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Basketball Dribbling Activities
A gold mine of basketball dribbling drills! There are an assorted variety of drills here to keep those players busy. Some involve cooperation, some competition, but all of them are about practicing dribbling.
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Indoor Physical Activity Ideas for Kids!
Rainy day schedule doesn't mean you can't stay fit! Use a collection of indoor physical activities during periods of inclement weather, substitute teaching days, or for those afternoons when your class just wants to move around!
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Wheelchair Basketball
The class practices bounce passes and chest passes to improve their basketball skills. They get to play a modified basketball game with no dribbling allowed. You could incorporate several modifications into this instructional activity to...
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Extension Activity Building a Healthy Classroom Community
Workout buddies aren't just for adults! Learners discuss the benefits of 60 minutes of physical activity each day and generate ideas for how they can accomplish this by working toward a goal with friends.
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Basketball Shuttle Run
I would use this basketball shuttle run activity as one of several drills in a days lesson. There are several components to the drill and some lead up activities could be done before the basketball shuttle run. I would suggest a basic...
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Playing Vocabulary Basketball
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
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Upper Grade Basketball Activities
Third graders practice basketball skills with a variety of skills and games.
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Physical Education Lesson: Winter Station Activities
Students experience and participate in a variety of four winter station games. They assess the winter stations of Get the Candy Cane, What is in Your Stocking, Jingle Bell Basketball and Candy Cane Lane. Each student also experiences a...
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Nine Court Basketball-Physical Education Lesson Plan
In this lesson, Nine Court Basketball, students experiment with different basketball skills. Students practice guarding, dribbling, passing, and shooting with the basketball. Students gain an understanding of basic basketball techniques...
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Team Shot: Basketball Shooting
Learners practice shooting a ball from a variety of places around a basketball goal.
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Basketball
Students practice skills needed during a basketball game. In this basketball lesson, students experiment with dribbling and passing the ball to another player. Students practice weaving through the court.
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Basketball Warm-Ups
Students participate in several warm-up activities to prepare for playing basketball. Activities are to be completed as individuals or with a partner.
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3-Catch Basketball
Students complete a 3-catch basketball activity to improve their basketball skills. In this basketball skills lesson plan, students participate in a 3-catch basketball activity with defense.
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Lower Grade Basketball Activities
Students demonstrate basic knowledge about how to use a basketball properly. The teaching of the lesson is done through modeling and students assessment is done with drilling and practice with the basketball activities.
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A Resource Manual for Sport Leaders
Here is an incredible collection of activities designed to teach younger pupils broad-based and sport-specific skills. Games are organized according to a variety of sports (i.e. soccer, softball, baseball, etc.) and skill (i.e. running,...
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Bounce With Me
How many practice lay-ups do you think Michael Jordan has done in his lifetime? Too many to count, but he had to start somewhere! Practice is the key to getting better in any activity. Look through this basketball lesson as there are...
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Speed Score
A fast and fun way to practice shooting basketball. Small cooperative groups help each other tally up the most baskets made in a certain period of time. There are a couple ideas included to increase or decrease the difficulty of the...
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"It's More Than a School": Proposing Programs to Meet Student Needs
This detailed lesson plan from New York Times' The Learning Network centers around Carroll Academy and its girl's basketball team. Learners compare their school to Carroll Academy, read anywhere from 1 to 5 engaging articles about the...
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ACC Basketball Statistics
Middle schoolers use math skills and create a spreadsheet. In this statistics and computer skills instructional activity, students gather ACC basketball statistics, convert fractions to decimals and then percents. Middle schoolers use...
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Basketball Chicken Fights
The goal in this activity is to maintain control dribbling one's own basketball while trying to knock away another players basketball. The last player standing, wins. This activity will definitely help young learners practice dribbling...
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Basketball Dribbling Activities
Young scholars develop the skills of dribbling a basketball while practicing various types of drills. The teacher helps the them to complete various drills through modeling and supervises successful completion and demonstration of skills.
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Basketball Passing
Second graders practice dribbling and passing a basketball. They also learn the correct finger position for dribbling and how to place their feet when passing.
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Macarena Basketball Review
Students review basketball skills and are challenged to perform specific shills to the beat of music.
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Basketball: Purposeful and Fun Fitness Activities
Studnets practice basketball skills. They combine cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, and strength fitness activities with skill practice and review of previously learned skills in the fitness development part of a basketball lesson.