Year 5 - Physical education
Controlling the game from the serve
Net and wall games: tactics to overcome an opponent through tennis
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Unit Summary
This unit will challenge pupils to apply their prior learning of hitting the ball into space and develop their motor competence to perform these skills through tennis. Pupils will develop their ability to serve and to volley, and enjoy applying these skills accurately and consistently in games.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to control the game from the start by thinking about how and where to accurately serve the ball underarm.
Key Notes
- Move: to serve, after one bounce, swing the racket back waist height and aim for the opposite side of the court or wall.
- Move: quality serves require us to aim for the corners of the service box so our opponent must move to return the ball.
- Think: evaluating our serving technique helps to identify strengths and weakness to improve our performance.
- Feel: trying to improve the accuracy of our serve by practising demonstrates self motivation.
- Connect: encouraging others when they find serving difficult shows you understand the importance of being respectful.
Vocabulary To Learn
- serve: a player hits the ball towards the opponent to start a rally
- aim: pointing or looking at something you want to hit or reach
- return: hitting the ball back into play after our opponent has served
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may struggle to co-ordinate, letting the ball bounce before serving underarm. Pupils struggle to aim diagonally across the court into the service box.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to serve, after one bounce, swing the racket back waist height and aim for the opposite side of the court or wall. Move: quality serves require us to aim for the corners of the service box so our opponent must move to return the ball.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'serve'
a player hits the ball towards the opponent to start a rally.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may struggle to co-ordinate, letting the ball bounce before serving underarm. Pupils struggle to aim diagonally across the court into the service box. Correction: Make sure pupils are bouncing the ball in front and to the side of their body and that they are stood side on to help them make contact with the serve. Pupils need to make sure their feet are lined up correctly to help them aim diagonally.
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