Year 10 - Physical education
Variety in shooting
Non-examined assessment: basketball practical
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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 shoot on target with a variety of technqiues.
Key Notes
- Move: extending your arm above the head allows the aim to be in a higher position to prevent a block from a defender.
- Think: initiating the 2 step layup with the inside foot ensures the outside knee and elbow drive up to the basket.
- Feel: using imagery can increase success in shooting.
- Connect: encouraging each other after every shot will help to build shooting confidence.
Vocabulary To Learn
- lay up: a shot made from short range by moving with two steps towards the basket
- set/jump shot: releasing the ball from the above the head/whilst jumping
- bank shot: using the backboard for the ball to bounce off and into the basket
- 3 point line: a curved line on the court marking the distance from which a shot is worth 3 points
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think that for GCSE assessment, shooting is only required in isolation to demonstrate the correct techniques.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: extending your arm above the head allows the aim to be in a higher position to prevent a block from a defender. Think: initiating the 2 step layup with the inside foot ensures the outside knee and elbow drive up to the basket.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'lay up'
a shot made from short range by moving with two steps towards the basket.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think that for GCSE assessment, shooting is only required in isolation to demonstrate the correct techniques. Correction: Shooting needs to be seen in progressive and conditioned practices to showcase the technique when faced with decision making. The assessment will be based on the choice of shot or drive to the basket depending on the position of the defenders.
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