The Need To Know
Basic Rules
Basketball is categorised as an invasion game. It consists of two teams, each with five players on court at any one time.
On the court are two baskets, one at each end.
The aim of the game is for each team to shoot the basketball into their opponent’s basket in order to score points. The team with the highest number of points wins the game. A single point can be gained if a team breaches a rule, which then allows the opposition to take a shot at their opponent’s basket from the ‘foul-line’, where the single point is gained if the shot is successful. If, during normal play, a player shoots the basketball into their opponent’s basket two points are awarded or three points if the shot was taken outside of the ‘3 point arc’.
A match is either 40 minutes or 48 minutes long, depending on which governing body is being followed, e.g. NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) match is played as two halves (20 minutes each), NBA (National Basketball Association) match is played as four quarters (12 minutes each) and FIBA (International Basketball Federation) is played as four quarters (10 minutes each). If the scores are level at the end of the normal match time then ‘overtime’ will be played which lasts 5 minutes. The leader at the end of that time period is the winner.
On the court are two baskets, one at each end.
The aim of the game is for each team to shoot the basketball into their opponent’s basket in order to score points. The team with the highest number of points wins the game. A single point can be gained if a team breaches a rule, which then allows the opposition to take a shot at their opponent’s basket from the ‘foul-line’, where the single point is gained if the shot is successful. If, during normal play, a player shoots the basketball into their opponent’s basket two points are awarded or three points if the shot was taken outside of the ‘3 point arc’.
A match is either 40 minutes or 48 minutes long, depending on which governing body is being followed, e.g. NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) match is played as two halves (20 minutes each), NBA (National Basketball Association) match is played as four quarters (12 minutes each) and FIBA (International Basketball Federation) is played as four quarters (10 minutes each). If the scores are level at the end of the normal match time then ‘overtime’ will be played which lasts 5 minutes. The leader at the end of that time period is the winner.
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The diagrams below can be printed off and used as a handout sheet, which provides a clear and concise learning aid for the visual learners.
Ideal for pupils struggling with court layout and positioning's or as an introduction to the sport. |
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Players RolesThe fact sheet provides simple instructions of player roles for the development of game play and knowledge of the sport.
Split pupils into teams, then give them the players roles sheet, they then have to read it as a group, discuss choices and make decisions as to whom would be most appropriate for which roles. After a few minutes of conditioned game play the pupils will then reflect on their roles, individually and as a group. They should refer back to the sheet and then decide whether to move positions to improve their offensive or defensive play. The method will provide pupils with ownership of roles, also requires team work and leadership.Any non doers could take the role of coach for a team, through the use of a white board they could write positive points and improvement points for the team as a whole. To regress the activity for pupils, after they have reflected upon the activity the teacher could provide further guidance on which roles would suit whom and why, they would then change to the new suggestions. |
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The basic ref signal to introduce and teach through game play, conditioned games, non-doer activities and knowledge development exercise.
Print off pictures and give as hand outs to non doers to learn or place on the wall were all pupils can see them for subliminal learning, plus a tool to refer to. |
Interactive Game for Lesson Plenary
A novel and interactive plenary game used to assess pupils understanding of the basic rules learnt during a lesson or over a period of lessons. Can be played individually or as groups. |
Note. The use of individual participation would provide information on knowledge and understanding of the content taught. The results can then be used to aid grading and assessing if the 'all/most/some' groups are the same/different for practical skills application compared to theory.