Basketball: 5-2

Thursday (21/05/2009)

a) The Cheerleaders
The girls queued to spice up their movements! Le Xin, Shi Jie, Yun Wen, Jin Nan, Jen Ning and Sharlene faced the whiteboard. They practised for the group “Thunderstorm”.
Jen Ning turned her body to face the class as she exclaimed “TH”. Sharlene exclaimed “UN”, Jin Nan exclaimed “DE”, Yun Wen exclaimed “RS”, Shi Jie exclaimed “TO” while Le Xin exclaimed “RM”. Then, they practised their different movement styles using both hands and legs.

b) More on basketball
We recapped on some rules of Basketball, reminding the kids not to run with the ball, not to foul and to watch the ball carefully. Sports Spirit was highlighted!
We went to watch a video clip series of “Michael Jordan” and team members. The kids were really excited and said that theycould really run and jump...haaa! Yes, I have to remind them that violent is not allowed!

c) The Mini Basketball Court
The kids got better today as they know where to throw the ball and to be careful not to hit the opponent. They didn't want Free Throws for the opponents!
However, it was so funny that the kids grabbed the ball and wanted to seize the court themselves...! They were not used to pass the ball to their team members. We had a break and the kids got into their teams. I guided the Thunderstorm while Teacher Pik Xia guided the other team.
“Remember to block your hoop! Pass to your team mate.”
Observation: Eugene could really run and bounce very well. Zi Jun still bounced with two hands. Max showed improvement at throwing. Jin Shan at times still ran with the ball. Ze Yan got excited when he could throw to his team. Song Chuan got 2 Free Throws as Thunderstorm played foul upon Twister. Song Chuan scored 2 points for Twister. The main reason was there was nobody from Thunderstorm to block Song Chuan from Twister!....The score: 5 for Twister and 2 for Thunderstorm. They were very tired, confused and well,.....wasn't really satisfied!