by Neetu | Jun 10, 2020 | Sports
Aim
- Dribble a basketball continuously with 1 hand.
- Follow all directions and use equipment appropriately.
Equipment Required
4 large cones, 1 basketball per student, 1 spot marker per student
Play Area Set-Up
- Create boundaries for a large activity area with cones.
- Scatter spot markers throughout the area.
- Each student to a spot marker with a ball
Activity Description
- It’s time to be a Bubble Breaker! When I say, “GO!” you’ll start by breaking your bubble (the spot marker).
- Bounce your basketball on your spot marker 3 times, making a good catch after every bounce.
- After you break your own bubble, move to a different bubble, and break it using 3 good bounces. Break as many bubbles as you can before you hear the stop signal.
KEY TEACHING POINTS – Drop Straight Down, Catch with Hands, Dribble with Finger Pads, Waist High
Grade Level Progression
- Dribble the ball with one hand on a spot, attempting the second dribble (contact). Repeat until 3 dribbles are made on each spot.
- Carry the ball to a spot; dribble continuously 3 times on the spot to break the bubble, and then move to a new spot.
- Dribble continuously from spot to spot. Dribble 3 times on each spot to break the bubble.
Challenges & Modifications
- Alternate dominant and non-dominant hand after each broken bubble.
- Allow students to break bubbles with only 1 bounce and an attempted catch.
by Neetu | Jun 10, 2020 | Sports
Aim
Learn movement patterns & Ball handling keeping it in hand by following all directions and using equipment appropriately.
Equipment Required
4 large cones, 1 basketball per student, 1 spot marker per student
Play Area Set-Up
- Create boundaries for a large activity area with cones.
- Students scattered throughout the area in self-space with a ball.
Activity Description:-
Circle Basketball around Waist
Players stand facing the coach while holding their basketball with both hands, waist-high.
On the coach’s command, the player circles the basketball around their waist. After a few times, have the players stop and then circle the ball in the opposite direction. This drill may seem very easy, but you will be surprised how difficult yet fun it is for small players.
Circle Basketball around Legs
This is a variation of the “Circle Basketball around Waist Drill” Once again, the players stand facing the coach. On the coach’s command, the player circles the basketball in and out of their legs in a figure 8 pattern. Have the players stop and then circle the ball in the opposite direction.
Throw the ball in air & catch
In this drill the players stand facing the coach, holding their basketball with both hands, waist-high. On the coach’s command, the players throw the ball up in the air and then catch it. Have the players start by throwing the ball up only a foot or two into the air.
Once they master this, have the players increase the height of the throw.
Throw the ball in air, clap & catch
This is a variation of the previous drill with some added complexity. Simply add a clap. The players are to throw the ball in the air, clap, and then catch the ball. Have the players then increase the height they throw the ball AND have them increase the number of claps before the catch.
by Neetu | Jun 10, 2020 | Sports
Aim
- Get familiarized with the ball and different movement patterns keeping it in hand.
- Follow all directions and use equipment appropriately.
Equipment Required
4 large cones, 1 basketball per student, 1 spot marker per student
Activity Description
Initial Practice
- Roll the ball up the body using 2/1 hand
- Hold the ball in 1 hand (palm up) with an outstretched arm, move the hand around the body keeping ball balanced on the hand
- Bounce ball continuously using 2/1/alternate hands, varying height
- Pass ball from hand to hand, increasing width of arms gradually
- Pick up a rolling ball. Roll ball, run after in, and pick it up.
Main activity:
- In pairs – one moves the ball around on hand, other tries to knock it off
- In pairs – rolling ball to each other – try to receive the ball first with 2 hands than with one. Rollback
What to look out for:
- The shape of the hand should be relaxed and slightly curved, the ball should relax into a cup of palm
- As the ball arrives arm should relax and ‘give’ into the direction of the ball
- Knees should bend when retrieving the rolled ball
- Both hands should be practiced with to develop competent ball handling
Progression: Catching skills
by Neetu | Jun 9, 2020 | Sports
Movement skills/concepts
Punting/kicking to a target, relationships (with others), and judging distance and speed.
Set-up
- Markers/cones, large oval, and/or round balls.
- Groups of four are spread out in the grass or hard surface area; each group has a ball and one child stands at each corner of a square marked out by cones.
Activity
Players practice punting around the square in different patterns:
- Player 1 with the ball punts to Player 2, who punts to Player 3, who punts to Player 4, who punts to Player 1,
- Players 1 and 3, with a ball, punt around the
- A punt from Player 1 to Player 2 to Player 4 to Player 3 to Player 1,
- Punt to
- Introduce a fifth player at Players punt and follow to the receiver’s position. Use any of the above patterns.
- A fifth player in the center of the square attempts to intercept as the ball is kicked to anyone. If intercepted, change places with the player who last touched the
Can you see …?
- holding the ball in two hands
- eyes on the ball
- guiding the ball onto shoelaces (top of shoe)
- swinging the leg from the hip
- following through
You could ask …
What can we do to make sure the punt follows the intended flight path?
Variations
Vary equipment and skills: Vary the type of ball, kick, and foot.
Vary the area of the square: e.g. Mark out a smaller square and punt ‘up and under’.
by Neetu | Jun 9, 2020 | Sports
Movement skills/concepts
Kicking a stationary ball for accuracy.
Set-up
- Large round and/or oval balls, goal posts/markers, low tees. Grass or hard court area.
- Pairs, with one ball per pair.
Activity: Can you …?
- put the ball on the ground/a low tee kick to your partner, striking with your shoelaces (top of shoe)
- kick it high to your partner
- kick while getting further and further away from your partner
- kick between goalposts/markers
- kick over the posts
- kick from different angles and distances
- try kicking with the other foot
Can you see …?
- eye on the target, eye on the ball
- a short, angled approach
- non-kicking foot beside the ball
- swinging from hip
- contacting with top of the foot
- following through
You could ask …
Which ways of kicking for goal were the easiest? Why was this?
Kicking goals is one way of scoring points in rugby union/league. What do you need to do to be consistently accurate?
Variations
Use large round balls: Is it different when kicking for goal with a round ball?
Play Goal Kicking Game – ‘Rugger’: Partner 1 in the pair places the ball on a low tee or the ground anywhere they like and kicks for goal. If successful, Partner 2 has to kick for goal from where that goal was kicked. If Partner 2 is unsuccessful, they receive an ‘R’ (i.e. the first letter of ‘Rugger’). If Partner 1 is unsuccessful, Partner 2 gets to choose where to kick from.
The partner who spells ‘Rugger’ last is the winner.
