Passing and Receiving

by Neetu | May 26, 2020 | Sports

Divide the players into groups of four. Assign one player to two of the cones and two players with the ball will share one cone as shown in the figure. The players receive and pass the ball in a triangle formation. All players follow their pass.

Variations

• Receive and pass with the same foot
• Receive Left pass right, Receive Right, pass left
• Pass with one foot and directional first touch past the cone

 Coach Intervention

• Head up to make eye contact
• Weight and accuracy of the pass
• First touch(To prepare the ball)
• The surface of the foot
• The surface of the ball
• Technique with both feet
• Keep feet moving

Conditional game – 3v3 and 4v4 (without a goalkeeper)

• Two teams with a specific formation
• Small sided marked field as shown in the figure with dimensions according to the number of players
• The aim is to make more passes and keep possession
• Give one goal for 10 successful passes other than assigned goals

Coach Intervention

• Make the players aware of the positions they are playing.
• Make them aware when to dribble and when to pass
• Tell them how to make open spaces for their teammates
• Keep encouraging students to exchange the passes

Basketball Chest Pass

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: 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.

Dribble Guard

by Santosh | May 26, 2020 | Sports

LESSON OUTCOMES:

• Demonstrate basic dribble.
• Protect the basketball with a non-dribbling arm.
• Develop cardiovascular endurance, agility, and eye-hand coordination.

EQUIPMENT

• 1 basketball per student
• Containers (barrels) or cart to hold basketballs

BEFORE CLASS SET UP:

Place basketball containers in different corners of the play space.

HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Dribble Tag (10 minutes)

• Playspace is a basketball court (add a second court if too crowded).
• Designate 4 students as “taggers;” they wear bibs.
• Each student (including taggers) has a basketball and is dribbling.
• On your signal, taggers attempt to tag as many students as possible without losing control of their basketballs. If a tagger tags without control of the basketball, the tag doesn’t count.
• If dribbler is tagged, the student must dribble around outside of the court one time.
• If dribbler loses control of the basketball, the student must dribble around outside of court one time.
• Continue for 2 minutes then change taggers.

Add taggers if the students are not active enough.

ACTIVITY #1: Direction Challenge

• Students are to follow your directional movements while dribbling basketballs.
• Move forward, backward, left, right, zigzag, etc.
• No verbal directional commands are given. They should watch your movements.
• As skills improve, make movements faster and more difficult.

ACTIVITY #2: Knock-Out

• Either half-court, full-court, or multiple courts are utilized according to class size.
• Each student has a basketball.
• 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.

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE

Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.

Basketball Dribbling

by Santosh | May 26, 2020 | Sports

LESSON OUTCOMES:

Demonstrate basic dribble.

BEFORE CLASS SET UP:

Place basketball containers in different corners of the play space.

EQUIPMENT

• 1 basketball per student
• Containers (barrels) or cart to hold basketballs
• 4 Bibs

HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Dribble Tag (5-10 minutes)

• Playspace is a basketball court (add a second court if too crowded).
• Designate 4 students as “taggers;” they wear
• Each student (including taggers) has a basketball and is
• On your signal, taggers attempt to tag as many students as possible without losing control of their basketballs. If a tagger tags without control of the basketball, the tag doesn’t
• If dribbler is tagged, the student must dribble around outside of the court one
• If dribbler loses control of the basketball, the student must dribble around outside of court one
• Continue for 2 minutes then change
• Add taggers if the students are not active enough.

ACTIVITY #1: Dribbling

• Students stand in horseshoe arrangement with basketball on the ground between their
• Dribbling: Push basketball with pads of fingers; basketball should backspin, non- dribbling arm is up to protect
• Demonstrate
• All students practice stationary dribbling with dominate hand and protecting with non-dominant
• All students practice stationary dribbling with non-dominate hand and protect with the dominant hand.

ACTIVITY #2: Dribble and Move

• Students begin dribbling and moving inside the court
• Each student must maintain personal space by keeping his or her head
• Start with the dominant hand
• Change to non-dominate hand
• Give students a signal to increase speed (about 1 minute) and then return to walk.