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Basketball

 

 

 

 

During the basketball unit we focus on:

 

  • Dribbling
  • Passing
  • Shooting
  • Rules and Violations

 

Dribbling - The Three P's of Dribbling

 

 

 

Tips

  1. Dribble the ball hard. The more time the ball spends in your hand, the more control you have of the ball. The harder you dribble, the quicker it gets back in your hand.
  2. Head up at all times. Look at the rim or a spot on the wall during practice.
  3. Use your imagination. Picture when and how you would use each of the dribbles
  4. Practice outside your comfort zone. Experiment; go faster than you are used to, use your imagination. When working on new skills, don't be concerned with losing the ball. Just pick it up and do it again. If you practice only things that are comfortable, then you will never improve.

 

Passing

 

  1. Chest Pass
  2. Bounce Pass
  3. Overhead Pass
  4. Baseball Pass


Shooting (jump shot)

  1. Make a C
  2. Bend your knees
  3. Jump and shoot
  4. Hand in the cookie jar

 

 

VIOLATIONS

Walking/Traveling. Taking more than 'a step and a half' without dribbling the ball is traveling. Moving your pivot foot once you've stopped dribbling is traveling.

Carrying/palming. When a player dribbles the ball with his hand too far to the side of or, sometimes, even under the ball.

Double Dribble. Dribbling the ball with both hands on the ball at the same time or picking up the dribble and then dribbling again is a double dribble.