Football News and Math Reviews - Small Group Math Tutoring for NFL Football Fans

If you love football and want a fun way to WIN with math then this is the place for you! We use players jersey numbers, NFL stats, and the latest news to talk about math in a charismatic and fun way. This class is a ton of fun and a great way to learn math. I hope we get to see you in class. Come join the team!



***TYPICAL CLASS***
We use slides to guide each class in a smooth and organized way. Each class starts with the Team Meeting and Life Lesson of the Day. The Life Lesson of the Day is a quote or proverb from a book called "Life's Little Instruction Book" where we discuss things like "Keep jumper cables in your car", "control what you can control" or "you can sleep late, but the world doesn't." You can read more about those on my teaching profile but I believe they are a fundamental part of helping young people become good adults!


Now that we are in the offseason we start class by recapping all the news from around the league! Big players switching teams, the NFL draft, news from training camp. We cover it all! During the season we would move into talking about the scores from the most recent NFL games. We review the highlights and news coming out of the weekend as well as review who had the most correct picks in our "Pick Em". 

Next, we move onto a few math problems. I use stats, jersey numbers, scores, and any number I can get my hand on from those games to do a math lesson. Each student gets a chance to attempt the problem on their own and then type their answers annonomusly so that I can check for understanding before going over the problem together as I work it out on my white board using my document camera. 

As we go, we weave in math lessons on various topics. Each class I change the problems and make sure we are working on the type of math that the students in class need help in. Here are some things we have worked on in the past and commonly show up in class.

-Division: The Green Bay Packers won their 800th game. If each season consists of 16 games, how many seasons would it take to win 800 games, assuming they won all 16 games each season?

-Addition: The Raiders scored 26 points, and the Ravens scored 23 points. How many points were scored in total?

-Equations: The Saints scored 44 points in total, with Alvin Kamara scoring 24 points from touchdowns. Write an equation to find how many points the rest of the team scored (x) and solve for x.

-Mean, Median, Mode: The scores of the winning teams in Week 2 were: 26, 26, 44, 20, 16, 18, 23, 23, 24, 21, 41, 13, 26, and 19. Find the mean, median, and mode of the winning scores.

-Subtraction: The Chargers defeated the Panthers 26-3. How many more points did the Chargers score than the Panthers?

-Fractions: In the Seahawks' OT win, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and DK Metcalf combined for 8 catches. If Metcalf had 3 catches, what fraction of the total catches were made by him?

-The History of Numbers. Tally Marks to Roman Numerals to the Place Value System
-Addition of Whole Numbers
-Subtraction of Whole Numbers
-Multiplication Tricks (1-9) 
-2x1 digit Multiplication
-Order of Operations and PEMDAS
-Intro to Fractions
-Fraction Addition and Subtraction
-Fraction Multiplication and Division
-Fractions/ Decimals/ Percent. 
-Geometry
-Converting Measurements
-Data and Statistical Thinking
-Finding a common denominator
-Equations and Expressions
-Algebra Concepts
+More are being added every week!


To finish class each week we do trivia or a fun, short, and interactive activity.



***COUPONS***
If you are new to Outschool you can use code CoachUt20 at checkout to get $20.00 off on your first class!



***CLASS INSPIRATION***
After coaching varsity high school football for 7 years and being a huge fan of the game I found a way to combine my passion for football with my passion for teaching on Outschool. Getting to build relationships and help guide young people in some small way down a path of success is pretty cool.