Basketball Scheme of Work (KS3 & KS4)

This resource includes phases in the following:

Combining the Basketball Lesson Plans at KS3, alongside the Schemes of Work at KS3, helps to teach, deliver and develop a student:

• To perform the basic Basketball skills of Passing, Dribbling, Outwitting an Opponent, Receiving, Shooting, Rebounding, Marking, Lay-up, Blocking and Screening, into Offensive/ Attacking and Defensive and incorporate these into small-sided games. 
• To understand and know how to perform these skills and where these are used on a Basketball court. 
• To understand and know the simple laws used in the game of Basketball: the scoring systems of the game and recognise the importance of the rules within it (when officiating or playing).
• Throughout the phases students are constantly asked how to outwit opponents; evaluate performances; analyse strengths and weaknesses; whilst developing, adapting and refining skills, strategies and tactics to produce high levels of performance and high-quality techniques
• To perform, develop and incorporate the skills of Passing, Dribbling, Outwitting an Opponent, Receiving, Shooting, Rebounding, Marking, Lay-up, Blocking and Screening, transition from Offense/ Attack and Defence. 
• To use their knowledge and understanding to perform, refine and adapt these skills and other skills with precision, accuracy, fluency and clarity in any situation. 
• Throughout the phases students are constantly asked how to outwit opponents; evaluate performances; analyse strengths and weaknesses; whilst developing, adapting and refining skills, strategies and tactics to produce high levels of performance and high-quality techniques They should further understand the laws of the game and recognise the importance of responding to changing situations within a game.
• To also have a developing knowledge and understanding of tactical and positional play within the game of Basketball, which will enable them to start to plan when playing competitive games. 
• To also be able to recognise the importance of responding to changing situations within the game in offence/ attack and defence. 
• They should understand the laws of the game and be able to start to officiate matches fairly and correctly perform the correct signals. 

Combining these Basketball Lesson Plans alongside the Basketball Scehemes of Work at KS4 helps to teach and develop a student::

• To be able to incorporate all the skills of passing, dribbling, outwitting an opponent, receiving, shooting, rebounding, marking, lay-up, blocking, and screening, into offensive and defensive play in a full-sided game of Basketball.
• To be able to officiate all types of Basketball games, understand the laws and the scoring systems of the game, and recognise the importance of the rules within it (when officiating or playing).
• To also be able to understand state and demonstrate what makes a good or poor performance and also show how to correct it and give feedback and instructions to themselves, partners or teammates.
• The students are constantly asked how to outwit opponents; evaluate performances; analyse strengths and weaknesses; whilst developing, adapting and refining skills, strategies and tactics to produce high levels of performance and high-quality techniques.
• They should clearly understand and know the benefits of short/long term effects of exercise on the body, how to warm up / cool down and how to get involved in other areas to develop their health and well being.