A detailed lesson plan in Physical Education
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, 85% of the students will be able to:
Identify the fielding positions in softball.
Differentiate the responsibilities and characteristics of positions.
Apply the responsibilities of fielding positions in softball.
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. TOPIC: Fielding Positions in Softball
B. REFERENCE: Softball12-wikispaces.Softball Field Position
C. MATERIALS: Laptop, Projector, Cartolina, Sticker
III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity
A. Preliminaries
1. Prayer
- Please all rise for the prayer may I call - The students will stand
Mr. /Ms. __________ to lead the prayer.
2. Greetings
- Good morning Class - Good Morning Sir!
- How was your day? - We’re good sir!
3. Checking of Attendance
- Secretary? List down all the attendance and - The secretary will follow
submit it to me afterward.
B. Review
- What was out topic last meeting?
- What have you learned? - The student will answer
C. Motivation
- Class, what can you see in the drawing? - A diamond sir!
Ok! For example, that is a softball diamond.
What is the missing to complete that softball - Man or players sir.
Diamond?
- Very good!
- So, what we going to do is to put the - ( Students go to the blackboard)
missing positions in that diamond.
- Kindly paste it on their respected
positions.
- Ok let’s check if all those you labelled
are correct.
D. Lesson Proper
- Are you ready to learn? But read first the
objectives.
- The students will read the objectives
At the end of the lesson, 85% of the students
will be able to:
• Identify the fielding positions in
softball
• Differentiate the responsibilities and
characteristics of positions
• Apply the responsibilities of fielding
positions in softball.
- Our topic for today is all about fielding
positions in softball.
- But before that, let me first introduce
the history of softball.
- Softball began in 1887 when George
Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago
Board of Trade, invented "indoor
baseball". By the spring of 1888, the
game had spread outdoors. It was - (students are listening)
originally called either mushball,
kittenball or indoor baseball, but by
the 1920s it had acquired the name of
softball. The sport became organised
in the United States in 1933 with the
formation of the Amateur Softball
Association of America (ASA). The
sport was originally played by men
and did not become popular with
women until the formation of the ASA.
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- Softball has a variation of baseball,
the game started with different
elements from other sports of which
were boxing and boating. A boating
club and a boxing glove were the key
parts when playing a game of Softball.
- There are two teams compete in each
game.
- How many players are there in a - Nine players’ sir.
team?
- Ok.It composed of nine players man
the field,
- And nine batters hit in a
predetermined order for each team
know as a batting order or lineup.The
nine defensive positions can be
grouped into two general categories.
- It is called the INFIELDERS AND
OUTFIELDERS.
- Infielders are composed of six
positions.
- Kindly give them class? - Pitcher sir
- What else? - Catcher sir.
- Another? - 1st baseman sir.
- What else? - 2nd baseman sir.
- Another? - 3rd baseman sir.
- Short stop sir.
- And last is?
- Ok, each of them have their own
characteristicsand responsibilities.
- Pitcher-pitches the ball from the
pitcher’s mound to the catcher.
- Catcher-crouches behind home plate
and receivespitches thrown by the
pitcher. Also receives throws from
fielders attempting to make outs at
home plate.
- 1st baseman-“Fields,” or defends,
balls hit near the 1stbase line.
Receives throws from fielders
attempting to make outs at 1st base.
- 2nd baseman-Fields balls hit near 2nd
base. Receivesthrows from fielders
attempting to make outs at 2nd base.
Often involved in a double-play
- 3rd baseman-Fields balls hit near the
3rd base line.
- Receives throws from other fielders
attempting to make outs at 3rd base.
- Shortstop-Fields balls hit between the
second baseman and third baseman.
Covers 2nd base when the ball is hit
to the second baseman.
- Any question from the infielders - None sir.
class?
- Ok let’s proceed to outfielders.
- Outfielders are composed of 3
positions.
- What are they class?
- What else? - Right fielder sir.
- And? - Center fielder sir.
- The outfielders have also their own
responsibilities.
- The three fielder are attempt to catch
balls hit intotheir portion of the
outfield.
- Balls hit to the outfieldare generally
ground balls or fly balls hit past the
infield.
E. Generalization
- None sir.
- Class, any question about the fielding
positions in softball? - 2 teams’ sir.
- Again, how many team compete in
each game? - 6 positions sir.
- How many positions occupied the
infielders? - 3 fielders’ sir.
- How about the outfielders?
- (the students will follow the
- Okay, class get ¼ sheet of paper lets instruction)
have some short quiz in 5 minutes.
Answer directly.
- Number 1. Infielders are composed of - (the students will start to answer)
______ positions.
- Number 2. _______ Fields balls hit
near the 3rd base line.
- Number 3. _______ Fields balls hit
between the second baseman and
third baseman.
- Okay pass your paper, in 10, 9, and 8. - The students will pass their paper to
the front.
IV. EVALUATION
And now, I will group you into four.
Get one sheet of bond paper. And you’re - The students will get one sheet of
going to draw the softball diamond, label it bond paper.
with their corresponding positions and give
their responsibilities.
Okay class before anything else listen to the
criteria for your drawing.
Aspects of Evaluation Total Score Actual Score
Craftsmanship 30 %
Creativity 30 %
Originality 20 %
Neatness 20 %
TOTAL SCORE : 100 %
- Okay class, I’m going to give you 5
minutes for your preparation.
-(The students are gathering according
- Time starts now. to their
respective group and they are preparing for
the drawing)
- (after the 5 minutes)
- May I call the group 1? Please go in
front. - (The group 1 will go in front in present
their drawing)
- May I call now the group 2? Please go
in front
- (The group 2will go in front in present
- May I call the second to the last their drawing)
group, the group 3? Please go in front
- (The group 3will go in front in present
- Finally, may I call the last group, the their drawing)
group 4?
- (The group 4will go in front in present
- their drawing)
- What a nice presentation of your
drawing class.
- Are you enjoyed class?
V. ASSIGNMENT - Yes, sir
- Yes, Sir! I hope we repeat it again.
- For your assignment, tomorrow, wear
your prescribed P.E uniform and let’s
apply what you have learned today.
- That’s all class. See you next
meeting.
- Goodbye and God bless!! - Thank you, sir!
- Goodbye sir!
