You're a PE teacher teaching a unit about basketball. As part of
a drill, you ask the students to play the game called three-on-three. You
invite the students to gather round so that you can explain the rules of the
new game.
"Communication skills are an extremely important part of this
job," says Jonathan Brady, a PE teacher. "You can't do this job well without
them."
We
play three-on-three with three players on each side. It's a great way to
play basketball if you don't have enough players for five a side, or if you
only have half the gym and one hoop to play with.
Three-on-three is
played in the half court, with both teams using the same hoop to score. For
example, if team A has possession of the ball, it is on offense. To start
the game, a member of the team B defense touches the ball. Team A plays in
the half court as offense.
If Team B intercepts, gets a rebound or somehow
gets possession of the ball before a basket is scored by team A, they must
carry the ball back out to the center line. They then begin play again. Team
B plays in the same half-court, shooting at the same hoop, but this time as
the offense, and Team A is the defense.
When either team scores, the
ball is also brought out to the center line, and the opposite team begins
play.
In this game, I'd like you to try zone defense again. If you remember,
zone defense is when you cover a zone of the floor, rather than playing man-to-man
defense where you pick one person and cover them, wherever they are on the
floor.
Any questions?
As it's the first time these
students have heard of three-on-three, they have a few questions. This is
what they ask: