A diverse PE curriculum exposes kids to a variety of sports and activities. This helps them explore physical activity, discover new interests and work on a variety of muscle groups. Basketball games focus on particular basketball skills to introduce or improve those skills. The basketball games work well for upper elementary, middle and high school students.
Shooting Stars
This basketball activity allows you to strategically choose shooting positions. Choose several different locations around the hoop. Assign each shooting position a different point value depending on the difficulty of the shot. Make several star cutouts with the corresponding points value written on them. Place a pile of the stars next to each shooting position. The kids choose the shooting positions they want to try. The goal is to make as many shots as possible to earn points. When a shot is made, the player collects a star from that position and earns the corresponding points. The player with the most points at the end wins. Another option is to divide the players into teams. The players still take shots individually, but they stars they earn go toward their team's point total.
Bounce Pass Challenge
This basketball game helps kids practice the bounce pass. Kids work in pairs, with each pair needing a basketball, two cones and a small plastic lid. Set up the cones about 15 to 20 feet apart with the lid in the middle. Each player stands behind a cone. The kids take turns using a bounce pass to one another. The lid is the target for the bounce. A player earns a point for hitting the lid on the pass and knocking it beyond the opposite cone. Kids can keep score or simply continue playing for entertainment.
Dribbling Races
Dribbling games help kids keep the ball under control when they play an actual game. Each participant needs his own basketball for the race. Spread the kids along one end of the gym, giving them enough space so they don't collide. You may need to do several heats to accommodate a larger group of kids. The participants race the length of the gym while dribbling the basketball. For more of a challenge, add restrictions to the race, such as dribbling with the left hand, switching hands, or dribbling back and forth through cones.
Lane Shooting
This progressive shooting game moves along the free throw lane as a competition between two players. Set up four or five cones along both sides of the free throw lane, progressively farther away from the hoop. The two players stand behind the first cone closest to the hoop on either side of the lane. The players take turns taking the shot. Upon making the shot, a player moves to the next cone on her side of the lane. If she misses, she stays at the current cone and tries again on her next turn. The first player to make the last shot wins that round. Two more players begin once a winner is crowned. Set up the game at several hoops to reduce the amount of time players have to wait for a turn.
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