1) Equipment:
a) Have the equipment out
and ready on ball racks or in bins (not in equipment
room).
-Time efficiency and safety can be may be at risk if students are
going in and out of the equipment room.
b) Basketballs
- enough for everyone
c) Volleyballs and Beanbags
- for modifying some games/drills
d) Yellow, floppy cones
- to make grids and playing courts which are easily modified in size if
necessary
e) Hoops (hoola, rubber, etc.)
- baskets for mini modified games
2) Teaching Space:
a) Use cones (small, yellow floppy cones) to divide gym into smaller
courts/spaces.
- This will decrease the amount of gym space which is wasted, and will
increase the number of students which can be involved at any one time.
b) When gather students, position them so that distractions are
behind them and
stand at edge of circle, NOT middle.
-With distractions reduced, there is a better chance the students will
listen to
you and your instructions. If you stand in the middle of a circle
of students,
half the circle cannot here you (your back is to them) and your instructional
efforts are somewhat lost.
c) During a drill, set up one group of students on next drill for
demo before "stop".
-When students see a demonstration they will be able to begin the task
in less
time and will have some encouragement to engage as they have seen their
peers performing the task. Having the demo pre-set ensures the demo
will be
performed correctly and is also useful if one group is getting bored of
task
and begins to fool around.
d) Use the entire space available in
gym.
-More students can be involved and modified games will more closely
resemble full game the more the available space is used to its maximum.
3) Support materials (time
savers)
a) Have a quick pre-lesson meeting and introduce lesson.
-Students can know the general progression of the lesson, which eliminates
some organizational time during the lesson and the "Are we going to play
a
game today?" question.
b) Have pre-set teams which can be used at
end of units during full game play.
-This is helpful for longer unit since it reduces organizational time of
team
selection each day.
c) When progressing from one drill to next,
maintain number of students per
group.
-Students can move quickly from task to task if number are the same, or
groups are multiples of previous groups (ie: 2's to 4's).
d) Avoid calling whole group in too many times. Try to stop
them and have them
remain where they are.
-Students can take minutes to return to task if they have to go back to
space and get re-organized.
e) Give a maximum of 3 teaching points per
skill/drill.
-Students can only remember and focus on a few teaching points at a time
so
they will be remembered.
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