Basketball Program
2 Month Program Outline – November/December – May/June or Bball Only Class
30 or 45 Minute Classes
Order of Operation:
- Physical Fitness Exercises (jumping jacks, jumps, arm circles etc)
- Run laps in circle, skips, slides
- One on one skills
- Team Play
- 5 min Free time pertaining to lesson
- Sticker or Stamp Time
- Execute Every Class
“S.O.T.D.” – Skill of the Day
Week 1 - Dribbles with 1 or 2 hands (makes sure balls have enough air)
- Dribbles (one hand dribble, two hand dribble or bounce and catch)
- Fun game connected to technique taught (red light green light, etc…)
Week 2 - Shooting
- Shoot – Stop sign, pizza tray,put the pizza on the tray, listen to the ball, 3-2-1 rocketship (shot ball in air, shot ball through Hula Hoop)
- After the ball is shot have them to dribble or walk back to the line Free Shoot, Shoot Thru HulaHoop or Small Basket.
- Feel free to adjust height of hoop for each kid.
Week 3 - Passing
- Solo Pass – chest, overhead, bounce (squish the bug), 3-2-1 pass
- After the ball is passed have them to dribble the ball back to the line
- Pass thru Hula Hoop; retrieve ball and dribble or walk back to line
Week 4
- Review skills from Week 2 and Week 3 All skills – dribble maze
- Create maze with cones where learners can dribble thru and shoot at the end of maze
Week 5 - Dribbles or (2’s and 3’s)
- Dribble Review (one hand, two hands or dribble and catch)
- Astroids- lay out as many cones as possible in a small area and have learners dribble through not touching the cones (15sec, 30sec, 45 sec)
- Bubble Blast – dribble basketball and pop all the bubbles
- Cops and Robbers – Dribble Chase Game
- Red Light Green Light
Week 6 - Shooting
- Shooting Review – Stop, Pizza Tray, Put the pizza on the try, Listen to the ball, 3-2-1 Rocketship
- Individual shooting and retrieve ball
- Shoot thru hoop as a group in one line. Combine dribble and shooting drills
Week 7 - Passing
- Solo Pass
- Buddy Pass – Pass and Catch (teach how to catch a ball and work on basketball passes)
- IDEA – Create a target that can be tapped or fastened to wall so kids can pass and score points or use blowup doll
Week 8
- Plyometrics – Long Jump, Ladder Drill, other Plyo activities
- Fun Games – Hop Scotch with Dots, Red Light – Green Light, Bubble Smash