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Basketball - Shooting
Students practice dribbling a basketball. They perform activities requiring walking, running, use of left and right hand. Students explore proper posture when dribbling. They experience the art of a progressive cross over. Students...
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Monster in the Forest
Students practice dribbling a ball using their fingertips while keeping the ball at waist height. They need to travel across a gym through a maze of cones while continually dribbling the ball successfully.
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Teaching Free Throws
Seventh graders watch video on proper way to shoot a free throw in basketball, identify different skills in game of basketball, and shoot at least 20 free throws.
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Shadow Dribble Tag
Students work in pairs to refine their dribbling skills. One student is given a ball and told to dribble within the shadow of a partner. The second student is told to move in a way that keeps his or her shadow out of reach.
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Dribble Frenzy
Students reinforce and review dribbling skills taught in previous class lessons and compare their ability to dribble with different types of balls.
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Bottle Cap Basketball
Students play a simple game to practice the fundamentals of a bounce pass and aiming the basketball.
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Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Young scholars practice incorporating the various skills and strategies associated with basketball. This activity can also be used to introduce different offensive and defensive strategies.
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Freeze
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing basketball defense.
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The Bigger they Are . . .
Young scholars do a variety of data analyses of real-life basketball statistics from the NBA. They chart and graph rebounding, scoring, shot blocking and steals data which are gathered from the newspaper sports section.
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Freeze
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing defense.
National Basketball Association
Nba: :Legends Profile: Earvin "Magic" Johnson
This site, from the NBA, offers a thorough summary of the life and career of basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, with links to other resource information and career statistics.
National Basketball Association
Nba: Legends Profile: Larry Bird
NBA.com has offered a fantastic biography about Larry Bird. Follow Bird's career as a player and as well as a coach. Examine career stats and follow links to related articles.
National Basketball Association
Nba: Official Rules of the National Basketball Assoc
This site lists and describes with illustrations the official rules for the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Utah Education Network
Uen: What About That Jazz?
This activity provides a activity that highlights NBA's Utah Jazz team. Teachers will demonstrate how to use a database, and then students will engage in exploring the database of the Utah Jazz.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Basketball Poems
A collection of poems about basketball in its many facets, and, as a bonus, an article by renowned coach John Wooden about how he used poetry in his coaching.
Other
General Anzeiger Online (Bonn)
Comprehensive information about regional news, sports, culture, economy, education, weather, etc.
Other
The Sporting News: See a Different Game
The online version of the magazine, "The Sporting News" covers the top stories, news, and events in all of today's sports. Content also includes Sporting News radio, sports history, trivia, customizable features, and much more.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Nothing but Net: The Science of Shooting Hoops
Swish. What a great sound when you hit the perfect shot and get nothing but net. Here's a project to get you thinking about how you can make that perfect shot more often.
Other
Oscar Robertson Biography
This site provides a biography of Oscar Robertson, also known as "The Big O." It includes information on his early life, college basketball career, NBA career, and life after retirement.
National Basketball Association
Nba: Legends Profile: Bob Cousy
This site, from the NBA, provides an excellent career profile of former NBA basketball great Bob Cousy.
National Basketball Association
Nba: Legends Profile: Elgin Baylor
This site, from the NBA, offers an excellent summary profile of the career of NBA basketball All-Star Elgin Baylor.
National Basketball Association
Nba: Legends Profile: Kareem Abdul Jabbar
The NBA provides an extensive biography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, covering his life and awe-inspiring career.
PBS
Pbs: Hardwood, History of the Harlem Globetrotters
The public broadcasting system provides this excellent historical perspective of the infamous Harlem Globetrotters. It traces their inception, early games and how they've changed throughout the years. A link to an interview with Mel...