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Basketball

Free Sample Year 4

Learning Objectives

  1. Work well as part of a team.
  2. Perform the basic skills needed for the games with control and accuracy.
  3. Use a range of tactics to keep possession of a ball.

Literacy Keywords
  • Explore the game
  • Passing
  • Possession
  • Shoot
  • Score
  • Teamwork
Citizenship
  • Develop own ideas and experiences
Numeracy
  • Keep score of the game
Equipment
  • Basketballs – mini-basketballs or suitable balls that bounce
  • Marker cones
  • Bibs
  • Hoops
Risk Assessment
  • Suitable clothing and footwear worn by participants.
  • Equipment suitable for participants, safe and checked.
  • Area safe and checked - any hazards removed.
  • Safety information highlighted to participants.
  • Staff aware of all emergency procedures, including designated 1st aider.
Knowledge Checks

Throughout this plan you will see ‘Knowledge Checks’ to help you ensure the pupils are acquiring the intended knowledge as the lesson progresses. The two types of knowledge to focus on in PE are:

  • Declarative Knowledge: Factual knowledge concerning movement, rules, tactics, strategies, health and participation (best practiced through spoken or written observations of a practical demonstration).
  • Procedural Knowledge: Knowing how to apply declarative facts (best practiced through demonstration or participation).

  • This is the first lesson in the Basketball unit of work.
  • The intention of the lesson is to introduce the children to the new topic. It gives them the opportunity to experience the game and explore the skills they will be learning and developing in the unit.
  • The main activity within the lesson incorporates many of the skills and tactics that will be covered in the unit. Playing the game in this lesson gives you the opportunity to make an initial assessment of your class. By observing the children, you can make a judgement on their current ability and plan your teaching for the rest of the unit accordingly.
  • Basketball is an invasion sport, where two teams attack and defend a ‘goal’ each trying to score more goals than their opponents. A goal is scored by throwing a basketball into a hoop/net. Basketball players can move around the court, travelling with the ball by bouncing to dribble.

 

Activities & Games

Control the Ball
3 - 5 mins

Children require a ball each.

Ask the children to move around the area with their ball, keeping it under control.

Ask the children to begin bouncing their ball as they move around – like a basketball dribble.

On signal “Stop” – children must stop, catch their ball and freeze on the spot.

Gradually encourage children to increase speed but keeping the ball under control.

 

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Teaching Points
  • Control the ball – keep it close.
  • Look where you are going.
  • Stop the ball quickly.
  • Encourage and highlight good dribbling technique – push the ball to the floor; use the fingers.

 

To make activity harder:

  • Challenge children to move around the space quicker. Bounce the ball continuously without catching it in between bounces.

To make activity easier:

  • Children can participate on the spot.

 

Knowledge Check
  • Control the ball – keep it close
  • Look where you are going
  • Stop the ball quickly
  • Encourage and highlight good dribbling technique – push the ball to the floor; use the fingers
Passing - The Chest Pass
5 - 10 mins
  • The children work in pairs with a ball between them.
  • Each pair should find a space to work in and stand 4-5 steps apart facing each other. 
  • Ask the children to pass the ball back and forth using a chest pass technique. 
  • Chest Pass Technique:

– Hold the ball at chest height in front of the body.

– Fingers spread around the ball making a W-shape with the thumbs.

– Place one foot in front of the other.

– Pass the ball by using the arms straight out away from the body.

  • The chest pass is a quick, accurate pass that should be performed over a short distance, when no opposition are obstructing the passing line.

 

Free PE lesson plan basketball chest pass

 

Teaching Points
  • Highlight, encourage and demonstrate the use of good technique.
  • Aim passes towards partners chest.
  • Hands ready to catch the ball.
  • Watch the ball all the way into the hands to catch it.
  • Get it into position to catch the ball – get in line.

 

To make activity harder:

  • Move the pairs further apart (not too far as this throw is considered a short distance pass). Challenge pairs to pass the ball at a faster pace.

To make activity easier:

  • Move the pairs closer together.
Knowledge Check
  • PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE: Ask some children to demonstrate the activity/skill.
  • DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE: Ask other children to describe what is required to perform the task with success.
Invasion Game
20 - 25 mins
  • The aim is to pass the ball to a nominated player in the end zone of a pitch.
  • Play the game four against two and then four against three.
  • Play on a pitch that is approximately 10 steps by 20 steps – the end zones should be about 2 steps wide and run the width of the pitch.
  • Play the game using basketball skills and rules.
  • To score points, the ball must be passed to, and caught by, a child who has been nominated to receive the ball in the end zone.
  • This child can move anywhere on the pitch but must be in the end zone to receive the ball, and then shoot to score a ‘goal’.
  • The goals should be small hoops.
  • After each goal, the conceding team takes a free pass from their back line.
  • If the ball goes out, the opposition passes from where the ball went out.

 

Free PE lesson pan invasion game

 

Teaching Points
  • Introduction / Reintroduction to basketball
  • What skills do you need to use? Ask the children to think about this as they play the game.
  • Experiment with different ideas and skills.
  • How can you score points? Ask the children to think about this as they play the game.
  • Observe children whilst playing the game – are they able to play it successfully?
  • What areas do you need to focus your teaching on in the rest of the unit?
  • Provide advice and guidance if necessary.
  • Explain the rules and how the game works then let the children explore the game for themselves.
  • Let the children have a go at the game.

 

To make activity harder:

  • Play in smaller teams, e.g. three against one, three against two.

To make activity easier:

  • Play in slightly larger teams.
Knowledge Check
  • PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE: Ask some children to demonstrate the activity/skill.
  • DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE: Ask other children to describe what is required to perform the task with success.
Down the Line
3 - 5 mins
  • Children work in groups of 4/5 and make a line one behind the other, leaving a little gap between each other.
  • The pupil at the front of the line starts with a ball and passes it down the line to the next player.
  • Pupils continue to pass the ball down the line until it reaches the player at the end.
  • The player at the end jogs gently up to the top of the line, and everyone else moves down 1 place.
  • Continue the activity until all pupils are back to their original starting place.

 

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Teaching Points
  • This is a cool down activity, so not a race.
  • Groups repeat the activity.
  • Children must throw the ball safely and accurately.

 

Knowledge Check

What skills did you use to play the game today? 

  • Encourage the children to think of what they did to play the game

How did you keep possession of the ball as a team?

  • Encourage the children to talk about the skills and tactics they used during the game – passing