Year 5 - Physical education
Develop forehand (underarm shots) using rackets
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 play forehand shots with control and can hit the ball into the channels to create space and win points.
Key Notes
- Move: hitting the ball accurately into space with a forehand shot increases our chance of scoring a point.
- Move: being ready on our toes and looking at our opponent helps us to prepare to hit a forehand shot into space.
- Think: good decision making and looking for spaces on court shows we understand where to hit the forehand shot.
- Feel: being determined to improve and wanting to practise our forehand shot shows excellent self motivation.
- Connect: being respectful of the rules and always playing fairly within a game is really important.
Vocabulary To Learn
- space: an open area where your opponent isn't standing
- opponent: a person or team we are playing against in a game situation
- scoring: winning points in a game situation
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils are gaining points when they hit the ball into channels. This is only to practice creating space and pupils may think they score points in a game of tennis if they hit the ball into a channel.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: hitting the ball accurately into space with a forehand shot increases our chance of scoring a point. Move: being ready on our toes and looking at our opponent helps us to prepare to hit a forehand shot into space.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'space'
an open area where your opponent isn't standing.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils are gaining points when they hit the ball into channels. This is only to practice creating space and pupils may think they score points in a game of tennis if they hit the ball into a channel. Correction: It is important to provide pupils with the context of why they are aiming for channels to try and create space within the rally so they attempt to aim for one channel and then the other to move their opponent.
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