Developing Ball Handling Skills

Students in grades Kindergaten and Second Grade are working on
developing skills related to gross motor and fine motor skills.
The gross motor skills are similar to ball handling:
Catching, Dribbling, Bouncing, Throwing, and Shooting

These are what I consider foundational skills to build confidence
and gross motor skills that lead up to increased eye and hand
coordination.

Fine motor skills are more focused with finger and hand manipulation.
They are more specific in design and execution.
I like to combine each into developmental lessons that
are in stations or centers.

Stations include:
Placing milk crates about the multipurpose room
and allowing students to shoot different balls / materials
into the crates.
Stations are:
1. Bean Bags
2. Tennis Balls
3. Smaller 9" basketballs
4. Regulation size basketballs
5. Shuttlecocks

Each requires a different kind of force execution
so the students even as young as Kindergarten can
learn that balls and other materials require not just
force, but finesse.

I incorporate the word "finesse" into the lesson
and use visual examples.