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Year 10 - Physical education

Badminton practical assessment

Non-examined assessment: badminton practical

Unit Summary

This unit provides pupils with the knowledge and opportunity to replicate skills in isolation and in performance scenarios in badminton. As a popular individual and team sport offered by many pupils it will cover serving, footwork, forehand and backhand shot selection, as well as competition rules.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to apply the full rules and appropriate tactics to perform in a competitive singles/doubles game.

Key Notes

  • Move: performing a serve, clear, smash and then playing out the point illustrates competence in a range of shots.
  • Move: performing touch shots requires control and precision.
  • Think: hitting different shots requires adjustments to body position to ensure a sideways position to generate power.
  • Feel: confidence is required to demonstrate a full range of shots.
  • Connect: calling the score clearly between every point helps ensure the game is played fairly.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • delay: making someone wait
  • singles: playing as an individual
  • doubles: playing as a pair to form a team partnership

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • There is no advantage to delaying your shot when playing a compeititve game.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: performing a serve, clear, smash and then playing out the point illustrates competence in a range of shots. Move: performing touch shots requires control and precision.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'delay'

making someone wait.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: There is no advantage to delaying your shot when playing a compeititve game. Correction: Delaying your shot can be effective at wrong footing your opponent.

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