Suggested Instructional Sequence

Content Area: Basketball

Grade Level: 4th

Equipment Needed: basketballs, stopwatch, cones, youth hoops, spots, bar/pole

Floor mat, (obstacle material)
GLCEs: M.MC.04.01, M.MC.04.02, M.MC.04.03, M.MC.04.04, M.MC.04.05, M.MC.04.06, M.MC.04.07,
M.MC.04.10, M.MC.04.11, M.MS.04.02, M.MS.04.05, M.TG.04.01, M.IG.04.01, K.FB.04.01, K.MC.04.12,
K.NG.04.01, K.PA.04.01, K.PS.04.01, K.PS.04.02, K.RP.04.01, K.RP.04.02, K.SB.04.01, K.ID.04.01, K.ID.04.03,
A.PE.04.01, B.PS.04.01, B.PS.04.02, B.RP.04.01, B.SB.04.01

NASPE Standards:
SKILLS

CONCEPTS
Safety Concerns
Rules
Positions
Spatial Awareness
Movement Patterns
Communication
Participation

Dribbling
-left/right hand
Passing
-chest, bounce, overhead
Layup
Jump shot-introduction

DRILLS/GAMES/LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES
Dribbling
- Individual, Walk-n-talk, Keep
away, Obstacle course, team
relays, Capture the flag
Passing
- Partner, Target relay, Monkey in
the middle, Weave drill
Layup
- 2 step, Up-n-over, Layup lines,
Jump Shot
- Spot shot, Lightning, Follow the
leader

Day 1
Week 1:
Skills

Day 2

Dribbling
- Dominant/Non-dominant hand

Passing
- Chest, bounce, overhead

Concepts

Safety Concerns
Rules of Dribbling

Positioning
Spatial Awareness

Activities

Walk-n-talk, Keep away, Mirror image,

Obstacle course, Team relay

Team passing, Target relay, Monkey in the

middle, Weave drill

Layup
- Dominant/Non-dominant hand

Introduction- Jump Shot

- Within 3-point line

Concepts

Step rules, 2-step Movement Pattern,

Positioning, Targeting

Positioning, Shot Selection

Activities

2 step, Over the bar, Layup lines (half

court), Dribble-2 step

Spot Shot, Lightning, Follow the leader

Week 2:
Skills