Basketball Notes

Look no further for the classic half court diagram you've been looking for to lead your basketball practice. Consider adding a snapshot of this document to a presentation, and projecting the image onto a whiteboard for convenient and...

When this worksheet is completed, your players will know the basics of basketball. Items covered: court diagram, team/scoring, violations, fouls, terms used in basketball, the cues for the skills of shooting, dribbling, and defensive...

Everything you wanted to know about basketball, and more! A very well-organized presentation to introduce the basic terminology and skills of basketball. Everything from the court, scoring, and fouls, to the five cues used for shooting a...

Three basketball activities can be found in this resource. One is a basic shooting drill. Use the cues BEEF: balance, elbows, eyes, follow-through. The second drill is for practicing lay-ups. Use the cue: elbow and knee on a string. The...

A basketball shooting lesson that is nicely laid out. There is scaffolding in the organization and order of the skill drills. One of the highlights is that it covers part of the preshot routine which is very important for consistency in...

This basketball unit for middle schoolers was created by a collaboration of many teachers. This 3 week unit has plenty of skill drills and activities. There are great teaching technique cues. There is even a basketball unit test...

Learning zone defense in basketball is not easy for beginning players. This lesson helps them learn their zones by placing hula hoops on the basketball court to represent the type of zone you are teaching. The hula hoops restrict some of...

This is a basic instructional activity on dribbling a basketball. There are several cues and drills to practice dribbling. What I like about this instructional activity is the actual activity used to practice: capture the flag. The...

Explode off the ground, both hands on the ball until release, fully extend the shooting arm, and jump off one foot. These are the prescribed directions in performing a lay-up. First, find a warm-up time to practice the proper technique....

Teaching the proper basketball shooting technique is the focus of this lesson. BEEF: Balance, Eyes, Elbows, Follow through. Some really good teaching cues for learning how to shoot properly. There are three drills included for practicing...