LESSON OUTCOMES:

• Demonstrate a chest pass
• Execute a fake chest pass
• Move to an open area without basketball.

EQUIPMENT:

• 1 basketball for every 2 students
• Containers or basketball cart
• 2-4 noodles
• 5 cones per court to setup grid

BEFORE CLASS SET UP:

• Set up a grid area for every 6 students, about a quarter of a basketball court.
• Place basketball containers in different corners of the play space.

HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: French Fry Tag (10 minutes)   

• Object of game: the French Fries try to tag and freeze the entire class inside boundaries of the full basketball court, or half-court for a small class.
• Quickly discuss the negatives of fatty foods. Then 2-4 students are given a noodle; these students are the French Fries.
• Once tagged, students must sit or kneel.
• To be freed, another student must come up to the tagged student, touch him or her and both students do 3 jumping jacks (3 push-ups, 3 sit-ups, etc.) together.
• While exercising together neither person can be tagged. Students can keep exercising if a tagger is too close.
• Switch taggers after 1-2 minutes.

ACTIVITY #1: Chest Pass        

• Chest Pass: Both hands on side of basketball, push basketball from the chest, Step towards the target, follow through with hands pointing out, and thumbs down.
• Demonstrate skill.
• Students shadow practice chest pass without a basketball.
• Shadow practice faking a pass both to left and right. Students need to step when making a fake.

TRANSITION

Pairs should form groups of 6, 2 basketballs per group.

ACTIVITY #2: Keep Away       

• Within their groups of 6, students should form 2 groups of 3.
• Assign two groups of 3 to each quarter of the basketball court.
• Demonstrate the game with 2 students or with a student and the assistant.
• Designate one student to be in the middle (interceptor).
• On your signal, the 2 outside students pass the basketball to each other without the interceptor intercepting it or knocking it down.
• The student stays in the middle until you signal to rotate (45 sec. to 1 min.).
• All passes must be around the interceptor and not over his or her head.
• Interceptor must guard only the thrower and be 3 feet away from the thrower.
• Receiver practices making sharp cuts to get open.

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE

Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.