Today was week 2 of our ‘Basketball and Beyond Unit’.

After making fantastic progress on their passing and moving skills in week 1, this week children tried a new sport – Korfball.

Never heard of it? then watch this video.

After watching the beginners guide and getting to grips with the rules, we started to play the game. Children quickly applied their quick passing skills which we worked on last week to this game and had great fun. Korfball really challenged the children’s understanding of using space to attack and shoot. Being able to move all the way around a hoop created more space to score but also gave opponents chances to recover from a rebound. It turned out to be a fantastic way to consolidate netball style passing and moving.

 

Quickly discovering the best positions to shoot from and how to support and defend a rebound.

Learning to pass the ball around the whole space to spread defenders and create room to get into a scoring position.

 

3v3 Basketball

To finish the session, we looked at the new Olympic sport of 3v3 basketball. Made up of 2 teams of three playing in one half of a basket ball sport, it is a traditional street version of the game which promotes high levels of skill and quick thinking.