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1st Grade Basketball: Fundamental Checklist

Posted on February 8, 2014 by mmolloy

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Coaching 1st grade basketball can be challenging. The majority of books focus on teaching older, more skilled players. Here is a checklist of drills that most player in the 1st grade are capable of learning.

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1st Grade Fundamental Checklist

Effort and Enjoyment

• Can have FUN!
• Can develop age-appropriate skills
• Can be a good teammate
• Can be LOUD and enthusiastic

Dribbling

• Stationary Dribble (strong hand) with head down
• Jogging Dribble (strong hand) with head down
• Lay-up Dribble  (strong hand) with head down
• Dribble with head down in half court game
• Dribble WITH violations (traveling double dribble) in half court game

Lay-ups

• Know the aiming point: Top Corner of the Square
• “BLOCK SHOT” Lay-up s / Block Lay-ups with no footwork
• Dribble lay-up SHOT (no correct footwork)
• “Mini” Mikan Lay-up Drill

Shooting

• Knows the shooting fundamentals: BEEF – balance, elbow, eyes, follow through
• Hold the ball correctly: line up the seams with shooting hand, non-shooting hand cover the side seams
• Imaginary shooting: Good “imaginary” shooting without the ball
• Right block shot, Left block shot (occasionally makes shots)
• left baseline, center, right baseline (occasionally makes shots)

Passing

• Know “TIPS TO TARGET” & “THUMBS DOWN”
• Stationary chest pass: Able to make a decent chest pass
• Stationary bounce pass: Able to make a decent bounce pass, better at selecting the proper point to have the ball bounce (3/4ths the distance).
• Game chest pass: Unable to regularly make a chest pass in half game. The pass most commonly used pass is a lob pass that is thrown in the general direction of a teammate.
• Game bounce pass: Rarely attempted in a game situation.

Catching

• Able to have hands up in receiving position.
• Stationary chest pass: Begins to catch a chest pass fairly consistently
• Stationary bounce pass: Able to catch a bounce pass consistently
• Game pass: Seldom able to catch a pass in a game situation.

Defense

• Able to get into a fair defensive stance.

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