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Football:

How to Make Your Team Successful

A WebQuest for 9-12th Grade

Designed by Andrew N. Swagers

E-mail: swagersa@bacone.edu

Introduction

You are a member of a football program that is trying to win the championship.  Your program is made up of the following:

Coaching Staff- in charge of preparing the team and figuring out the scheme to win games

Strength and Conditioning Coach- in charge of making the team stronger and maintaining the teams fitness as they progress through the season

Equipment Manager- in charge of issuing helmets, shoulder pads, leg pads and cleats

Players- skilled and able bodies that execute the plays and schemes the coaches have prepared for them to win

Those involved in the program must be knowledgeable of the schemes and plays and be able to work very well together to have a successful football season.  This WebQuest will help your team stay prepared and focused on their goal to win the championship.

Task 

You will use your computer skills to develop a “Team Portfolio” made up of different handbooks designed by each team member according to the roles below:

Coaching Staff:

 Develop a coaching handbook that you will use to run team practices in a timely manner

Strength and Conditioning Coach:

 Create workouts to develop and build muscle to make players stronger and faster and maintain fitness level

Equipment Manager:

 Organize equipment handouts so they may be done in a timely manner and also during games be prepared to fix any broken equipment

Players:

 Practice and execute schemes provided by the coaching staff, set goals to accomplish for games to insure victory

Process

You have been assigned to your teams and a role to play in the team.  Follow the directions for your role and complete them.  These directions will help make your team more successful in the football season.

Resources

As a team your resources are basic football equipment and the football field.  The coaching staff will need to research and develop their schemes.  The strength and conditioning coach will also research proper workout methods for football teams and develop their own variation of these workouts to make it adaptable to the team goals. 

Conclusion

As a result of this WebQuest, you should have a resource to help you be effective in your role as part of the coaching staff, strength and conditioning coach, equipment manager, and player for your football team.  You should use your resource to help yourself and the other members of your team to become competent and knowledgeable sportspersons.

Credits & References

Much credit for the design of this WebQuest goes to The WebQuest Page

(http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html) and Design Patterns provided at http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Teachers benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author’s name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuest.

Last updated on May 1, 2010.  Based on a template from The WebQuest.