Detailed Lesson Plan in MAPEH 9

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:
a. understand the common hand signals in basketball;
b. appreciate the importance of hand signals in basketball officiating;
c. demonstrate the common hand signals in basketball.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Hand Signals in Basketball Officiating
Materials: Pictures, whistle, flash cards.

III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity
A. Daily Routine
Good morning class!

1. Prayer
Please all rise. May I call Jenny to lead Good morning ma’am!
the prayer. (students will stand)

Before you take your seats, kindly pick

up pieces of papers under your chairs (students will follow)
and arrange your chairs properly.

Very good. You may now take your seats.

2. Greetings
Good morning class! How are you today? Good morning ma’am!
We’re good ma’am!

3. Checking of
Attendance Before we start,
let’s check your attendance first.

Very good. You are all present today.

4. Review
Class, what was our topic last meeting? (students will raise their hand)

Yes, John. The 5 basic skills in basketball ma’am.

Great! Our last topic was about the 5

basic skills in basketball.

Now, anyone can give the 5 basic skills? Dribbling, shooting, passing,
rebounding, blocking
Yes, Vincent. ma’am.

Very good! Those are the 5 basic skills in

basketball dribbling, shooting, passing,
rebounding and blocking.
B. Motivation
Before we proceed to our lesson, I will
show you some pictures and observe (students are quietly obeserving)
carefully.
(show pictures)

Anyone, what have you observed?

Yes, Maria. Ma’am they are showing hand signals.

Very Good! Another?

Yes, Jessa. Referee is using hand signals to

communicate ma’am.

Great! Those pictures show that the

referee has an important role when it
comes to sports.

So, do you have any idea what would be Hand signals in basketball officiating
the topic that we are going to discuss this ma’am.
morning?

Yes! You are all right.

Okay class, are you ready to learn? Yes ma’am!

But kindly read first the objectives. (the students will read in chorus)
At the end of the lesson, the learners
will be able
a. understand the common
hand signals in basketball;

b. appreciate the importance of

hand signals in basketball
officiating;

c. demonstrate the common

hand signals in basketball.
C. Lesson Proper
Referee- an official supervising the play.
A person who is in charge of a sports and (students are listening)
watches closely to ensure that the rules
are followed.

That is why basketball referees use hand

signals to indicate certain fouls or
violations. Understanding these hand
signals can also help spectators
understand what’s going on during the
game.

There are a lot of different signals that (students are listening)

basketball referees use in the game.
Today you will learn the common hand
signals use for game clock, violation and
foul signals.

Game Clock Signals

These officiating basketball hand signals
are used to communicate between the
referee and the time keeper in order to (students are listening)
notify starting and stopping of the clock.

Start clock- Beginning with one hand

raise above head, the start of the clock is (students are listening)
indicated by dropping the raised hand
directly toward the floor.
Okay class this is the signal to start the Yes ma’am! (students perform start
clock. Now, can you show the start clock clock signal)
signal everyone?

Very good!

Stop clock- When the referee wants (students are listening)

to stop the clock, he raises one hand
and keeps it there.

This time, let’s perform stop clock signal (students follow)

class.

Good job!

Stop the clock for foul- clenched fist to

stop the clock for foul signal.

Okay class, for stop the clock for foul can (students show the stop the clock for
you show me? foul signal)

Violation Signals
A violation is breaking a rule as a result, (students are listening)
the other team is awarded possession of
the ball.

Travelling- when the ball handler takes

too many steps without dribbling the (students are listening)
ball, the referee will blow the whistle and
call travelling violation. The traveling
signal is made by the referee by making a
rolling or spinning motion with both of
his arms.
(students perform the travelling hand
Okay class, let’s demonstrate travelling signal)
hand signal.

Very good class!

Three Second Violation- a player shall

not remain in the opponent’s restricted (students are listening)
area for more than three consecutive
seconds while his/her team is in control
of live ball in the front court and game
clock running. To indicate that a player
has committed a three second violation
by having three fingers raised and the
hand makes swiping motion back and
forth a the side.

This time let’s demonstrate the hand ( students perform the hand signal for
signal for three second violation. three second violation )

Great!

Double or Illegal dribble- when the ball

handler dribbles with both hands at the
same time, that is double dribble. The (students are listening)
referee’s signal for an illegal dribble is to
do a dribbling motion with both of his
hands.
Class, this how to do double dribble (students perform double dribble
signal. Now, perform double dribble signal)
signal everyone.

Good job!

Palming or carrying the ball- carrying (students are listening)

happens when the ball handler either
palms the ball or tries to scoop
underneath it instead of dribbling
correctly. In order to signal a palming or
carrying violation, the referee will have
one hand at the side, flipped over from
palm up to palm down.

Class, did you get it? Can you show me Okay, ma’am! (students demonstrate
the hand signal for carrying the ball? the carrying the ball hand signal)

Alright!

Foul Signals

Hand check- when a defender limits an

offensive player with his hand, a hand (students are listening)
check call is made by the official. The
signal is an open hand in the air while
other hand grabs the wrist.

Okay, let’s demonstrate hand check (students follow)

signal class.

Very good!

Blocking foul- is an attempt by an

offensive player to stop a defender from (students are listening)
guarding the ball carrier. To make the
blocking call, the official will put both of
his hands on his hips.

Okay class, this how to do blocking foul

hand signal. Can you do it now? (students show how to do blocking foul
signal)
Pushing Foul- occurs when a defender
pushes an offensive player or bumps into
the body of an offensive player. To signal (students are listening)
a pushing foul, the official will have both
hands extended straight in front of him,
with his palms facing outward.
(students follow)
Let’s perform the pushing foul class.

Very good!

Charging- when the ball handler runs

over a defender who has set his feet and
has established position, the referee will (students are listening)
call a charging foul. To make a charging
foul call, the referee will
ghis one hand on the back of his head
and the other pointing in the opposite
direction of the play.
Class, this is charging foul signal. Okay
perform the charging foul signal (students perform charging foul signal)
everyone.

Alright!

Intentional foul- it involves excessive or

violent contact that could injure the (students are listening)
fouled player. To make the intentional
foul signal, the referee raises both arms
over his head and touches his wrists
together.

Okay class, let’s do it.

( students follow teacher)
Great!

Technical foul- a violation of certain

roles of the game not usually involving (students are listening)
physical contact, but often involving
unsportmanlike actions. To signal a
technical foul, the referee simply makes a
T with his hands.

Now, this is the technical foul signal.

Okay repeat after me. (students follow teacher)

Alright!

Double foul- If the two players have

committed a foul at the same time, the (students are listening)
referee will put both hands, in fists,
extended out towards the sides.

Let’s demonstrate double foul signal

class, can you do it? Yes ma’am! (students show the double
foul hand signal)

Very good! So, class those are the

common hand signals in basketball use
by referees. Did you understand our
lesson?

D. Application
This time I would like everybody (learners are listening to
to participate. Let’s see which the instruction)
group is ready to become a good
referee.

I’ll group you into three group

start counting from this side. (
left side)

Okay!

All group 1 please stand! Group 2

and group 3.
 MECHANICS
 Select one member in your
group as your as your
picker of the flash cards.
The rest will fall in line
from the shortest to tallest.
 I’ll count 1 to 10 make
it quick.
 The picker will blow the
whistle and show the first
card to the first player in the
line. The player will
demonstrate the given
charge correctly. The next
player will do the same.
Each group has 30 seconds
to perform, the group got a
high score wins the game
and would receive 10 ponts.

The game starts, on my cue, ready? 1, 2,

3, and go!
E. Generalization
So class! Are those hand signals Yes ma’am! Because they allow
important in basketball? players and coaches to understand the
call that was just made by the referee.

Yes! Exactly!

So, what is the important role of the He is an official supervising the play.
referee in sporty? A person who is in charge of a sports
and watches closely to ensure that
Very good! the rules are followed.

Another?

Yes, Marvin. He is use hand signals to indicate

certain fouls or violations. Hand
signals can help spectators
understand what’s going on during
the game.

Kevin, can you demonstrate the hand Okay ma’am. (Kevin demonstrates
signal for travelling? travelling signal)

How about start clock signal, can you

show us?
Okay ma’am. (Leslie demonstrates
Yes, Leslie. the start clock signal.)
F. Evaluation
Get ¼ sheet of paper. Number
your paper 1-5. Erasure in every
number is considered wrong.

Direction: Identify the hands

signal that I will perform. (learners are watching and answering)

G. Assignment
Explain the benefits of playing (students are taking down notes)
basketball in 3-5 sentences on a
clean sheet of paper.