Year 11 - Physical education
Doubles play in table tennis
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 work with a partner to play doubles in table tennis.
Key Notes
- Move: stepping aside after hitting the ball gives your partner space to play their shot.
- Think: taking turns to hit the ball demonstrates you're following the correct rules.
- Feel: getting into a rhythm with your partner increases confidence.
- Connect: demonstrating communication through a shared goal is key to effective teamwork and success in a game.
Vocabulary To Learn
- doubles: playing as a pair to form a team partnership
- alternate shots: each player on a team must take turns hitting the ball during a rally, so that both partners are involved in every point
- positioning: moving effectively to give your partner space to hit the ball
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- In doubles, players should stand on the left and right and just hit the ball on their side (like tennis or badminton).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: stepping aside after hitting the ball gives your partner space to play their shot. Think: taking turns to hit the ball demonstrates you're following the correct rules.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'doubles'
playing as a pair to form a team partnership.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: In doubles, players should stand on the left and right and just hit the ball on their side (like tennis or badminton). Correction: In doubles in table tennis, players have to hit alternate shots which means once you have hit the ball, you need to move out of the way so your partner can hit the next shot. Just standing on sides will make it difficult to play alternate shots.
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