Evan Belczyk

Kinesiology 395A
12/9/15
Teaching Reflection #2
I was fortunate to teach a second lesson at Mount Nittany Middle School during my
Kinesiology 395A practicum. The class began with the students running a lap outside and then
coming back to the gym to practice shooting baskets, bumping or setting a volleyball to a
partner, or jump roping. This is the normal instant activity that the class performs and they seem
to enjoy it. Before I taught the activities, the students learned the protocols for the day. The first
protocol was; make sure the person you are passing to is looking before you pass to them. The
second protocol was; it is important that the person receiving the pass has their hands up and
ready so they can catch the pass and provide a target. The third protocol was; make sure the pairs
are spread out so they will not run into each other. And the fourth protocol was; yell Ball, ball,
ball if you see a ball rolling on the floor. For the first activity I had students get into groups of
three and they practiced chest passes, bounce passes, and overhead passes. The students enjoyed
working on their passing and interacting with their peers during this activity. For the next
activity, six students were put at each basket in the gym. One line was the passing line and the
second line was the receiving line and they would than shoot a layup. They first performed chest
passes, than bounce passes, than overhead passes. Many students struggled with this activity
because they were passing to a moving target, but they seemed to be having fun and they
encouraged their peers. For the final activity, the students stayed at their baskets and they played
a game of 3 vs. 3. I first demonstrated how to play and established the rules and then I let them

play on their own. The students that seemed to have a history with basketball looked like they
were having fun but the students with low GLSP levels did not have fun.
During my set induction, the objectives were stated so the students knew what was
expected from them. The psychomotor objective was; students will be able to perform a chest
pass, bounce pass, and overhead pass by extending their arms and stepping towards their target.
The cognitive objective was; students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of when to pass
to a teammate or shoot the ball during the 3 vs. 3 activities. And the affective objective was;
students will demonstrate teamwork and cooperation skills by passing to a partner during
different activities. The students were able to meet the objectives that I established for the lesson.
Throughout the lesson, I recited skill cues so the students would remember how to perform each
skill. They were; extend your arms, and step toward your target.
During the 3 vs. 3 activity, I overestimated the size of the courts and the amount of space
each group would have to play. There were moments when students from another court would be
inside the space of another teams court. To improve this problem, I will have students play 4 vs.
4 so there will be two courts not being used so they wont enter each others space. While
students were participating in the activities, I feel like I blew my whistle too often and
interrupted the flow of the activities. For the future, I will let things play out more instead of
interrupting the games.
During the 3 vs. 3 activity, there were some teams that were beating their opponents by a
lot so I decided to stop the game and have players switch teams to make them more even. The
amount of student success went up and the students seemed to enjoy the activity more since they
were making successful passes and shots. I used intra-task variation for one group of students

during the 3 vs. 3 game by telling them they must play defense with one arm behind their back.
Since the emphasis of the lesson was not defense but passing, the students were able to complete
better passes to their team.