LESSON PLAN

Lesson Focus/Activity: Basketball/Chest Passing Grade Level:

Performance Objective(s):
Students will be able to: Successfully perform a chest pass, through activities and a modified
game.
Teaching Cues for this Lesson:
1. Push 2. Follow through/Extend arms

Equipment Needs and Set-Up (diagram field organization if necessary):
4 Basketballs for activity, 1 Basketball for game


Safety Precautions: Spacing during activity
Teacher Notes; Special Directions:
Time Instruction Group Organization Adaptations
<1
min
OPENING (Anticipatory Set/Set
Induction)

Explain skill to be learned/activity 1


Students will form half-circle,
listen to
instructions/demonstrations
N/A
1-2
min
Skill Demo. & Explanation:
Chest pass-2 hands on ball, push the ball
away from your chest to designated
target/player.



Students will be divided
into groups of 4 after skill
and activity 1 is explained
Will make
adjustments
to number of
students as
needed
5 min Activity 1 and Extensions
Students will practice Chest passes
throughout this activity. The students in
line will pass the ball to the student in
front of the line (who will be facing the
line) using a chest pass. The student who
recieves the pass will then turn to the
student adjacent to the line, (who will then
slowly jog in a straight line toward the
hoop), and perform a chest pass to that
student. The student who is adjacent to the
line will then finish the route up after
recieving the chest pass, and perform a
2 groups of 4 (will adjust as
needed)
Students will line up, with
one student adjacent to the
line facing the basketball
hoop, on student will stand
directly in front of the line,
facing the line. 2 students
will be in line, both with
the Basketballs.
To extend
this activity,
students will
keep track of
how many
baskets they
successfully
make
lay-up and try to make a basket.
In rotation, the student who attempted to
make a basket will then rotate to the back
of the line with the basketball. the student
who was facing the line will now be the
student who will receive to make a basket,
and the student who originally started with
the basketball first in line is now facing
the line, and the student who was the last
in line is now the new chest-passer to start
the routine again.






5-7
min
Modified game
Students will play a game, were teams
must complete at least 1 successfull chest
pass before scoring.
To modify, teams must successfully
complete 3 chest passes to their team-
mates (no team member may chest pass
twice). the last person on the team to
recieve a chest pass will have the option to
shoot or pass.



Same 2 groups of 4