We think the girls are ready for a new challenge!
We’ll give them a home assignment every few weeks, where we ask them to practice 1-2 skills on their own for 5-10 minutes a few times each week. We also include fun games that give the girls a chance to use the related skills in a competition.
Many of these activities only need a small amount of space. Some can be done indoor if needed. These items come from our playing at home catalog.
Assignment #2 (posted April 9, 2023):
Skill: stop and go dribbling moves. If you’ve developed good dribbling control and changes of direction, you’re ready to learn some stop and go moves.- Link: descriptions and video demos
- Fun games: the same dribbling games listed below are also good for trying stop and go dribbling moves: dribbling marbles, wrist girl, snow cones. We also recommend a dribbling game called electric fence, which is especially appropriate for using stop and go moves.
Assignment #1 (posted 2/06/2023):
- Skill: figure-8 dribbling (click link for full descriptions and video demos). Figure-8 dribbling helps you develop better ball control, quick feet, and the ability to keep the ball close to you while twisting and turning. Once you get the hang of figure-8 dribbling, you’re already on the way to becoming good at twist-off turns.
- Fun games: dribbling marbles, wrist girl, snow cones. These games give you a chance to use the twists and turns you develop through figure-8 dribbling. We encourage the girls to challenge mom, dad, sisters, brothers or friends in any of these games.