TEACHING
BASKETBALL SKILLS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION
by
DONALD F. STAFFO
1st ed., 2006, 121 pages, $14.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-420-4 
Teaching
Basketball skills for Physical Education offers recommendations
for physical educators and college instructors on how to efficiently
and effectively teach basketball skills so that more less-talented
students will acquire better skills. Also, so physical education
majors will participate in efficiently conducted basketball skill/activity
classes so they in turn will one day be able to teach fundamental
basketball skills more efficiently to their inexperienced students.
The book provides guidelines and offers suggestions that can be
modified and adjusted according to various situations and skill
levels, among other variables.
CONTENTS
Chapter
1: HISTORY OF BASKETBALL
Chapter
2: GLOSSARY
Chapter
3: EQUIPMENT
Chapter
4: RULES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter
5: RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TEACHER
General
Player Proficiency Objectives
Chapter
6: LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR BASKETBALL UNIT
Performance
Objectives
Methodology for Teaching Basketball skills
Chapter
7: BASIC BASKETBALL SKILLS
Balanced
Ready Position
Ready Position Footwork Drill
Jump Stop
Pivot
Slide
Chapter
8: BALL HANDLING SKILLS
Common
Drills
Chapter
9: PASSING
Chest Pass
Catching a Pass
Chest Pass Drill
Bounce Pass
Two-hand Overhead Pass
Baseball Pass
Wall Passing
Shuttle Pass Drill
Scatter Passing
2 Against 1 Keep Away Drill
Circle Group Keep Away Drill
Behind the Back Pass
Chapter
10: DRIBBLING
Crossover
Dribble
Dribbling Drills
Change Direction Drill
Dribble Around Statues
Crossover Dribble
Guarding the Dribbler
Dribbler Defender 1-on-1 Drill
Passing Off the Dribble
2-on-1 Fast Break Drill
Individual Dribbling Skills
Peer and Teacher Evaluation Checklist
Chapter
11: SHOOTING
Lay-up
Rebounding
Rebounding in the 2-Line Drill
One-hand Push Shot
Right Handed One-Hand Push Shot
Left Hand Push Shot
Two-Hand Set Shot
Tree Throws
Horse
Twenty-One
Around the World
Chapter
12: GENERAL GAME UNDERSTANDING
Basic Offensive
Philosophy
Basic Defensive Philosophy
SAMPLE
STUDENT BASKETBALL UNIT EVALUATION FORM
(SPECIFIC SKILLS)
SAMPLE
STUDENT BASKETBALL UNIT EVALUATION FORM
(GENERAL SKILLS)
REVIEW
OR SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Dr.
Donald F. Staffo is a professor and chairman of the Department
of Health and Physical Education at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. In addition to being an educator for 37 years, he has
been a coach and athletic director at the high school and college
level, as well as a sports journalist. He has covered University
of Alabama basketball for the Associated Press for 20 years
and for five years was a correspondent covering the Southeastern
Conference for The Basketball Times. He is the author of
six books, 113 scholarly publications in professional journals,
a newspaper column and over 1250 articles in a variety of publications.
Don earned his B.S. degree from the SUNY at Brockport; M.A. from
western Kentucky University and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University.