by Santosh | May 27, 2020 | Sports
LESSON OUTCOMES:
Demonstrate passing, pivoting, and shooting skills in a game situation.
EQUIPMENT
1 basketball per 3 students
BEFORE CLASS SET UP:
Have basketball equipment ready for distribution.
HEALTH- RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Basketball Memory Game (10 minutes)
- Each student has a handball.
- Students dribble the ball around the area.
- On teacher’s signal, students begin dribbling.
- On the next signal students stop and perform a designated ball-handling skill:
- Hold ball and pivot on one foot.
- Dribble and jog in place.
- Dribble changing hands.
- Dribble between legs.
- Bend down and move the ball in a figure-8 between the legs.
- Bend down and holding the ball with one hand in front of legs and one hand behind, quickly let go, switching the position of the hands and catching the ball before it hits the floor.
- Add a new skill each time you signal students to stop.
From memory, students must do all other skills in order, before adding the new skills.
ACTIVITY #1: 3-on 3-Half- Court Basketball
- Object of game: to score as many points as possible.
- Same groups and courts as the previous games.
- Principle of 3’s in effect:
- Defender must be 3 feet away from basketball.
- 3 passes before a shot is taken.
- All restarts begin at half-court (beginning of the game, out of bounds, fouls, etc.).
- Play 4-minute games; leading teams move up a court and those behind move down.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
by Santosh | May 27, 2020 | Sports
LESSON OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate a basic lay-up.
- Execute a lay-up during game situations.
EQUIPMENT
- Containers or football cart
- 1 football per 10 students
- Basketballs for 1/3 of the class
BEFORE CLASS SET UP:
- Place basketball containers in different corners of play space.
- High Ten: 25 x 25 yard square for 35 students.
HEALTH- RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Dribble Take Away (10 minutes)
- Either half-court, full-court, or multiple courts are utilized according to class size.
- One-third of the class has a basketball.
- On your signal, students dribble with the dominant hand, moving within the court.
- The rest of the class tries to steal the ball away from other students.
- Students with basketballs try to protect by turning their bodies away from attackers and defending with the other hand.
- Students are not allowed to pick the basketball up at any time.
- Students who have their basketballs stolen must perform 5 repetitions of some exercise before rejoining the game.
ACTIVITY #1: Pig Skin Basketball
- Pairs form groups of 10 for a full-court 5-on-5 game.
- Object of game: to make as many baskets as possible using a football on a basketball court by only passing, catching, and shooting.
- Use Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine who starts the game with control of the football.
- The game starts with a throw-in from the end line. The team in possession tries to pass and catch the football and advance toward their basket.
- Once a student catches a ball, he or she must stop and can only pivot, pass or shoot.
- Defender guards the passer but cannot knock the football out of the passer’s hands.
- All dropped footballs, bad throws or balls thrown out-of-bounds go to defending team. Free toss from that point.
- Principle of 3’s in effect:
- Passer has 3 seconds to throw football (3 alligators counted by the closest defender).
- Defenders must be 3 feet away from passer.
- After a score, other team takes the football out from end line.
- Play 4-minute games and have leading teams move up and teams behind move down.
- When students are close to the basket, they should try to do a lay-up with football.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
by Santosh | May 27, 2020 | Sports
LESSON OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate a lay-up
- Move without the basketball.
EQUIPMENT
- 1 basketball per student
- Containers or basketball cart
- 16-20 cones
- 1 football per 10 students
BEFORE CLASS SET UP:
Place basketball containers in different corners of the play space.
HEALTH- RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Keep Away (10 minutes)
- Students form groups of 3.
- Demonstrate 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 basketball to each other without interceptor intercepting it or knocking it down.
- Student stays in the middle until you blow whistle (after 1 minute) to rotate.
- All passes must be around interceptor and not over his or her head.
- Interceptor must guard only the thrower and be 3 feet away from thrower.
- Thrower can pivot but cannot move.
- Receiver practices making sharp cuts to get open.
ACTIVITY #1: Alternating Dribble
- Student has own ball.
- Alternate hands while dribbling.
ACTIVITY #2: Alternating Dribble on the Move
- Walk around gym while alternating dribble.
- Practice alternating.
ACTIVITY #3: 4-on-4 Basketball 3 Pass
- Students assemble in groups of 4.
- Object of game: to score the most baskets.
- Two teams of 4 on each half-court (more students per team if courts are limited).
- No dribbling in the game. Student with basketball must keep at least one foot in place by pivoting.
- Game begins with Rock, Paper, Scissors. Ball is in-bounded from half-court.
- Whenever the basketball returns to play it is in-bounded from half-court.
- Teams play man to man (or person to person) defence
- Principle of 3’s in effect:
- No shot until 3 passes to 3 different players.
- Defender on the basketball must be 3 feet away and cannot steal the basketball.
- Play games for 3-4 minutes. Teams leading move up a court and those behind move down a court.
- Ties settled by Rock, Paper, Scissors.
- Use 1 step lay-up whenever close to the basket.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching and questions.
by Santosh | May 26, 2020 | Basketball, Sports
LESSON OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate a basketball pivot.
- Apply pivoting in a directional game.
- Move to an open space without the basketball.
EQUIPMENT
- 1 basketball for every 3 students
- Containers or basketball cart
- One foam ball per 6 students
- Cones for boundary markings (4 per court)
BEFORE CLASS SET UP:
Place basketball containers in different corners of the play space.
HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Buzzerk (15 Minutes)
- Use the entire gym/playing area; Students form in groups of 5.
- 2 groups play each other with 1 team batting first.
- Each student on each team has a number from 1-5.
- Batting team starts out in a line (1-5), the fielding team spreads out in the playing area.
- Batter #1 throws the ball anywhere in the playing area, there are no foul balls. After completing the throw, the batter runs around his/her team until the fielding team completes the task below.
- Batting team must yell out the number of times the batter runs around their team.
- The fielding team retrieves the ball; everyone gets in a line and passes the ball down the entire line. The last student on the team that receives the ball, throws the ball to the new ‘batter’ (the next number). When the batter receives the ball, he or she yells, stops the teams, and play begins with a new batter.
- After all, 5 persons on the batting team have batted, the teams switch roles.
Variation: Keep score. After 4 minutes switch teams so that they play other teams.
ACTIVITY #1: Dizzy Pivot
- Students form teams of 8
- Two teams play each other at once.
- Teams must work together to advance the basketball to the opposite side of their court/field.
- Every time a pass is made the receiver must pivot 180 degrees before passing the ball to another teammate.
- One point is given for every time a team advances the ball to the opposite end of the court/field.
- The team with the most points wins.
- A bunch of small-sided games may be played as well to keep all students active at once.
- The winner can rotate one court over after every 3-minute game.
- Paper, Rock, Scissors is used to determine tie-breakers.
ACTIVITY #2: 3 Pass End Line
- Students form groups of 6 and divide into two groups of 3.
- Object of game: to score a point by passing the basketball to a teammate across the end line.
- Demonstrate the game utilizing student volunteers.
- The game is played with two teams on a full court. If space is limited divide each court with cones down the middle, lengthwise.
- Basketball may only be advanced bypassing. The student with basketball may not dribble or walk, he or she may ONLY pivot, then pass.
- Students without the basketball move to open areas.
- The game starts with an in-bound pass.
- A goal is scored if basketball is passed successfully to a student beyond the end line.
- If pass is incomplete or dropped, basketball is in-bounded from the closest sideline.
- If traveling occurs, the other team gets basketball. Use inbound pass from the closest sideline.
- After the goal, basketball is put into play at the end line by in-bound pass.
- Principle of 3’s in effect:
- 3 passes to 3 teammates before a team can score.
- The defender on the basketball must be 3 feet away and cannot hit the basketball out of passers’ hands.
- Defenders on the basketball can count to 3 alligators to force a pass. Turnover if basketball is not passed in 3 alligators.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
by Santosh | May 26, 2020 | Sports
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: Knock Out (10 minutes)
- On your signal, students dribble with the dominant hand, moving within the court and trying to knock the basketballs away from other students.
- Students protect their basketballs with movement and with a non-dribbling arm.
If basketball is knocked away, or the student loses control of basketball, the student must exit area, and dribble the basketball once around the outside of the court before re-entering the game.
ACTIVITY #1: Partner Chest Pass
- Students find a partner and perform chest passes with one basketball.
- Students should include faking a pass either left or right.
- After a minute of chest passes, students begin bounce chest passes.
TRANSITION
Pairs should form groups of 6, 2 basketballs per group.
ACTIVITY #2: 3 Catch Game
- Object of game: complete 3 passes to your own team.
- Demonstrate the game with students.
- Assign 2 teams of 3 to each quarter of the basketball court.
- One point for every 3 consecutive passes is awarded.
- After 3 consecutive passes, the basketball is placed on the ground for the opposing team to begin.
- If a pass is incomplete, the basketball goes to the other team.
- Principle of 3’s is in effect:
- Must defend from 3 feet away.
- 3 catches by 3 different people to score a point.
COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE
Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.
by Neetu | May 26, 2020 | Sports
Warmup – Intercept the Ball
Intercept the Ball:
Create a 10W x15L grid. Place one player on each end line and one player in the middle of the grid in a one-yard zone.
- The two players on the end lines will try to connect as many passes as they can.
- They will score a point for every pass completed.
- The Interceptor must try to either intercept the pass or deflect the pass out of bounds. 3 Interceptions and the players rotate or 5 deflections and the players rotate.
- All players get to defend in the middle.
- Players on the end line need to pass the ball either in two touches or three touches.
Coach Intervention
- The defender should read visual cues
- Body Shape
- Where the passer looking
- When is he/she striking the ball
- Getting in-line with the ball
- Quick lateral movement
- Do NOT allow straight passes down the line!
Conditional game 5v3+GK
- Coach sets up a 40Lx30W field with a big goal at 1 end and 2 counter goals at the other.
- The team of 3 + GK defends the big goal and tries to score on the 2 counter goals.
- The team of 5 attacks the big goal. The team of 3 + GK tries to avoid getting split and/or giving up a goal.
- The coach will focus on the 2 defenders closest to the ball, how they work together and the roll of the 3rd defender
Coach Intervention
- Pressing defender: getting in-line with the ball
- Working together as a unit
- Quick lateral movement
- Telling each other: Leadership
- How to deny penetration
