Teaching Points:
Tactic
- Accurate overhead passes to score or to elude opponent
- Anticipation of where opponent will place shots
- Quick movement to set up early for shots
Skill
- Athletic position (feet shoulder width apart and keep low)
- Square to target
- Accurate overhead passes
Game Diagram
- Divide students into pairs
- Each group will have one ball, two cones, and a hula hoop
- Students will set the ball back and forth - each set is allowed to bounce once and the bounce must be above shoulder height
- Students score points by setting the ball into the hula hoop or by eluding opponent so that they are not able to set the ball
- To extend the skill have the students touch a cone between sets
Guided discovery questions:
Q: What was the easiest way to score points on your opponent?
A: By setting into open space to elude opponent or setting into hula hoop when close to it.
