Game/Task: "Dribble Knockaway in Pairs"

Tactical Problem: Maintaining Possession of the Ball
Skill development: Quick movement, defending space and ball, maintaining low body positioning

Teaching Points: 

Tactic  Attempt to knockaway your opponent's ball while defending and dribbling your own at the same time.
 
 

Skill 

  • quick footwork
  • protection stance
  • controlled lunge and steal attempt

  HUGE class in quadrants on basketball court trying to knockaway opponents ball

 

Organizational Points: 

-similar to 'Defend the Knee', place students in 1/4 badminton quadrants, eventually getting smaller

- play is continuous, when a ball is knocked away, it is retrieved and game starts again