Dribbling a Basketball

We are learning to hand dribble a basket ball.

To dribble a ball effectively we need to

• keep our eyes looking forward (not at the ball)
• bend our knees slightly (a little bit)
• make a spider hand (fingers slightly bent and spread apart)
• keep the ball close to our body and bouncing up just past our waist

Learning to dribble a ball is pretty tricky. The hardest bit is to keep our eyes up because we really want to keep looking at the ball.

Luckily, in Room 14 we have an expert mini ball player who is helping us get it right. Thank you Balin.

Hannah practising her spider hand

Gwen practising keeping her eyes looking forward

Dom pracitising his tricky dribbling move - moving the ball between his hands

Ekrose making a spider hand to push the ball

Payton keeping her eyes up and looking forward

Balin teaching us a tricky dribbling move - moving the ball under the knee and then keep dribbling

Room 14 tamariki taking on the challenge of learning tricky moves