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Canfield coach visits Hilltop first-graders
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.During a visit to Hilltop Elementary School April 8, Canfield High School head basketball coach Todd Muckleroy explained to first-graders that one of the most important skills in basketball is to stay low.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield High School head basketball coach Todd Muckleroy shared a laugh with Hilltop Elementary School first-grade students during a visit to their gym class to teach them some basic basketball skills.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Under the watchful eye of Canfield High School head basketball coach Todd Muckleroy, Hilltop Elementary School fist-graders tried out the basketball skills he just taught them during their gym class..
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.At the request of Linda Magyar, Hilltop Elementary School’s physical education teacher, back , Canfield High School head basketball coach Todd Muckleroy visited the school’s first-graders to teach them some basic basketball skills during gym class.
By ABBY SLANKER
Hilltop Elementary School first-graders recently welcomed Canfield High School head basketball coach Todd Muckleroy to their gym class with enthusiasm. At the request of Linda Magyar, Hilltop’s physical education teacher, Muckleroy visited the first-graders to teach them some basic basketball skills.
Magyar had just finished a unit on basketball with the students and wanted to give the children a chance to get some tips from a basketball coach. She thought of Muckleroy because his son, Zane, is in one of the first-grade classes.
According to Muckleroy, the most important basic basketball skills include keeping your elbow in when you shoot, staying low and the follow-through.
“Your follow-through is very important. I call it the ‘dead swan,’” Muckleroy told the first-graders.
Muckleroy also gave the students tips on layups and rebounds and then split the students into groups to let them shoot. He also had the students perform a dribbling drill by dribbling the ball to a line with their right hand and then dribbling back to the starting point with their left hand.
“This is not a speed drill. It’s a ‘control the ball drill,’” he told the students.
As class ended, the students left the gym with several helpful basketball tips and many first-grade budding basketball stars had stars in their eyes, both thanks to Muckleroy.