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Year 10 - Physical education

Dribbling and footwork

Non-examined assessment: basketball practical

Unit Summary

This unit provides pupils with the knowledge and opportunity to replicate skills in isolation and in performance scenarios in basketball. As a popular team sport offered it will cover passing/receiving, dribbling, shooting, marking and defending and decision making in both attack and defence.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to dribble with both hands and use the correct footwork when stopping.

Key Notes

  • Move: dribbling the ball with both hands requires balance, coordination and timing.
  • Think: knowing when to stop depends on the speed of travel and the position of the defenders.
  • Feel: to dribble the ball and advance into space requires determination and effort.
  • Connect: receiving and moving with the ball requires an awareness of where your team are on court.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • jump stop: jumping off the ground and landing on both feet simultaneously
  • travelling: a rule enforced when a player takes more than 2 steps without dribbling the ball
  • dribble: bouncing the ball on the ground with one hand

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils think they can move with the ball more than 2 steps before starting to dribble.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: dribbling the ball with both hands requires balance, coordination and timing. Think: knowing when to stop depends on the speed of travel and the position of the defenders.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'jump stop'

jumping off the ground and landing on both feet simultaneously.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils think they can move with the ball more than 2 steps before starting to dribble. Correction: This can be seen at the elite level but will break the travelling rule.

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