Officiating and Ball Handling Lesson Plan

Officiating and Ball Handling

Lesson Objectives:

The purpose of this lesson plan is to be able to understand the rules and regulations of basketball, hand signals and terms of officiating and a wide variety of different ball handling skills.

Time: 45 minutes

Equipment needed: Basketballs and basketball hoops, computer, overhead projector

Classroom:

Start off with video on rules and regulations. Then go over the signals for traveling, carrying or palming, double dribble, jump ball, goaltending, over and back, and time restrictions (10 seconds to cross half-court, 5 seconds to get rid of ball when you pick up your dribble or defenders within arm’s length of you, 3 seconds in key area). Then go into different fouls that can be committed. These would include personal fouls which are considered as any physical contact such as hitting, pushing, slapping, holding, and an illegal pick and screen. Other fouls can be committed when a person is shooting, if they don’t make the shot, they get 2 free-throw shots, if they make the shot, then they get one free-throw shot, but if its in the 3 point range, then they get three if they miss. The team is allowed 7 fouls per half, after that the other team goes into to bonus, which is one- and-one, once they get passed 10 fouls, they are in double bonus and they get 2 free-throws for any foul committed. Some violations are charging, which is an offensive foul when the offense runs into the defensive player while their feet are set. Blocking is when the defender didn’t establish position in time to prevent an offender’s drive to the basket. Flagrant and intentional fouls are when the player purposely tries to foul the other team. Then show another video on ball handling skills to show what we are going to do in the gym.

Gym:

Warm-up: take a jog down and pack to the end court, and then stretch arms and legs to prepare for drills in a circle. While stretching, explain to them what we are going to cover, ball handing drills and some games at the end.

Stationary ball handling drills: (30 seconds for each drill)

 Slaps: slap ball hard between both hands  Tips: tip ball back and forth on fingertips starting in front of face and moving up and down to make it more difficult  Around each leg: pass ball around each leg  Figure 8: pass ball in figure 8 between legs, first without dribbling and then with dribbling  Around the waist: pass the ball as fast as they can around their waist  Around both legs: both feet together and pass ball around their legs  Around the world: pass the ball from around their head, waist and legs  Drops: try and catch the ball between legs switching your hands from front to back without letting the ball drop  Toss and catch behind: toss the ball over head and catch the ball behind the back  Shuffle: jump back and forth dribbling ball between the legs  Kills: dribble ball waist high and suddenly “kill” dribble as low as can  2 ball kills: (pick partner right next to you) same as kills but with both hands  Side V: dribble ball in V standing next to you  Front V: same as side V only in front of body  Spider: dribble ball in between legs alternating hands in front and back of body  Cross over behind the back: crossover dribble behind body under your butt

2 handed drills:

 Dribble both low: pound ball in ground with both hands dribbling  Piston: alternate with both hands every other  2 ball side V dribble: side V with both hands at the same time  Windshield: front V with 2 balls going the same direction  2 ball front crossover: dribble both balls in front, every few dribbles crossover in front  One around the back: dribble both balls in front, every few dribbles swing one behind the back  Sit-up dribble: doing bent knee sit-ups, dribble ball with right hand as sit- up, around feet and dribble with left hand as you sit down, and switch

Moving drills:

 Dribble down and back: (spread out on 2 courts) walking dribble with right on the way down and left hand on the way back, jog doing the same thing  Control dribble: body is turned sideways, shuffling down the court, dribble with right hand and left hand up protecting and switch on the way back  Duck walk: walk weaving ball between legs, on the way back dribble weaving between legs  Speed dribble: push ball out in front of them while running going full speed  Crossover: dribble to end, at each free-throw and half court have to crossover down and back  Through the legs: same as crossover, but between the legs this time  Behind the back: same as crossover, only behind the back  Back up dribble and crossover: with a defender, pursue forward, back up dribble and then use a crossover to get past the defender  Through the legs and around the back: dribble through the legs, one dribble and then behind the back Games:

 3 v 2, 2 v 1: 2 defenders start at other end of court, 3 offenders dribble down to the end, play 3 v 2, whoever shoots the ball, becomes the defender on the other side of the court, and the 2 defenders become the offense dribbling back to the other end playing 2 v 1. The other two that were on offense, then become the defenders on the far end  Split up into groups of 6: while one group does caterpillar dribble weave, everyone else is playing knockout. Rotate each group into caterpillar. o Caterpillar dribble weave: group runs in single file line, with one ball. Jog around outside of court, ball starts at beginning of line and gets passed over their heads to the back of the line. Once it gets back to the end of the line, then the end person has to run to the front weaving in between other people. Repeat until they have gone around the court once. o Knockout: everyone gets a ball, and they must remain inside half of the court. They try to knock away other people’s ball while still maintaining control of their ball. Once their ball is knocked away or they lose their dribble, then they are out of the game. When enough people have been knocked out, then the size of the area played while decrease in size.  4 speed drill relay: keeps in groups of 6. They line up on the baseline. Two balls in each group. The first person must dribble to the free-throw line, do a cross over, dribble to half-court, go between the legs, dribble to free-throw, behind-the-back, then to the end line, turn around and come back doing the same thing at each spot.

Cool down: take a lap around the gym, stretch out and go over what they learned today

Sources:

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