Officiating and Ball Handling
Lesson Objectives:
The purpose of this lesson plan is to be able to understand the rules and regulations of
basketball, hand signals and terms of officiating and a wide variety of different ball handling
skills.
Time: 45 minutes
Equipment needed: Basketballs and basketball hoops, computer, overhead projector
Classroom:
Start off with video on rules and regulations. Then go over the signals for traveling,
carrying or palming, double dribble, jump ball, goaltending, over and back, and time restrictions (10
seconds to cross half-court, 5 seconds to get rid of ball when you pick up your dribble or defenders
within arm’s length of you, 3 seconds in key area). Then go into different fouls that can be
committed. These would include personal fouls which are considered as any physical contact such
as hitting, pushing, slapping, holding, and an illegal pick and screen. Other fouls can be committed
when a person is shooting, if they don’t make the shot, they get 2 free-throw shots, if they make the
shot, then they get one free-throw shot, but if its in the 3 point range, then they get three if they
miss. The team is allowed 7 fouls per half, after that the other team goes into to bonus, which is one-
and-one, once they get passed 10 fouls, they are in double bonus and they get 2 free-throws for any
foul committed. Some violations are charging, which is an offensive foul when the offense runs into
the defensive player while their feet are set. Blocking is when the defender didn’t establish position
in time to prevent an offender’s drive to the basket. Flagrant and intentional fouls are when the
player purposely tries to foul the other team. Then show another video on ball handling skills to
show what we are going to do in the gym.
Gym:
Warm-up: take a jog down and pack to the end court, and then stretch arms and legs to
prepare for drills in a circle. While stretching, explain to them what we are going to cover, ball
handing drills and some games at the end.
Stationary ball handling drills: (30 seconds for each drill)
Slaps: slap ball hard between both hands
Tips: tip ball back and forth on fingertips starting in front of face and
moving up and down to make it more difficult
Around each leg: pass ball around each leg
Figure 8: pass ball in figure 8 between legs, first without dribbling and then
with dribbling
Around the waist: pass the ball as fast as they can around their waist
Around both legs: both feet together and pass ball around their legs
Around the world: pass the ball from around their head, waist and legs
Drops: try and catch the ball between legs switching your hands from front
to back without letting the ball drop
Toss and catch behind: toss the ball over head and catch the ball behind the
back
Shuffle: jump back and forth dribbling ball between the legs
Kills: dribble ball waist high and suddenly “kill” dribble as low as can
2 ball kills: (pick partner right next to you) same as kills but with both hands
Side V: dribble ball in V standing next to you
Front V: same as side V only in front of body
Spider: dribble ball in between legs alternating hands in front and back of
body
Cross over behind the back: crossover dribble behind body under your butt
2 handed drills:
Dribble both low: pound ball in ground with both hands dribbling
Piston: alternate with both hands every other
2 ball side V dribble: side V with both hands at the same time
Windshield: front V with 2 balls going the same direction
2 ball front crossover: dribble both balls in front, every few dribbles
crossover in front
One around the back: dribble both balls in front, every few dribbles swing
one behind the back
Sit-up dribble: doing bent knee sit-ups, dribble ball with right hand as sit-
up, around feet and dribble with left hand as you sit down, and switch
Moving drills:
Dribble down and back: (spread out on 2 courts) walking dribble with right
on the way down and left hand on the way back, jog doing the same thing
Control dribble: body is turned sideways, shuffling down the court, dribble
with right hand and left hand up protecting and switch on the way back
Duck walk: walk weaving ball between legs, on the way back dribble
weaving between legs
Speed dribble: push ball out in front of them while running going full speed
Crossover: dribble to end, at each free-throw and half court have to
crossover down and back
Through the legs: same as crossover, but between the legs this time
Behind the back: same as crossover, only behind the back
Back up dribble and crossover: with a defender, pursue forward, back up
dribble and then use a crossover to get past the defender
Through the legs and around the back: dribble through the legs, one dribble
and then behind the back
Games:
3 v 2, 2 v 1: 2 defenders start at other end of court, 3 offenders dribble down
to the end, play 3 v 2, whoever shoots the ball, becomes the defender on the
other side of the court, and the 2 defenders become the offense dribbling
back to the other end playing 2 v 1. The other two that were on offense, then
become the defenders on the far end
Split up into groups of 6: while one group does caterpillar dribble weave,
everyone else is playing knockout. Rotate each group into caterpillar.
o Caterpillar dribble weave: group runs in single file line, with one
ball. Jog around outside of court, ball starts at beginning of line and
gets passed over their heads to the back of the line. Once it gets back
to the end of the line, then the end person has to run to the front
weaving in between other people. Repeat until they have gone
around the court once.
o Knockout: everyone gets a ball, and they must remain inside half of
the court. They try to knock away other people’s ball while still
maintaining control of their ball. Once their ball is knocked away or
they lose their dribble, then they are out of the game. When enough
people have been knocked out, then the size of the area played while
decrease in size.
4 speed drill relay: keeps in groups of 6. They line up on the baseline. Two
balls in each group. The first person must dribble to the free-throw line, do
a cross over, dribble to half-court, go between the legs, dribble to free-throw,
behind-the-back, then to the end line, turn around and come back doing the
same thing at each spot.
Cool down: take a lap around the gym, stretch out and go over what they learned today
Sources:
Youtube.com
www.basketball-drills-and-plays.com
www.coachesclipboard.net
