Year 10 - Physical education
Working in pairs to workout and win
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 work effectively with a partner to communicate and cover the court.
Key Notes
- Move: reactions are sped up by performing a split step as the opponent hits the ball.
- Move: covering the court effectively requires applying advanced speed, reaction time, agility, balance and coordination.
- Think: applying advanced speed, reaction time, agility, balance and coordination are essential for success.
- Feel: established pairings have a strong sense of belonging and demonstrate self-motivation to work hard throughout.
- Connect: when the ball is hit down the middle, effective communication is essential to decide who is best to hit it.
Vocabulary To Learn
- communication: exchanging information between players, coaches and officials via verbal and non-verbal means
- poaching: the net player moves across to hit a shot intended for their partner
- decision making: the process of selecting the best course of action from multiple options
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils choose to play with one player at the net and their partner at the back of the court.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: reactions are sped up by performing a split step as the opponent hits the ball. Move: covering the court effectively requires applying advanced speed, reaction time, agility, balance and coordination.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'communication'
exchanging information between players, coaches and officials via verbal and non-verbal means.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils choose to play with one player at the net and their partner at the back of the court. Correction: Splitting front and back leaves a huge gap diagonally through your court that the opposition can exploit.
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