Year 10 - Physical education
Serves, returns, sprinting and sweating
Health and wellbeing: cardio tennis
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' understanding of a variety of ways to have fun whilst improving personal health and fitness. Their movement skills and cardiovascular endurance will improve whilst engaging in tennis based exercises.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to hit shots with power and adjust court position quickly to capitalise on opportunities.
Key Notes
- Move: overarm serves generate power from a full swing, wrist snap and body weight transferring forwards into the shot.
- Move: fast leg acceleration and deceleration enable balls to be hit whilst stationary improving accuracy and control.
- Think: overarm serves require careful timing to strike the ball overhead and slightly in front of the body.
- Feel: getting the timing right for consistent and powerful serves is a rewarding feeling.
- Connect: helping teammates to find their rhythm and have success requires supportive comments.
Vocabulary To Learn
- serve: the shot that puts the ball into play at the start of a point
- return: hitting the ball back after a serve
- sprint: a run over a short distance that requires maximum effort and speed
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think it is not cool to sweat or that it shows they are working too hard or are unfit.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: overarm serves generate power from a full swing, wrist snap and body weight transferring forwards into the shot. Move: fast leg acceleration and deceleration enable balls to be hit whilst stationary improving accuracy and control.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'serve'
the shot that puts the ball into play at the start of a point.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think it is not cool to sweat or that it shows they are working too hard or are unfit. Correction: The sweating response is essential to homeostasis and keeping your core body temperature stable. An increased sweating response is actually an indicator of better aerobic fitness and is required when seeking a cardiovascular benefit from training.
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