Structures, Strategies and Compositions
Lesson 5
Identifying strengths & weaknesses of fast break.
Today we will...
• Homework feedback
• Review Model Answer
• Gathering data on your role/best position
• Gathering data on teams performance of fast break
• Consider whether the method of data collection we used was appropriate
• Analyse the data collected to identify strengths & weaknesses of our fast
break.
• Investigate how a weakness may affect our fast break
• Issue homework for Thursday 8th March (click here to see homework)
Homework feedback
Homework codes used in PE
Excellent of the standard expected
Satisfactory, some key content / information missing
Unsatisfactory, not of the level required – REDO
Homework feedback – Review Model Answer
Question One Click to view Model Answer
 Describe how you identified the role/position you were most suited to in an activity of
your choice. (in other words, describe how you identified what position you should play in
basketball).
Example structure for above question (copy into jotter)
 Videoed recorded playing in a competitive 10 minute game.
 Using video completed a role effectiveness (click here to view) observation schedule.
 Observation schedule assessed key basketball skills:
 Rebound
 Passing
 Dribbling
 Shooting – Jump/Set/Lay-up
 lay-up.
 Every time one of the skills was attempted we filled in the observation schedule by
placing a tick or cross depending if the skill was successful or unsuccessful..
Homework feedback – Review Model Answer
Question Two Click to view Model Answer
 Name a structure, strategy or composition you have used in an activity of your choice.
Describe how you gathered data on your chosen structure, strategy or composition. (in other
words describe how you gathered data on your fast break).
Example structure for above question (copy into jotter)
 Videoed recorded playing in a competitive 10 minute game.
 Using video completed a fast break observation schedule (click here to view).
 Observation schedule broke our attack down into small parts:
Rebound
outlet pass
dribbles down the middle
Pass
lay-up.
 Every time a Fast Break was attempted we filled in the observation schedule by placing a tick
beside the parts of the attack that were successful.
 If a part of the attack was unsuccessful we placed a cross next to it and put a comment to say
why it was unsuccessful.
 If we missed something on the video we rewound the tape and watched it again.
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Was method of data collection appropriate? (completed last week)
Task
Justify why each of the points below are appropriate for gathering data on your fast
break.
 10 minute game?
 Video record?
 Opponents of similar ability?
 Breaking fast break down into small parts?
 Placing a tick beside the parts of the attack that were successful, placing a cross next to the
parts that were unsuccessful?
 Putting a comment to say why something was unsuccessful?
Why
was
this
method
appropriate?
Task: Using the key content below mark your partners answers to the previous task
Why method of data collection is appropriate
 10 minute game is an appropriate length to demonstrate our strengths and weaknesses. We
should perform a number of fast breaks in 10 minutes, enabling us to get a true picture, not
a one off.
 Videoing our performance let us watch over the performance as many times as we wanted.
This made our data gathering more accurate. Also basketball is a fast paced activity,
videoing allowed us to pause / rewind / watch in slow motion to ensure we didn’t miss
anything.
 Opponents of a similar ability ensured the game was competitive but fair, giving a true
picture. Not to challenging, or to easy that we over power opponents.
 Breaking our fast break down into it’s component parts enabled us to see exactly where fast
break broke down.
 Placing a  or  meant it was easy to read and understand the data
 Writing a comment gave us specific feedback on why the attack broke down. Just putting
across is not enough detail. For example was it a bad pass, did opponent intercept, did
player receiving the pass make a mistake.
 Video and observation schedule are permanent records of our performance that can be
looked at again and compare with later tests.
Analysing data – Strengths & Weaknesses
 How many times did your team attempt a fast break?
 How many of those fast breaks were successful?
 How many of the fast breaks were unsuccessful?
 How many times was each part successful or unsuccessful
Component part
Number of times
Successful
Number of times
Unsuccessful
Defensive Rebound
Outlet pass
Dribble down the middle
All 3 lanes filled
Pass to shooter
Lay-up
 Which parts were most successful?
 Which parts were least successful?
 Read the comment box, what was the most common reason for the fast break to break
down?
Strengths & Weaknesses of the Fast Break
Task One
• In your jotter brain storm possible strengths and weaknesses
Predictable
Speed
Width
Poor passing
Opposition centre better than our centre
Pressure on individual skill levels
Task Two
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Explain how each of the above weaknesses would affect your performance.
Weaknesses of the Fast Break
Predictable – opposition know what’s going to happen
Speed – can’t dribble up court fast enough so defence get back
Width - Don’t fill all three lanes so any defender who get back can mark up
Poor passing - Interceptions common so we loose possession
Opposition centre better than our centre – Can’t win rebound, can’t start fast
break
Pressure on individual skill levels – player not skilful enough, mistakes made,
loose possession, fouls made, have to slow
down
Homework
Due Thursday 8th March (Must be signed)
Question One
 Name two weakness that you discovered in your teams performance of the fast
break.
Question Two
 Explain the affect each weakness had on your performance