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Basketball (Part 3)

Physical development

﻿Hi, everyone, my name is Alistair, and today we're going to play basketball. For this lesson you will need a basketball, a softball, some chalk, tape, and some coloured card. If you haven't got these items, substitute them with other things you have at home, and that's absolutely fine. Press pause whilst you get things ready. Let's get ready. Find a quiet, clear space to work away from distractions. Ensure the area is safe and that your child is feeling fit and well to take part in the lesson. Check you're wearing the right clothes for sport and physical activity. I'd encourage your child to be as independent as possible with this. Make sure your resources are nearby. Use a familiar reference to prepare the learner that the activity is going to start. This could be a symbol, a sound, or even a song. Press pause whilst you get things ready. It's time to look, listen, and learn. First, we need to get our muscles ready to play basketball. So, I'm going to start off with some stretches. And as we said before, it's always really good to warm up with the ball, so your child gets used to the feel of the ball and control of the ball as well. So, first thing I'm going to do, I'm going to stretch all the way up, really nice and high, stretch. And then very slowly I'm going to come down to the floor, keeping control of the ball, and then all way back up. So stretch really nice and high. Feel that in your tummy muscles. And then all the way down to the floor. And now, the ball in the middle, I'm going to twist very slowly to the side, and then back to the middle, and out to the other side, and back to the middle. And then stretch up again, to the side, down to the floor, to the other side and back up. Next part of our warm up, we're going to do some movement, and we're going to try and incorporate some of our basketball skills in there. So all the time, we're thinking about movement, different levels of movements. There's some high stretches, some low crouches, and using our skills as well. So, first of all, just going to walk around the space. So any space will do. This could be in your living room. It could be in the garden, whatever space works best for you. Then we might start to get a bit of a jog, go in and out of different spaces. We can change directions. And then we're going to introduce some lower movements. I'm going to roll the ball on the floor, and then your child will pick the ball up and carry on. So I roll the ball, run after the ball, and pick that back up. And roll it back the other way, and pick that back up. We might introduce some catching in there as well. So as I'm walking around, I'm just catching the ball, using my skills, keeping my hands up. I'm bringing the ball back into my chest. I might introduce it to the roll. And then we're going to start to do some dribbling. In lesson one, we looked at some dribbling stuff. As I'm moving and walking around, forward, bounce, and walk forward. Forward, bounce, and walk forward. If I'm becoming more confident, I'm bouncing the ball as I'm walking. I might start to speed up and put into a bit of a jog. So as I'm bouncing the ball, I'm dribbling away, I'm rolling and running after the ball, lots of different ways we can get our heart rate going and we're putting our basketball skills into our warm up. So my heart rate is going a bit faster. I'm feeling a bit hot. I think my muscles and my body are ready for some basketball. Please pause the video to complete your task. One of the main skills in basketball and in lots of team sports is how we pass the ball. So we're going to look at some different ways in which we could pass our basketball. And then we're going to aim for some targets and really try and refine these skills. You might spend lots of time. on one particular pass. A real key thing here is how we repeat those skills, that repetitive nature of those skills really will help your child. And that overlearning is a really, really positive thing. So you might spend weeks and weeks of lessons, just focusing on the skill of passing, and that's great. So we're going to look at three different ways in which we can pass a basketball. So one of the first ones is called a chest pass, and we hold the ball close to our chest, and then we push the ball out and away. So we hold the ball close, and we just push the ball towards the target. So I'm going to have a try at this on our wall here. So I have the ball close to my chest, and I push the ball out and back into my hands. So push, and back into my hands. Against the wall and practise your catching as well, which is great. So the next pass we're going to have a look at is our shoulder pass. Now this is where we have the ball one hand, and we just push the ball up from our shoulder. So we push the ball up from our shoulder. So this is quite a high pass. So if there was someone in front of us, we would push the ball up and over them to our teammates. So we're starting to get the idea of tactics here, aren't we as well? So I'll give you my shoulder pass, so against the wall here. So again, those key points of I'm facing my target, so my feet, my body are facing the way I want the ball to go and all I do is push up from my shoulder, and back in. Push up from my shoulder and back in there. The last pass we're going to try today is our bounce pass, and that's where we want the ball to bounce once before it gets to our target. So all I do, similar to a chest pass, I'm going to push the ball, but I'm going to push it towards the floor. So it bounces up before it reaches my target. So I'll have a try at that, so I've got the ball down, facing the right way. I bounce it, and there it goes, so one more time. Bounce, and there. So I've got those three different passes I can use and practise now. I have my chest pass, my shoulder pass, and my bounce pass. We can start to refine those skills and start to aim for targets. So I've chosen some different shapes that I've put on the wall there, so I've got my yellow circle, my pink square, my golden triangle. I've got a foil triangle, a gold cloud there. It's a great way, a fun way to learn some shapes, a great way to do some maths. So all we're going to do is see if we can aim for those targets and really try to refine those skills that we have. So if you're outside, you could get some chalks. That's a really cool thing to do on an outside wall. So you can draw on some targets in chalk, whatever works best for you and your child. So again, think how close you want to be, but I'm going to aim for my different targets. And the first one I'm going to try with a chest pass and aim for our yellow circle. Oh, nearly there. That was better that time. I could come a bit further back. I can make it a bit more difficult to aim for my pink square. We can extend our passing activity by introducing some dribbling as well. So we're creating a sequence of movements, and we're starting to put the skills and the movements together as you would in a real basketball game. So I'm just going to dribble along and then pass towards my target on the wall. So again, remembering those key points of dribbling, so bouncing the ball. I'm walking forward, and the different passes we can try, either chest pass, a shoulder pass, or a bounce pass. So I'm going to dribble along to get near my target, a chest pass, and out we go. I might need to go a bit lower for the triangle there. So I can dribble along, and crouch down, and back to the start again. You might see some real persistence from your child here as they try and get all of their targets. They might be trying this activity and skills for 10 minutes, even half an hour and have lots of fun in doing so. So I know, dribble along again, I can try a shoulder pass this time. Great stuff, that's the cloud. So spend some time, practise your dribbling and your skills of passing. And again, you're really starting to recreate those movements that you would find within a game of basketball. Super work, everyone. Pause the video to complete your task. Our final skill for today and for our whole basketball unit is going to be shooting and how we score in basketball. So I've got my targets on the wall. I've added to that, and I've created a basket card. I've drawn some lines on there, something that looks a bit like a basket and stuck it onto the wall with some tape. You might want to do this outside. Again, you could get some chalk and you could draw one onto your wall. Whatever works best for you in your home environment. So some of the key points about shooting, and again, really thinking about our movements. I make sure I'm set. I'm aiming at the target. I'm going to crouch down and then just stretch up and shoot right at the top of my movement. So I crouch down, rise up and shoot at top of my movement here. So have a practise there. I might want to bounce the ball. Dribble to get myself set, then crouch down and up, and aim at my target, the basket there. So one more time. I'm bouncing the ball, getting myself set, crouch down, up and aim at my target there. So you might go around to different targets that you have here. A really exciting thing is that you might start to see some realisation from your child. So they might think of how they've scored a goal in football. They've scored a try in rugby and how this is how we score in basketball. So they're starting to link that knowledge, those skills together, and you'll really see that realisation, which is really exciting. If your child is a wheelchair user, a really key thing to think about is how you adjust the height of your targets for this activity. So I've got some lower targets here. I might aim for the bright yellow circle first. So again, same thing of getting myself set. So I'm dribbling. I'm bouncing the ball, crouch lower. Up we go, and aim for my target there. So again, bouncing the ball, I crouch lower, and aim for the top basket this time. Oh, a bit too high that time. So lots of things we can do here. And we're starting to experience that basketball match situation. So you could have games with your child where you're on the same team, where you're passing to each other. You're dribbling. You might take it in turns to shoot. You can turn that into a bit of a competition. There's lots of different things you can do to sequence those movements together. A really exciting and fun way to keep your child nice and active. Pause the video to complete your task. To make this session easier. We could explore basketball through sensory activities. For example, covering the ball in different materials. You could focus on fewer skills and movements and progress at a pace that's most appropriate to your child. To make it harder, you could look at our Masterclass sessions and explore top tips from elite athletes. You could begin to link movements and skills together to create a sequence. More ideas, ask a parent or carer to help you search for and watch basketball-specific content online. You could find your nearest basketball court or net and practise your skills. All of our activities can be adapted using the STEP principle, that's looking at the space, the task, the equipment we use and how people can help us. For example, using a balloon with beads in to support visually impaired learners, we could have bigger, brighter resources as we use for our targets for passing. You could adapt the space and activity to suit wheelchair users. For example, adjusting the height of the basket and the target for shooting practise. Brilliant basketball, everyone. Bye, and I'll see you next time. Share your work with Oak National. If you'd like to, please ask your parents or carer to share your work on Twitter, tagging @OakNational and with the hashtag #LearnwithOak. We'd love to see your brilliant basketball.

Basketball (Part 3)

Basketball (Part 3)

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