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Pe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars Lesson PlanPe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars Lesson Plan
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PE Central
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6th - 8th
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Physical Education
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Pe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars

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Middle schoolers learn and practice lay-ups, mid-range shots, and long-range shots as they earn points. "Shooting Basketball Stars" is a simple lesson, which can be part of a larger basketball unit, and requires students to work together and help improve each other's basketball-shooting skills.

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Concepts

basketball

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basketball shooting, outside shots, shooting a basketball, pe central, introduction to basketball, lay-up shots, practice basketball shots, shoot basketball

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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