Year 11 - Physical education
Deception
Net and wall games: teaching others tactics and strategies in table tennis
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop core skills required for table tennis and transfer ideas, tactics and strategies from other racket sports. Pupils will focus on fair play and learn about a variety of ways to organise tournaments to help balance competition.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use deception to outwit your opponent.
Key Notes
- Move: throwing the ball higher in the air when serving gives you time to disguise your shot.
- Move: a large backswing can be used to disguise a drop shot.
- Think: delaying your short or winding up a big backswing before hitting softly can confuse your opponent
- Feel: practicing hitting more complex serves with accuracy builds confidence and resilience.
- Connect: giving honest feedback helps your partner understand what's working and where they can improve.
Vocabulary To Learn
- deception: seeking to fake, hide or delay movement information to impair the perception of the opposition
- high toss service: when the serve is thrown 5-6 foot in the air
- wrong foot: a term used when a player uses deception to get their opponent to move the wrong way
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think that deception is only about tricking your opponent with flashy shots (e.g. through the legs).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: throwing the ball higher in the air when serving gives you time to disguise your shot. Move: a large backswing can be used to disguise a drop shot.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'deception'
seeking to fake, hide or delay movement information to impair the perception of the opposition.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think that deception is only about tricking your opponent with flashy shots (e.g. through the legs). Correction: Effective deception is about subtle changes in timing, swing and shot placement. It doesn't always require exaggerated fakes - small delays or slight adjustments can be just as effective in disrupting your opponent's rhythm.
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