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.
