Practical Leadership

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Practice Leadership Assignment

SPSC 3240 Sairah Mohammad 300249357 Douglas College

2 With the City of Coquitlam, I teach basketball on Tuesday nights for 45 minutes. I teach 4-5 year olds, followed by 6-8 year olds. Last week, I started the second set and had a lot of new faces. This program is about developing the fundamental skill used in basketball. With my group of 6-8 year olds, they are bit more social and understanding of certain concepts. However, in order for the sessions to run smoothly throughout the 5 weeks, I needed them to be comfortable with each other. I started the first quarter of the session with games involving cooperation/knowledge. This is the first step of the community development model. This step is very important because it allows everyone to get to know one another while building a comfortable space for them to learn in. As a facilitator, I lead a few games which had them getting to know one another and working together a little bit.

FACILITATION LESSON PLAN: Basketball 6-8 year olds Activity

Time

Objective Being able to get to know one another and get a bit more comfortable around each other.

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Name Game Likes & Dislikes movement game Birthday game

Name game: We all stood in a circle and one by one, the kids would say their name. However, the person next in line would repeat the names before them. As we went around the circle, the person further away from the start would have to learn more names. The goal was to know everyone’s name without messing up.

6:45pm7:10pm

Likes and Dislikes: Everyone stands in a circle and one person starts in the middle. They either say a like or a dislike and if anyone in the circle agrees, they all have to move and go to a different spot that is empty, including the person in the middle. If one person doesn’t get to a spot, they are now in the middle. This helps with the kids finding out similarities between one another while also relating to one another. Birthday Game: This game, they would have to communicate and line themselves up from JanuaryDecember in order by their birthdays.

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Tag (line tag, toilet tag)

Basics of Dribbling – dribbling drills (go go stop)

Cool down

7:10-7:15pm

Warming up and getting their heart rate up while also becoming spatially aware during tag. One person is it, and if you get tagged, you must kneel with your arm out. The only way to come back into the game is if someone pushes the arm to “flush” it.

7:15pm7:25pm

Going over what dribbling looks like and what you should look for when dribbling. Have them stationary while dribbling. Have them switch arms. Have them walk, then jog. End off with british bulldog.

7:25pm7:30pm

Stretch while debriefing. Going over what we learned, what they liked and what they didn’t like.

I implemented the first step of the community development model throughout the beginning of the first session. We played a bunch of games such as the name game, like and dislikes game, and the birthday game. The kids were very involved and excited about sharing birthdays which had them talking a lot more. I found these games really helped with the comfort level between them. They all seemed to get along and enjoyed being around each other. This step was really important because if the kids didn’t have a chance to get to know each other, they wouldn’t have been comfortable which might have hindered them from learning new skills.

The implementation went really well and the kids enjoyed the games. They had a bit of fun with the likes and dislikes because they would somewhat cheer when something was said that everyone agreed with. They definitely opened up a bit more after those games. When they had all first walked into the gym, the kids would stand off by themselves, quietly. They didn’t interact with each other, even the kids that came in early and had a bit of free time with the basketballs. They all sort of kept to themselves and didn’t interact much. During the games, they all learned each other's names and were able to bond over similarities. The biggest difference was after the session was over. A few of the kids were still talking and interacting with each

4 other. They were talking about things that had talked about during the likes and dislikes game. They had found something to bond over and build a friendship over. Something I would have done differently is maybe add in a more active component where they could all get to know one another but also be moving around at the same time. I found the games did go smoothly, but just having an active component would have fit the session a lot better. Overall, I think it went really well. Especially since I had given them all clear instructions and examples of what to do. The next step would be trust. Being able to add trust between the kids would help in learning and teaching. Especially during passing drills since the kids will know to trust their partners and not flinch away when they are receiving the pass.