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Panthers Basketball Skills

🏀 Panthers Basketball Skills

3rd
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Equipment: Basketballs, lowered hoops Time: 25-30 min
Modified basketball focusing on dribbling, passing, and shooting at lowered hoops. Small teams (3v3) with frequent rotations ensure everyone gets lots of touches and skill practice.
TEKS 3.1B: Demonstrate control while dribbling with dominant and non-dominant hands
TEKS 3.1C: Shoot a ball using proper form
Character Focus: Excellence and dedication to improvement. We practice skills to give our best effort and work hard to develop our talents for the benefit of our team.
📺 Watch: Elementary Basketball Skills

5E Lesson Plan Structure:

  • 🔥 Engage: Hook activity - Quick warm-up demonstration of basketball skills, show excitement for ball handling and teamwork.
  • 🔍 Explore: Hands-on discovery - Students try basic basketball movements and ball handling, explore skills through guided practice.
  • 📖 Explain: Teach concepts - Demonstrate proper basketball techniques, explain teamwork and skill progression, TEKS connections, character focus on fairness.
  • 🚀 Elaborate: Apply/extend - Full basketball games and skill challenges, leadership roles in team building, character development through sportsmanship.
  • ✅ Evaluate: Assess learning - Check understanding of basketball skills and character growth, TEKS mastery through game participation.
K: 6-foot hoops, size 3 balls, focus on dribbling and shooting form
1st: 7-foot hoops, size 4 balls, basic passing and dribbling, simple games
2nd: 7.5-foot hoops, size 4 balls, team play introduction, basic rules
3rd: 8-foot hoops, size 5 balls, structured games, position understanding
4th: 9-foot hoops, size 6 balls, advanced skills, competitive play, student coaching