Volleying and Dribbling

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Chapter 26

• Volleying and Dribbling

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Volleying and dribbling are typically exclusively
  games skills and used in sports such as
  volleyball and basketball
• Recently associated with children games, games
  of different cultures and games using innovative
  equipment (e.g. hacky sacks, volleybirds )
• Require fine hand-eye coordination and are thus
  two of the last fundamental manipulative skills
  to develop in children

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Volleying
• Precontrol Level Tasks
• Children still struggling to achieve hand-eye
  coordination and directly flight of ball
  intentionally
• Provide a variety of opportunities to explore
  volleying
• Have children concentrate on
• Watching the object as it approaches them and
• Making contact with the ball

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Volleying
• Control Level Tasks
• Geared to teach children to
• Strike an object continuously with a bounce in
  self-space
• Control the amount of force
• Appropriate activities include
• Volleying with different body parts
• Striking overhand and underhand
• Striking over designated lines with partner

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Volleying (cont)
• Utilization Level Tasks
• Aim to help children develop consistency and
  accuracy by
• Controlling the direction and force of their
  strikes
• Produce a level surface for striking with a
  variety of body parts
• Combine striking with several different concepts
  (e.g. moving in relation to people and/or
  objects) and strategic placement

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Volleying (cont)
• Proficiency Level Tasks
• Geared towards helping children
• Move consistently and accurately in relation to
  others, in unpredictable, dynamic situations
• Strike an object while simultaneously focusing on
  the surrounding activities

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Volleying (cont)
• Progression spiral suggests a sequence for
  developing volleying
• Activities found in text
• Identifies Tasks
• Identifies Challenges
• Assessment ideas found throughout chapter

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Dribbling
• The skill of striking downwards with the hands.
• Teaching Dribbling
• Precontrol Level Tasks
• Exploration of striking the ball down repeatedly
  in self-space, then walking and dribbling
• Involve children making contact with the ball so
  that it comes back to them while in a stationary
  position

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Dribbling (cont)
• Control Level Tasks
• Focus should be on
• Varying dribbles (i.e. different heights and
  positions around the body)
• Dribbling with non-dominant hand
• Dribbling while traveling

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Dribbling (cont)
• Utilization Level Tasks
• Involve incorporating dribbling into beginning
  dynamic game-like situations requiring
• Combining dribbling with other skills
• Dribbling with either hand without looking at the
  ball

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Dribbling (cont)
• Proficiency Level Tasks
• Geared to help children develop an automatic
  level of dribbling
• Tasks should focus on changes in speed, direction
  and pathways at will
• Enjoyment of dynamic game situations involving
  larger groups
• Strategic development

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Chapter 26 Key Points

• Teaching Dribbling (cont)
• Progression Spiral suggests a sequence for
  developing
• dribbling
• Activities found in text
• Identifies Tasks
• Identifies Challenges
• Assessment ideas found throughout chapter

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Progression Spiral for Developing the Skill Theme
of Volleying  
PROFICIENCY LEVEL Playing modified volleyball
Volleying in a line formation Spiking Striking
downward with force Serving overhand over the
net Striking with different body parts while
traveling   UTILIZATION LEVEL Serving
underhand over the net Volleying three on three
Volleying continuously to a partner Volleying
over a net Striking to the wallvarying levels,
force, and body position Volleying with a
volleybird Playing Aerial Soccer Volleying with
the foot Striking a ball continuously with
different body parts Volleying game
child-designed   CONTROL LEVEL Obstacle-Course
Volley Playing one-bounce volleyball Playing
Keep It Up Volleying to a partner (overhead
pattern) Volleying a ball upward (overhead
pattern) Volleying to the wall (overhead
pattern) Striking over a low net (underhand
pattern) Playing Four Square, Two Square
(underhand pattern) Playing Hoop Volley
(underhand pattern) Striking a ball over a line
(underhand pattern) Striking a ball to the wall
(underhand pattern) Striking a ball upward with
the forearms (the bump) Striking a ball upward
(underhand pattern) Striking a ball
noncontinuously with different body parts  
PRECONTROL LEVEL Striking lightweight objects
Striking with different body parts Striking a
balloon forward Striking balloons in the air
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Progression Spiral for Developing the Skill Theme
of Dribbling  
PROFICIENCY LEVEL Small-group basketball
Dribble/Pass Keep Away Dribbling and throwing
at a target Making up fancy dribbling/passing
routines Dribbling and passing in game
situations Dribbling while dodging Dribble Tag
Now Youve Got It, Now You Dont Dribbling
against opponents group situations  
UTILIZATION LEVEL Dribbling against an opponent
one on one Dribbling and passing with a partner
Mirroring and matching while dribbling
Dribbling around stationary obstacles Dribbling
in different pathways Starting and stopping
while changing directions Dribbling while
changing directions Dribbling and changing speed
of travel   CONTROL LEVEL Moving switches
Dribbling and traveling Dribbling in different
places around the body while stationary Dribbling
with the body in different positions Switches
Dribbling and looking Dribbling at different
heights Dribble like a basketball player All
the time dribble   PRECONTROL LEVEL Dribbling
and walking Bouncing a ball down (dribbling)
continuously Bouncing a ball down and catching
it