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Band Basketball

This is basically a way to set up a rhythm-learning activity with "Paper-Ball" basketball as a way to get more points. Effective for medium to smaller classes. Larger classes need teams.

Click the PDF below for the complete instructions.

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Band Basketball.pdf, 10 KB

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Permalink Reply by Sherry F. Whisnant on March 28, 2009 at 11:52am

Great idea....this is the kind of stuff I need to read about....Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Kelly McKinney on September 8, 2011 at 12:32pm

Hey! I did this last Friday with my intermediate band students. They had a great time!

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on September 13, 2011 at 7:21am

Gotta go for 3 points!

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Permalink Reply by Karin Llyr on April 23, 2012 at 1:08am

Awesome idea to get some informal assessment too.

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on April 23, 2012 at 8:01am

In Florida we have high-stakes testing known as FCAT and after FCAT testing (lasts about a week) traditional band rehearsals "can" work but an activity like this usually is a structured activity that they enjoy as opposed to just going outside. (Run Forest, run...)