Year 7 - Physical education
Outwitting your opponents to win a point
Net and wall games: maintain and win a rally through pickleball
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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 select the right shots to dominate rallies and win points.
Key Notes
- Move: hitting the ball away from your opponent increases winning opportunities.
- Think: hitting into space or at your opponent's backhand increases winning opportunities.
- Think: if you win the point then you serve the next point.
- Feel: to win points you need to have self-belief and play to your strengths.
- Connect: handling disagreements constructively requires you to find fair solutions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- cross-court: hitting diagonally across the net
- dink: a soft shot that lands just over the net in the opponent's "kitchen"
- slice/chop: a shot with backspin
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think the best way to win is to hit ithe ball harder.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: hitting the ball away from your opponent increases winning opportunities. Think: hitting into space or at your opponent's backhand increases winning opportunities.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'cross-court'
hitting diagonally across the net.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think the best way to win is to hit ithe ball harder. Correction: Sometimes just keeping the ball in and waiting for your opposition to make a mistake is the best way to win points, but it is also helpful to disrupt the rhythm by varying pace/spin, breaking the angle or using disguise to wrong foot your opposition.
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
- Forehands, backhands and volleys in action Study Guide
- Playing games, keeping score and competing fairly Study Guide
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