Basketball Dribbling Activity

Basketball Dribbling Activity
 
Equipment:

• Gym space or outdoor space
• 1 basketball per student

 
Objectives:
 
            Psychomotor: TSWBT successfully use the correct technique for dribbling during different tasks throughout the class.
 
            Cognitive: TSWBT successfully state the cues for dribbling to the teacher by the end of the class.
 
            Affective: TSWBT work productively and cooperatively individually and with a partner during different tasks throughout the class.
 
Cues for Dribbling:
1.Athletic Position (knees bent, feet shoulder width apart)
2.Eyes up
3.Use finger pads instead of whole hand
 
Task 1- For this activity each student will be in their own personal space with one basketball per student. The teacher will also have a basketball and will be performing each task to show the students how to do them. This will be a continuous activity with the teacher switching the drills after about 30-45 seconds.
 
1.Students will begin dribbling in place using only their dominant hand
2.Students will begin dribbling in place using only their nondominant hand
3.Students will dribble in place using both left and right hands bouncing the ball halfway in-between their feet
4.Students will dribble the ball around their body in a clockwise motion
5.Students will dribble the ball around their body in a counterclockwise motion
6.Students will dribble the ball in-between their legs and around their feet in a figure 8 motion
7.Students will perform the same activity as above except they will be dribbling around the opposite direction
8.Students will perform a drill where they will have to sit down, lay on their back, and stand back up while continuing to dribble the basketball the whole time
 
Task 2- Once you are complete with task 1 have the students partner up. For this task students will be working on dribbling two basketballs at a time with one basketball in each hand. One student will be performing while the other partner is sitting on the ground. Once the first partner is done the second partner will go.
 
1.Students will dribble two basketballs in place
2.Students will dribble two basketballs while switching which hand they are dribbling with (they will switch the left basketball to the right hand and the right basketball to the left hand)
3.Students will now try and walk around the gym while dribbling two basketballs
4.Partners will now rotate (dribbler sits down, and the other partner becomes the dribbler)
 
Task 3- Sharks and Minnows variation
 
This game is a fun way to incorporate dribbling while keeping the eyes up looking for defenders. The students will be in the same partnership as the previous task but both students will have a basketball. The goal of the game is dribble around the gym while trying to avoid the “sharks” who will be trying to tag the dribblers ball. If a shark tags a dribblers ball, then the dribbler will become a shark. The game will go until there is only one student left dribbling or until the coach blows the whistle. One of the partners will go at a time (half the class) and then they will switch roles.
 
Sharks- Students will be seated on the ground Criss-cross applesauce style with their basketball in their lap. The goal of the shark is to move around the gym trying to tag the dribblers (minnows) ball. They will try to tag as many as they can. The only rules for the sharks is that their ball must stay in their lap while they are moving and they can’t grab onto the dribblers.
 
Minnows- Students will be dribbling around the gym trying to avoid their ball being touched by a shark. If their ball is touched by a shark, then they too become a shark and will begin trying to tag another minnows’ basketball.