Wallace Middle School Lesson Plan

Name: Sarah Swift

Date: 2/8/17

Topic: Basketball- shooting and passing

Development Level / Grade: 8th

Objectives (Specific Virginia SOL):

8.1 The student will apply and demonstrate movement concepts and skills in modified versions of
various game/sport, rhythmic, and recreational activities.
a) Demonstrate and apply movement forms to a variety of cooperative and tactical activities
that include dynamic and unpredictable situations with a focus on defensive strategies, to include
reducing space, transitioning from offense to defense quickly, communicating with teammates, and
selecting appropriate tactics to gain defensive advantage.
c) Demonstrate skill-related components of fitness (agility, balance, coordination, power,
reaction time, and speed) specific to a variety of activities.
d) Apply and demonstrate biomechanical principles of force, motion (laws of motion), rotation,
and energy.

8.2 The student will apply movement principles and concepts and apply knowledge of major body
structures to explain how body systems interact and respond to physical activity and movement.
d) Analyze performance in a variety of selected skills/activities using movement concepts of
agility, power, coordination, reaction time, speed, force, motion, rotation, and energy of self and
partner.
e) Analyze movement progressions (practice, self or peer assess, correct, practice at a higher
level, and reassess) of a specific skill and utilize feedback to improve the movement skills of self and/or
others.

8.4 The student will describe and apply a variety of social and safety skills to achieve individual and
group goals in a variety of physical activity settings.
b) Describe and demonstrate appropriate encouragement and feedback to peers without
prompting from the teacher.

Equipment Required: 20 basketballs

Components Description Teacher Will / Students Will Time
Teacher Hints / Cues
The warm up will consist of The teacher will start The students 5-10 minutes
Warm doing various stretches and class by reviewing will warm up
Up/Fitness agilities that will prepare what the students by participating
the students for playing covered in the last in various
Should relate basketball. class. Proper dribbling agilities and
to VA SOL and technique and stretches.
Lesson Focus Possible Agilities and defense will be
Stretches: reviewed.
jogging
butt kicks Warm Up
toe raises Focus on doing
back pedal agilities correctly.
lunges
high skips When doing lunges
defensive slides your knee should be
almost touching the
The students will then go ground.
to their spots and stretch.
When doing high skips
you should be trying
to get as high up off
Stretches: the ground as you can.
Standing
Toe touch When doing defensive
Feet apart lean to slides you should have
Right/left/middle your knees bent and
your arms out wide.
Quad stretch
right/left
Arm stretch behind
head right/left
Arm stretch across
chest right/left
Arm circles
Sitting
Hurdlers right/left
Butterfly stretch
Twister right/left
5 push-ups/sit-ups
 Activity 1: Passing Activity 1: The students 30-35
Passing practice: The teacher will will practice minutes
Lesson Focus The students will pair up demonstrate the 3 passing and
with another student and types of passes that shooting in a
Should relate practice the 3 types of are used in basketball variety of
to VA SOL; passes. chest pass activities.
should list bounce pass
activities; overhead pass
managed and
executed Teacher Cues:
smoothly Step into your pass

Follow through with

your arms to your
target

Keep your pass under

control, you want
your partner to be
able to catch it

Activity 2: Shooting: Activity 2: Shooting:

Shooting form: The teacher will
The students will be paired explain the proper
into groups of two. Each shooting technique:
group will have 1 ball and BEEF
will practice shooting back Balance
and forth to each other Eyes on your
using the B.E.E.F. target
technique. Elbow straight
Follow
through

Different types of
shots:
Lay-ups
Foul Shots
Jump shots

The teacher will

explain the different
point values for each
shot.

Shooting Form:
The teacher will go
around and check

Lay-Ups
The students will be broken
up into groups of 4 and 5.
Each group will be assigned
a goal to practice lay-ups
on. Each goal will have two
basketballs. Once a student
shoots a lay-up they will go
to the rebounding line,
once they rebound they
will go to the shooting line.
Lay-Up Relay
The students will be split
into two teams for this
relay. Both teams will start
on the same side of the
basketball court. Each team
will form 2 separate lines of
students. One student will
start on the sideline and
one student will start on
the foul line. These two
students will travel down
the court making passes
back and forth. Once the
student closest to the
basket gets to the block,
they will turn around a
shoot a lay-up. If they miss
they must keep trying until
the make it into the basket.
One they score, the two
students will switch places
and repeat the same
process back down to the
other end of the court.
Once the second shot has
been made the student will
student shooting form
for proper technique.
Lay-Ups
The teacher will
demonstrate the
correct form and
footwork for shooting
a lay-up.
When shooting from
the right, you should
jump off your left foot
and shoot with your
right
When shooting from
the left, you should
jump off your right
foot and shoot with
the left
Lay-Up Relay
One line of students
should start on the
foul line and the other
line should start on
the out of bounds line.
Make good passes to
your teammate to
keep control of the
ball to help you team
win.
The inside teammate
can only turn and
attempt to score once
they make it to the
block.
Once the first shot is
made, don't forget to
switch places so the
other student practice
scoring
 pass the ball to the next
two students in line and
have a seat behind their
team. The other team will
also be doing this on the
other side of the court. The
first team finished wins.
The teams will then switch
sides and have a second
relay.
Once you and your
partner score from
both ends, go to the
back of the line and
have a seat so I can
tell which team
finishes first.

The students will walk 1 What new skills did The students 5 minutes
Closing cool down lap and then you learn today? will cool down
Activity return to their spots to and review
review what they worked What are the 3 types what they
Should list on in class today. of passes that we learned in
activities, worked on in class? class.
review of
major When should you use
concepts, etc. a chest pass? Bounce
Pass? Overhead pass?

What does B.E.E.F

stand for?

What are the different

scoring values?

What is the proper

technique for
shooting a lay-up?
Resources: https://www.fsd1.org/schools/sneed/varnold/Pages/BasketballUnitLessonPlans.aspx
https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/drills/speed-dribble-relay-race.html