Recap the origin of basketball, (The history of basketball began with its invention in 1891 in the USA by PE teacher James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than American football).  Students will develop a deeper understanding by building upon knowledge of the health benefits playing invasion games has physically, mentally and socially. How skills can be learnt and transferred into other sports and everyday life, such as communicating, resilience, leading, problem solving and working collaboratively as a team. Students will recap and refine basketball specific skills such as passing (chest, bounce, overhead), shooting and dribbling. Students will learn new skills and knowledge such as the lay-up, rebounding, protecting the ball, beating an opponent etc. Students will also develop a deeper understanding for attacking and defensive principles such as formations, positions , roles and the whole team attack and defend. Deeper rules into basketball will be covered.  For example, rules of the free throw, rules regarding the key and not being able to pass the ball back into their own half etc.  Students/professional athletes performance will also be analysed create and devise strategies to outwit an opponent

Students will recap and name and explain areas on the court such as the backlines, sidelines, the ‘D’, the ‘key’ and basic rules e.g. fouls, free throws, double dribble, travelling, tip off , not being able to pass back into own half etc.

Students will have deeper and more confident knowledge to name and explain when might you pass and why, why might you use different types of passes (chest, bounce, overhead), when might you shoot and why, when might they need to beat an opponent and why, what type of shot you would choose etc. If students cannot retrieve the knowledge physically then they should be able to recite how to perform the skill verbally or when the skill may be performed. Students will recap, refine and develop knowledge of tactics of keeping possession, defending and attacking strategies which will be retrieved from previous invasion games. Students will implement basketball specific attacking and defensive strategies into each lesson such as using key words, formations, positions and roles. They will  also need to recall these strategies when participating in other invasion sports such as hockey, rugby etc.  Students will further develop their understanding of the components of fitness required in basketball and when they are required throughout a game situation.

 Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic'