Year 5 - Physical education
Introduce backhand shots with a racket
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 a backhand shot using a tennis racket and understand when and where to play a backhand shot in a game.
Key Notes
- Move: When hitting a backhand shot, the dominant hand should be at the bottom of the grip and the other hand above.
- Move: tracking the ball is important so we can move our feet quickly to play a forehand or backhand shot into space.
- Think: it is important to aim for space on the court to increase our chances of scoring more points than our opponent.
- Feel: trying our best even if we find the backhand technique difficult demonstrates excellent self-motivation.
- Connect: listening to feedback and congratulating our opponents when they win a point shows that we are respectful.
Vocabulary To Learn
- backhand: when you hit a ball with a racket with your arm across your body and the back of your hand facing the ball
- space: an open area where your opponent isn't standing
- aim: pointing or looking at something you want to hit or reach
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may switch hands if the ball is hit towards their backhand side rather than using two hands on the racket to hit the ball. Pupils may place their dominant hand at the top of the racket handle.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: When hitting a backhand shot, the dominant hand should be at the bottom of the grip and the other hand above. Move: tracking the ball is important so we can move our feet quickly to play a forehand or backhand shot into space.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'backhand'
when you hit a ball with a racket with your arm across your body and the back of your hand facing the ball.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may switch hands if the ball is hit towards their backhand side rather than using two hands on the racket to hit the ball. Pupils may place their dominant hand at the top of the racket handle. Correction: Pupils should keep their dominant hand at the bottom of the racket handle for control and place their non dominant hand at the top to play a backhand shot with both hands on the grip. Explain that the hand at the bottom provides the control.
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