Basketball Skills

Basketball Skills

Today we'll be learning some basketball skills!!

SKILLS

• Shooting
• Dribbling
• Passing

The Skill of Shooting

Learn how to shoot here

Shooting a ball means to throw or move an object like a tennis ball or even a sockball at or towards a goal or target. In basketball the goal or target is in the rim as shown in the picture to the left

Shooting Practice and Challenge Videos

The Skill of Dribble

The girl in red is using the skill of dribbling to try to get around the girl in green. She will bounce the ball off the ground up and down while moving.

In the game of basketball when someone is moving around with the ball they must perform a skill called DRIBBLING, this is when you bounce the ball up and down without rolling your wrist over at the top of the balls bounce. As long as you continue to dribble, you can continue to move.

Use these videos to practice your Dribbling skills

The skill of Passing

Passes:

Chest Pass

To pass the ball to a teammate is to toss or throw them the ball in a way that it can be received under control like seen here

There are three main types of passes in basketball, the Chest Pass, the Bounce Pass and the Overhead Pass

Bounce Pass

Overhead Pass

Learn to Pass using these videos

Please remember to do your Exit Ticket!!