Year 8 - Physical education
Effective court movement and strategic thinking through throw badminton
Net and wall games: technical proficiency and problem solving through badminton
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Unit Summary
This unit will apply hand-eye coordination and racket skills to badminton with a focus on problem solving to win points and increasing proficiency with serves, clears and smashes. Pupils will also develop their ability to analyse performances to identify strengths and weaknesses.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to move quickly and with precision to cover the court well.
Key Notes
- Move: lunging around the court and back to the middle makes it easier to win points.
- Think: returning the ball/shuttle quickly and into space reduces your opponent's time to recover from the last shot.
- Think: easy points can be won by leaving the ball/shuttle when it is going out.
- Feel: commitment to play by the rules requires self-motivation and will make games more enjoyable.
- Connect: supporting one another to progress requires being respectful and giving feedback kindly.
Vocabulary To Learn
- precision: being calculated and accurate
- strategies: a plan of action to achieve an overall aim
- flight: the path of the ball/shuttlecock in the air
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils use short steps and run through as they hit the shuttle which leaves them out of position for the next shot.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: lunging around the court and back to the middle makes it easier to win points. Think: returning the ball/shuttle quickly and into space reduces your opponent's time to recover from the last shot.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'precision'
being calculated and accurate.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils use short steps and run through as they hit the shuttle which leaves them out of position for the next shot. Correction: Using long lunges and recovering back to the middle of the court quickly between each shot reduces the space and options available to your opposition.
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