Basketball Officials and their Duties | Officiating Rules and Regulations of Basketball – Position of Players on the Court Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 2 Week 8 Physical and Health Education

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

SECOND TERM

WEEK 8

PRIMARY 4

THEME – GAMES AND SPORTS

PREVIOUS LESSON – Mid Term Break (Week 7) and Week 8 – Basic Skills in Basketball | Practice and Demonstrate Basic Skills in Basketball Primary 4/Basic 4 Term 2 Week 6 Physical and Health Education (PHE)

TOPIC – BASKETBALL

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Basketball Officials

3. Rules and Regulations of Basketball

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. draw the position of players on the court.

2. name the officials and their duties.

3. mention the rules and regulations in basketball;

4. apply the rules in a game situation.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can identify and describe basketball game.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of Basketball balls, Whistle, Textbook, Stop watch and Basketball court (if available).

METHOD OF TEACHING 

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information – myactivesg.com and allaboutbasketball

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

The game is played out on a rectangular court and depending on which section of court you successfully throw a ball into the basket will depend on how many points are scored.

The ball can be moved around the by dribbling or passing the ball.

At the end of the game the team with the most points is declared the winner.

POSITION OF PLAYERS ON THE BASKETBALL COURT 

1. Centre 

The centre is generally the tallest player who is positioned near the basket as he must be able to get up as high as possible for rebounds.

2. Power forward

The power forwards are usually the next tallest players in the team, who are closest to the centre in physical attributes and playing style, but with more speed.

 

3. Small forward

The small forward is usually the shorter of the two forwards on the team.

However, the small forward must have enough height and ability to play inside, and on top of that, play like the centres and power forwards, but also be able to guard.

 

4. Shooting guard

The shooting guard is potentially the shortest player in the team.

However, he has to be good at dribbling fast, passing and having court vision by seeing the court.

He is responsible for bringing the ball down the court and setting up offensive plays

 

4. Point guard 

The point guard needs to be the best ball handler, dribbler and passer as he handles the ball the most out of all the players on the team.

He needs to bring the ball down the court and initiate offensive plays.

LESSON 2 – BASKETBALL OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES 

BASKETBALL OFFICIALS 

The game of basketball is not officiated only by referees, there is a whole group of officials to manage a game and to keep things on track.

The group includes:

1. Referees

2. Lead referee

3. Scorer

4. Timekeeper

THE OFFICIALS DUTIES 

REFEREES

Referees are the main officials of the game.

They are the ones who are actually responsible for enforcing rules and regulations and calling fouls and violations.

The number of referees officiating a game depends on the level of play.

 

LEAD REFEREE 

Lead referee is the person in charge of the game.

Normally, all two or three referees are independent in terms of making their decisions but in case of a dispute, it’s the lead referee whose verdict is considered final.

 

SCORER 

Scorer is the person that keeps a running summary of points scored, notify field goals and free throws made and missed.

 

TIMEKEEPER 

Timer assists referee in recording time.

LESSON 3 – OFFICIATING RULES AND REGULATIONS 

1. Each team can have a maximum of 5 players on the court at any one time.

2. Substitutions can be made as many times as they wish within the game.

3. The ball can only be moved by either dribbling (bouncing the ball) or passing the ball.

Once a player puts two hands on the ball (not including catching the ball) they cannot then dribble or move with the ball and the ball must be passed or shot.

4. After the ball goes into a team’s half and they win possession back the ball must then make it back over the half way line within 10 seconds.

5. Each team has 24 seconds to at least shot at the basket.

6. After each successful basket the ball is then turned over to the opposition.

7. Fouls committed throughout the game will be accumulated and then when reached a certain number will be eventually be awarded as a free throw.

8. Violations in basketball include:

• travelling (taking more than one step without bouncing the ball),

• double dribble (picking the ball up dribbling, stopping then dribbling again with two hands),

• goaltending (a defensive player interferes with the ball travelling downwards towards the basket), and

• back court violation (once the ball passes the half way line the offensive team cannot take the ball back over the half way line).

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher displays a chart showing showing a basketball court and position of players on it.

3. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs to identify and describe the basketball court.

Pupil’s Activities – identify and describe basketball court.

4. Teacher uses the chart and pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of the lesson.

5. Teacher discuss each position of player on the court.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and describe the position of basketball players.

6. Teacher asks pupils to explain the meaning of referee and timekeeper.

Pupil’s Activities – Describe the term referee and timekeeper.

7. Teacher uses a chart showing basketball officials and pupil’s responses to discuss the basketball officials and their duties.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify the basketball officials and their roles.

8. Teacher plays a short video for the pupils to observe and identify the rules and regulations of playing basketball.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the teams and the officials.

9. Teacher uses the video and pupil’s observation to discuss the rules and regulations in basketball game.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the class discussion.

10. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the lesson summary and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

• To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

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LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks pupils to –

1. draw the position of players on the court.

2. state all the basketball officials.

3. state the duties the following:

• Referees

• Lead referee

• Scorer

• Timekeeper

3. mention 4 rules and regulations in Basketball.

4. apply the rules in a game situation.