1. Student either is using the ball or it is returned to bin.

• for these lessons, there are a number of progressions where it goes from all students needing a ball, to only one ball needed per group of four, etc.  It is important for safety and other reasons to not have basketballs laying all over the gym floor.

2. When practicing shooting & dribbling, only worry about your own ball.

• If a students ball goes bouncing or rolling away, only that student is responsible for his/her ball.  This way every student is concentrating on only his/her ball, preventing a number of possible accidents and/or class disrupting situations

3. Attendance is done at beginning of class, quick role call.

• For these lessons, the teacher will be very busy, so there is not much time to take attendance during the class time.  A student with no strip is also ideal for this job.

4. Injured or "no strip" ("no kit") students help setup and takedown of equipment.

• This keeps these students busy, so it will minimize distractions caused by these non participating students.  Setup and takedown of the equipment may not be very desirable, so this will motivate the students to make sure they bring their strip for future classes.

5. Have the gym set up before lesson if possible.

• This may not always be possible, but is obviously very time saving if it can be done.  If it's not possible, to decrease "inactive time", get the students into some sort of warmup activity, and set up while they are moving.

6. Use Attitude & Effort Assessment to maintain respectful behavior.

• By using this assessment procedure (see link above), the students will stay on task better because they are aware that you are watching for the proper attitudes and great efforts during the lesson, and it will be part of their grades.  Students giving effort keeps the mini games in this lesson running smoothly.

7. Pinnies MUST be put in box if NOT USED.

• This is for safety reasons, as a pinnie laying on the floor is very difficult to see, and is very slippery.

8. Dismiss students 5 minutes before end of block to change.

• This gives the students ample time to get changed, or shower up in time for next class.  If any more time is given, the students will have time to "escape" into the hallways, disrupting other classes.

9. Bathroom used before and after class.

• If you continuosly give bathroom breaks to individual students, all the tactical games will be largely disrupted, because most mini games depend on the participation of all group members.

10. Hands up for questions.

• This prevents blurting out when asking probing questions.  If hands must be raised, then the entire class can hear the students' answer and learn from it.

11. Change students' partners if not working well together.

• Lots of tasks in this lesson are performed in partnerships, and if 2 students can not work together productively, they should be split up.  You can make a mandatory rule of "everyone find a new partner" in the middle of a task so this split up doesn't look obvious.

12. When calling in students for further instruction, sit them all down.

• This helps decrease distractions while the teacher is talking, and it is harder to bounce a basketball from the sitting position compared to the standing position.

13. Give a set water break during the lessons.

• This is important so you don't have individual students running to the water fountain all class long.  Tell the class before hand that you will give water breaks so they know not to request one.  If you have four games of 6 students occuring, send 2 groups to the fountain, then when they get back, send the other 2 groups.