Mr. N’s Basketball Unit

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The mission:   Basketball is statistically one of the most popular and readily accessible sports in the United States.  With respect to the school mission statement, this is a sport that can prepare students for a productive adulthood through improvement of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive health.  The benefits to health are endless!!!

The skills:  In order for a student to choose to do a sport, they will most likely need to have a base knowledge of the skills.  The skills we will cover include dribbling, passing, shooting, teamwork, and offensive and defensive strategy.

The skill that will be assessed as a benchmark for performance over their school career is the basketball set shot.  Take a moment to look at the rubric below.  Parents, if you understand this, you can help too:  go outside and shoot some hoops with your son or daughter!!!

(1)  The Ready Position           (2)  Preparation

      -Dominant hand behind         -Bend the knees

       the ball                                     -Look over the ball at

      -Supporting hand to the                 the target

        side

      -athletic stance square

       to the target

(3) Action                             (4) Follow Through

- Extend the knees                    - Fingertips toward target

- Extend shooting arm              - "Hand in cookie jar"

- Push with finger pads            - Backspin

The steps outlined above represent the rubric we use to evaluate your son or daughter’s performance.  Each phase represents 1 point out of 4, but the phases are hierarchical (you can’t get the 2 unless you get the 1, you can’t get the 3 unless you get the 1 and 2).  So, work from the rubric and make sure you have the beginning down before you move on.

Now get out there and get practicing!!!  Let’s see some “4’s”!!!

Links:  Here are some links to some cool basketball info!!!