Year 9 - Physical education
Basic strokes and gameplay
Net and wall games: overcome opponents in tennis challenges
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Unit Summary
This unit will provide pupils with the opportunity to transfer their hand-eye coordination and racket skills to tennis through a range of court games that develop skills further and introduce tennis specific rules, scoring and tactics. Pupils will be challenged to play by the rules.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to keep a rally going in the service box.
Key Notes
- Move: gentle strokes with a short backswing and follow through improves accuracy.
- Move: the ready position is assumed quickly between shots to make it quicker to respond to the next shot.
- Think: knowing control is more important than power but topspin helps keep the ball down in the court increases success.
- Feel: challenging yourself to be consistent and avoid mistakes requires self-discipline.
- Connect: cooperation with others is required to maintain a consistent rally.
Vocabulary To Learn
- ground stroke: a shot hit after the ball has bounced, either on the forehand or backhand
- topspin: a shot that puts forward rotation on the ball by hitting from low to high
- slice: a shot that puts backspin on the ball by hitting from high to low
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils rush to play full court from the baseline before they have the racket skills to direct the ball accurately and keep a rally going.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: gentle strokes with a short backswing and follow through improves accuracy. Move: the ready position is assumed quickly between shots to make it quicker to respond to the next shot.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'ground stroke'
a shot hit after the ball has bounced, either on the forehand or backhand.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils rush to play full court from the baseline before they have the racket skills to direct the ball accurately and keep a rally going. Correction: Tennis can be a frustrating game with a lot of fetching mis-hit balls. It is best to start slow and build your confidence with racket familiarisation and close touch control before building in more power to your shots.
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