Year 7 - Physical education
Forehands, backhands and volleys in action
Net and wall games: maintain and win a rally through pickleball
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This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Unit Summary
This unit will explore basic skills to start, maintain and win a rally in racket sports. Pupils will learn the specific rules to pickleball and develop persistence when improving racket skills to play in pairs. They will also work on observation skills to officiate and improve performance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to hit forehands, backhands and volleys.
Key Notes
- Move: sidestepping is a good way to move back and forth across the baseline.
- Move: it is more effective to hit forehands on your dominant side and backhands across your body than to run around.
- Think: hip and shoulder rotation combined with weight transfer forwards into the ball adds power.
- Feel: listening to feedback from others demonstrates self-belief.
- Connect: actively contributing and remaining engaged in group activities improves cohesion.
Vocabulary To Learn
- forehand: a shot made by swinging on the same side of your body as your dominant hand; the right side for right-handed players.
- backhand: a shot made by swinging the racket across your body. For right-handed players this means swinging on the left side.
- volley: hitting the ball before it bounces.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think they need to swing hard at volleys.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: sidestepping is a good way to move back and forth across the baseline. Move: it is more effective to hit forehands on your dominant side and backhands across your body than to run around.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'forehand'
a shot made by swinging on the same side of your body as your dominant hand; the right side for right-handed players.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think they need to swing hard at volleys. Correction: When approaching the net to volley you already have momentum moving forwards into the ball which adds power so a more effective technique is to block and sometimes even cushion the pace out of the ball whilst angling it back over the net.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A movement focus on the ready position, split step and returning to the middle Study Guide
- Ball familiarisation and battleships serving Study Guide
- Cooperating to build the longest rally Study Guide
- Outwitting your opponents to win a point Study Guide
- Playing games, keeping score and competing fairly Study Guide
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