Shooting and how to create shooting opportunities
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can shoot using the correct technique and use my passing and dribbling skills to create an attack that results in a shooting opportunity.
Key learning points
- Move: when trying to outwit an opponent, we combine our passing and dribbling skills to create an attack on goal.
- Move: to shoot, hold the ball in one hand, the other supporting, elbow up, pushing with your legs, extending the arm.
- Think: carefully selecting when and where to shoot, pass or dribble in a game helps improve our performance.
- Feel: striving to improve our shooting even when we are struggling to score demonstrates self-motivation.
- Connect: encouragement and cooperation are important when working as a team to improve our performances in games.
Keywords
Game - an activity or sport in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules
Attack - trying to score points or goals
Evaluate - to assess the quality of our performance
Common misconception
Pupils believe that they only need to use their arms when shooting.
Explain to pupils that shooting effectively involves the whole body, paticularly the legs that give us more power. Coordinated body movement will be more successful than just arm strength.
Teacher tip
If basketball nets are limited, use alternative targets that allow pupils to practise the technique. Ensure to rotate pupils so they all get use of the correct target. 'BEEF' (balance, eyes, elbow, follow-through) is a good acronym for the pupils to remember shooting technique.
Equipment
1 basketball per pupils, 6 basketball hoops/ targets, 30+ cones
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Where should you aim to dribble to in a game?
Q2.What word describes throwing the ball towards the hoop/target?
Q3.What are your team doing when they are trying to score points or goals?
Q4.How can you show good teamwork?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we call an activity or sport where people compete with each other according to agreed rules?
Q2.When shooting in basketball, you hold the ball in one hand, but where should your other hand be?
Q3.By striving to keep improving your shooting, what are you showing?
Q4.How can you help your team improve their performance?
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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