WEEK 1-2 LESSON PLAN

3-5 Basketball

GET TO KNOW THE KIDS NAMES
Play a name game and then get into a circle and call out certain things like “bounce the ball once if you have a sister” or “bounce the ball once if you are wearing blue”.

WARM UP GAME
Have the kids run down and back without the basketball being animals or automobiles ex. (“run to the other side like a cheetah”. Repeat 5 times down and back

TECHNIQUE
Teach the technique for the day “Bounce and catch a ball at the waist with two hands”

PRACTICE TECHNIQUE (5 Minutes)
Have the kids practice the technique and walk around helping individual kids

GAMES
Play games that you think will work for your group Simon Says
Pumpkin Patch
Stop ‘n Go
Line Tag

END OF CLASS (VERY IMPORTANT)
Ask the kids what the three critical teaching points that they learned to day are.
Tell the kids to tell their parents what they learned today.

TECHNIQUE
Today we are going to learn how to bounce and catch a ball at the waist with two hands.

IMPORTANCE
Bouncing and catching a ball at the waist with two hands is important because it improves your ball control skills and your hand-eye coordination.

When bouncing and catching a ball at the waist with two hands, it is important to:

STORYLINE
Today we are Warming Up before our games. Your goal is to follow Coach and listen to the instructions.

INSTRUCTIONS

• When I say, “GO!” run in the different animal movements from the baseline to the end line.
  • Run like a turtle (run slowly and put your arms behind your back)
  • Run like a cheetah (run as fast as you can)
  • Run like a giraffe (put your arms together above your head to make a long neck)
  • Run like an elephant (put your arm out in front of your body to make a trunk) o Run like a penguin (put your arms out to the side and waddle)
  • Run like a dog
  • Swim like a fish (use your arms to swim)
  • Duck walk (squat and waddle like a duck) o Bear crawl
  • Hop like a bunny
  •  Leap like a frog

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Simon Says. Your goal is follow Simon’s instructions while bouncing the ball with two hands continuously.

INSTRUCTIONS  

• I will begin as Simon.
• When I say, “GO!” you must start bouncing your ball.
• When I say, "Simon says....” you must repeat that action while bouncing the ball.
• If I do not say, “Simon says” then keep bouncing the ball.
• Try your best to keep the ball in motion. If it stops bouncing, quickly pick it up and keep going!

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: This is not an elimination game.
• Approach: The goal is not to “trick” the students, but to keep their ball bouncing.
• Discussion: Ask students to share what was easy or hard about touching the ball with their fingertips and not their palms while doing what Simon said.

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Stop ‘n Go. Your goal is to bounce and catch your basketball at your waist with two hands as you make your way to the other side of the court to reach the traffic light.

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Before the game begins, you must line up on the baseline shoulder-to-shoulder with your basketball between your feet.
• When I say, “Green light!” bounce, catch and walk forward.
• When I say, “Red light!” your feet, body and ball must stop moving.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Remind students that this is not necessarily a race. It is important to go at a pace that is personally challenging, but allows you the ability to stop quickly.
• Discussion: Ask students to share who they saw doing a good job at catching the ball with both hands.

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Line Tag. Your goal is to evade the tagger (teacher) by running on the lines of a basketball court while dribbling.

INSTRUCTIONS

• I will be the tagger who will run only on the lines set out on the basketball court.
• Before the game begins, everyone will spread out on the basketball court and standing on the lines.
• When I say, “GO!” the non-taggers will run along the lines dribbling their basketball and evade the tagger.
• The tagger will go out and try to tag everyone else.
• If you get tagged then you will sit on the line on your basketball and wait for the next round.
• You must stay on the lines while running. You also must turn around if you get to a down player (you can’t
• go around a player that is seated on a line).
• We will begin a new round/game when everyone has been tagged. 

TEACHING TIPS

• Safety: Look out for the other players on the ground. The tagger should be two-finger butterfly tagging without pushing people over.