Basketball (Intermediate)

Lesson Performance Goals Cognitive Goals Warm up Lesson Sequence Facility Equipment
1. Review the Students will be able to Students will Dynamic 1. Review and demonstrate the essentials of the Gym, cleared with One ball for every 3-4
dribbling - Review skills for - Review the rules of the Stretching dribble. walls students
skills dribbling the ball dribble. 2. Practice for familiarity: Cones
while moving - Review the purpose of a. Set up a dribble drill, creating new
around the the dribble reminders as they go. Tell players to meet
basketball court the ball at their waist, push the ball out in
front of them, use their weaker hands also
and look where they are going.
b. As you improve their attention, add
obstacles until you have the full blown
dribble maze drill: Have half of the class
moving in the opposite direction and
having good dribblers to begin their
dribbling from the side, so they are moving
perpendicularly to the main lines.
c. Set up a drill that uses the dribble for one
of its purpose; have students dribble one
lap around the gym, shooting either a lay-
up or jump shot when they get to a basket.
2. Review lay- Students will be able to Students will review Dynamic 1. Practice dribbling with each hand while moving Gym with One ball for every 3-4
ups and - Review lay –up - The essentials of a Stretching forward. basketball hoops students
improve skills when they good lay – up towards 2. Have students start using their weak hands for Cones
dribbling are near the the basket dribbling.
skills basket - Why it is important for 3. Teach and demonstrate the desired target for the
- Improve their players not to look at lay – up shot:
dribbling skills the ball when they a. Have students take two or three shots
around the dribble, because it each.
basketball court enables them to b. Demonstrate the effect of spin.
o See the open c. Ask students how many baskets they can
person and sink in 10 seconds. Let each person at each
pass on the basket have a 10-second turns.
move, and d. Have the most successful shooter
o See the basket demonstrate his successful technique to
 to approach the class.
and shoot from e. Try again, giving everyone a few more 10-
the dribble. second turns.
4. Have a competition afterwards.
3. Outside Students will be able to Students will learn Dynamic 1. Teach and demonstrate the outside shot and how Gym with netted One ball for every 3-4
shooting - Review outside - Learn the essentials of stretching it will be practiced as a group: hoops students
and jump shooting successful outside a. Identify the basket key Cones
shots shooting b. How to focus and aim
- Understand the c. Demonstrate the effect of spin
purpose of the dribble d. Each students finds their “spot”:
i. Use every ball, feeding balls to
shooters so they continue to get
the range.
ii. Have other students dribble and
pass the balls to the shooters. The
shooters catch and immediately
shoot.
iii. Move everyone to another place
on the gym floor and have each
student try dribbling to their spot,
following it up with and immediate
outside shot.
2. Set up a competition.
4. Rebound Students will be able to Students will learn Dynamic 1. Teach and demonstrate rebounding by jumping to Gym with netted One ball for every 3-4
and foul - Review how to - What causes fouls and stretching and catch the ball while it’s in the air: hoops students
shots successfully why foul shots are practice lay-up a. Have students line up against the Cones
rebound awarded shot. backboard:
- Learn how to - The significance of a i. One student throws to the
shoot foul shots basketball key backboard with underspin.
o Where most ii. The rebounder jumps when the
points get ball hits the backboard, reaches up
scored and catches the ball, landing with
o Timing their the ball pulled down and feet
entrance into spread apart.
the key for b. Repeat a few times, encouraging the reach
 rebounding and pulling the ball into the body.
offensive shots 2. Bring the group to the basketball key:
o The three- a. Teach them the three-second rule.
second rule b. Go over the drill for practicing slipping into
the key and rebounding the foul shot.
c. Have every student take three foul shots
while others rebound and lay-up.
3. Line up the group somewhere else in the gym,
have them dribble to the point where they like to
take their outside shots, assume it will miss,
rebound the miss and follow up with a lay-up.
4. Set up a competition.
5. Pass-and- Students will Students will Dynamic 1. Review and practice the pass and go, warning Gym with netted One ball for every 3-4
go skills - Emphasize pass- - Review the purpose of stretching and about traveling and the need for accurate passes. hoops students
and moving and-go skills the dribble lay-up shots. 2. Read off the tournament teams. Cones
without the - Play a no-dribble, - Learn the advantage of 3. Direct students to the court for no-dribble practice Markers
ball pass-and-go half- pass and go games.
court basketball - Learn the typical rules 4. Travel from game to game, reinforcing all no-
game that poorly executed dribble rules for the day and reminding students to
pass-and-go skills go (as in pass and go) after they pass.
might incur:
o Traveling
o Holding the
ball too long
(five second
rule)
6. Play a half- Students will Students will Dynamic 1. Teach half-court basketball rules; pointing out the Gym with netted One ball for game
court - Play a game - Learn the job of the stretching and following: hoops Cones
basketball guard, forward and layups a. The boundaries Scrimmage vests
game center, and assign b. When teams must bring the ball back,
teammates to the job where, and why.
- Be encouraged to 2. Assign equally skilled teams to a court to play each
shoot when open and other.
close enough to hit the 3. Have them play games. Use a halftime to answer
rim any questions you haven’t already answered or to
- Continue to learn that share a class problem and its solution.
they can make a team 4. Teach each students about the guard:
contribution a. Necessary skills – the dribble, passing on
the move, outside shooting, fearless lay-
ups.
b. Jobs – bringing the ball down, taking out,
setting up plays
c. Fast break
5. Teach each students about the forward:
a. Necessary skills – getting open, shooting,
rebounding.
b. Jobs – setting screens or picks, boxing out,
rebounding
6. Teach each students about the center:
a. Necessary skills – shooting inside the key,
rebounding, blocking.
b. Jobs – setting screens or picks, boxing out,
rebounding, and blocking shots.