ball.

Hitting: There are two types of hits, the strike and the
push.
First demonstrate the push (all students stand up and
do the movement without the ball).
1. Elbows out
2. Palms forward
3. Push through
Demonstrate the strike (all students stand up and do
the movement without the ball).
1. Clap hands together
2. Swing back
3. Follow through

On my whistle, each team will practice hitting the ball

on their courts

Two team members will stand on this side of the court,

and the other two will stand on the opposite side. If
your team has five members, there will be three on one
side and two on the other.

You will take turns, to get the Omnikin ball in the air,
you will simply bounce it and then perform your hit.
Start of with the push, and when you feel comfortable,
switch to the strike. You must rotate hitting the ball.

After the students have completed the hitting portion,

demonstrate and implement the team holding technique later
in the lesson. (Explained in further detail in the skill practice)
-

Demonstrate the hold (all students stand up and do the

movement without the ball).
1. Kneeling statue
2. Palms up
3. Head down

Skill/Teacher Cues
Review the skill cues with the
students

Check for understanding

Demonstrate each part of each

movement

Transition
- Whistle
Skill Practice:

Count down: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Safety Reminders

Two team members will stand on one side of the court,

and the other two will stand on the opposite side. If a
team has five members, there will be three on one side
and two on the other.

Remind students of skill cues

Check for understanding

Students will take turns bouncing the ball in the air and
then performing one of the two hits trying to get it to
Remind students of skill cues
their other teammates.
- PUSH
1. Elbows out
2. Palms forward
After the students have completed the hitting portion,
3. Push through
demonstrate and implement the team holding technique later
- STRIKE
in the lesson. (Explained in further detail in the skill practice.
1. Clap hands together
2. Swing back
- Whistle
3. Follow through
-

Demonstrate the hold (all students stand up and do the

movement without the ball).
1. Kneeling statue
2. Palms up
3. Head down
Teams will practice holding the ball in the skill
application portion.

(Allow students to set their

distances on their courts from one
another)
-

HOLD
1. Kneeling statue
2. Palms up
3. Head down

Transition
- Whistle
- Now we are going to use all of these skills in Omnikin
Basketball
Time

Activity Description
Culminating Activity Instruction:

Skill/Teacher Cues
Remind students of safety rules

Each court will have two hula-hoops and two cones.

They will be set up like they are on this court (have
one court set up prior to instruction).
Each team will have to work together to score as many
points as they can.
Each hula-hoop made is 2 points
Each cone knocked down is 3 points
This time though, all members of your team must be
holding the Omnikin ball as we practiced, except the
hitter.
The hitter must then call out which target they are
trying to hit, hit the ball using one of the two hits we

Demonstrate how to score and

how to alert the teacher if your
team has scored.
Remind the students of the skill
cues for hitting and holding
You must score points only on
your court. If your ball goes onto
another court, one teammate
should go to retrieve the ball.

practiced earlier, trying to score.

Example: OMNIKIN GREEN HULA-HOOP
If your team is successful, hold the amount of points
you earned up on your fingers until noticed by the
teacher.
Once the teacher gives you the thumbs up, the team
will grab the Omninkin ball and go back to the start. A
different hitter must then go, and the process will
repeat for the time allotted.
The team with the most points at the end wins

Go on my whistle
Transition
-

Whistle

Culminating Activity/Skill Application:

Remind students of safety rules
-

Each court will have two hula-hoops and two cones.

Each team will have to work together to score as many
points as they can.
Each hula-hoop is 2 points
Each cone knocked down is 3 points
This time though, all members of the team must be
holding the Omnikin ball as practiced, except the
hitter.
The hitter must then call out which target they are
trying to hit, hit the ball using one of the two hits we
practiced earlier, trying to score.
If the team is successful, they are to hold the amount of
points earned up on their fingers until noticed by the
teacher.
Once the teacher gives the thumbs up, the team will
grab the Omninkin ball and go back to the start. A
different hitter must then go, and the process will
repeat for the time allotted.
After everyone on the team hits, the sequence can
begin again.
The team with the most points at the end wins

Demonstrate how to score and

how to alert the teacher if your
team has scored.
Remind the students of the skill
cues for hitting and holding

Transition
-

Whistle
Everyone please pick up all of the equipment on your
court by your bins, and put your pennies back in the
bin.

Depending on what is needed for

the next class, have the students
put the equipment back in their
bins at their courts.

CLOSURE:
-

Overall, everyone did a fantastic job today!

Check for understanding of skill cues

PUSH
1. Elbows out
2. Palms forward
3. Push through
STRIKE
1. Clap hands together
2. Swing back
3. Follow through
HOLD
1. Kneeling statue
2. Palms up
3. Head down

Thank you for your participation today, and I will see you all again tomorrow!