A gold mine of basketball dribbling drills! There are an assorted variety of drills here to keep those players busy. Some involve cooperation, some competition, but all of them are about practicing dribbling.

I would use this basketball shuttle run activity as one of several drills in a days instructional activity. There are several components to the drill and some lead up activities could be done before the basketball shuttle run. I would...

The class practices bounce passes and chest passes to improve their basketball skills. They get to play a modified basketball game with no dribbling allowed. You could incorporate several modifications into this lesson to accomodate...

Students practice dribbling a basketball.  In this basketball relay lesson, students learn to dribble a basketball, control a basketball and move quickly with a basketball.  Students split into two teams and play a game where...

A fast and fun way to practice shooting basketball. Small cooperative groups help each other tally up the most baskets made in a certain period of time. There are a couple ideas included to increase or decrease the difficulty of the...

Students play a team sport. In this basketball instructional activity, students learn the nine areas of a basketball court and practice dribbling, passing and shooting without leaving their area.

Students explore basketball with a twist. For this basketball lesson, students practicing their dribbling, passing and shooting skills. They play a version of basketball where there are three people on the court from each team and the...

Students split into teams and have a relay that requires them to dribble while running. In this basketball lesson plan, students dribble a ball up to a certain point and come back to their team. The first team to have all their players...

To foul or not to foul, that is the basketball question. High schoolers look at the probability that fouling out a player and allowing free throws yields a better outcome than allowing the original shot. The resource provides a...

Learners participate in a basketball shooting activity modelled after miniature golf.

Pupils practice dribbling a basketball. They perform activities requiring walking, running, use of left and right hand. Students explore proper posture when dribbling. They experience the art of a progressive cross over. Pupils discuss...

Young mathematicians represent recorded information in decimal form. In this decimals lesson, learners play a "classroom friendly" basketball game in which pupils take 10 shots. Number of shots made out of 10 is recorded as a fraction...

A radio receives radio signals, converts them to an electrical signal, then converts this signal to a sound signal, and amplifies the sound so people can hear it. Class members use this information to create a short-wave radio antenna...

Students are introduced to the basics about zone defense in basketball. In groups, they practice this technique to turn away from gravitating to the ball handler. They also complete non-bounce passes and examine how to move without a...

Students demonstrate basic knowledge about how to use a basketball properly. The teaching of the instructional activity is done through modeling and students assessment is done with drilling and practice with the basketball activities.

Young scholars calculate the probability of a desired outcome based upon a statistically significant number of discrete events (i.e. endgame free-throw attempts). They participate in an online simulation of basketball free throws.

Students use a professional basketball team's data and graph it on a coordinate plane. They draw a line of regression and finding its equation. They access a website containing statistics for the Houston Rockets basketball team to solve...

Students practice spelling, writing, and shooting baskets. In this spelling lesson, students practice spelling. Students are divided into teams. Students are given a spelling word to write. If the word is spelled correctly, the student...

Students grasp the concept of using finger pads to control the ball in a hand dribble. At the end of a PE class have students circle or color the part of the hand they use to dribble a ball.

Students identify physical education by participating in a sports activity. In this dribbling lesson, students discuss how basketball players move the ball without holding it and define the action as dribbling. Students participate in a...

Students figure out basic percentages by shooting paper balls into a basket, recording results, and calculating individual and team percentages for ten shots.

NFL football in science class? Yes, please! In an engaging and motivating three-day lesson, kids take a look at their own nutritional habits and needs compared to those of an NFL player, then experiment with the effects of hydration on...

If basketball players make more than teachers, why shouldn't learners all aspire to play in the NBA? Unraveling the cost and benefits of education and future economic success can be tricky. Economic data, real-life cases, and some...

Middle and high schoolers explore the properties of similar triangles. In this geometry lesson, pupils play a similarity basketball game, sketch similar triangles, and find the missing measures of similar figures. They find the height of...