BLA SSCO B'BALL - NEW COMPETITION FORMAT

Bay Leadership Academy SSCO School's were invited to compete in a competiton with a twist.  Based on the  YST Principles of Competition (on your School Games Dashboard), particuarly number 2: The focus on the process rather than the outcome (on the learning and values development of the young person rather than the result).  We manipulated the competition parametres to highlight and award effort, not only in matches, but individually and as a team during various fun skills activities and challenges.

I invited BLA SSCO schools to a Year 3/4 Basketball festival, with several changes:

• Teachers selected pupils with limited basketball experience.
• The event was a mixture of basketball skills, delivered by BLA Sports Leaders, friendly matches and timed Skills Challenges.  Teams scored points on the various activities.
• Teams scored points based on the effort they put in on the leaders actvities.
•  During the matches, teams score 1 point for hitting the backboard, 2 points for hitting the ring and 3 points for scoring a basket.  It did not matter what the score was.
• Teams scored points for successfully completing the timed challenges in dribbling, shooting and passing.

Special thanks to the staff from Sandylands, Grosvenor Park, Mossgate, Overton, St Peters, Westgate, West End, Slyne with Hest and Bolton le Sands.  Your feedback was invaluable.