Year 9 - Physical education
Ladder competition
Net and wall games: understand effective performance in badminton
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Unit Summary
This unit will provide pupils with the opportunity to show commitment to developing their badminton skills further in both singles and doubles play. Pupils will also refine their skills at officiating, analysing performance and organising a fair competition.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to play a tournament and reflect on the performance of myself and others.
Key Notes
- Move: lifting onto your toes between shots speeds up reactions.
- Move: hitting the shuttle away from the better opponent requires consistent accuracy and control.
- Think: playing defensively and waiting for your opponent to make a mistake is an effective strategy.
- Feel: persevering despite the challenges shows resolve.
- Connect: working effectively as a team is achieved by supporting, motivating and encouraging each other.
Vocabulary To Learn
- exploit: identify and consistently target a weakness
- balancing competition: ensuring competitors are evenly matched to reduce the risk of injury in contact sports and improve enjoyment through fairer match ups
- ladder competition: an ongoing competition where players are ranked in a list based on performance, with highest at the top
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils instinctively want to work with their best friend and/or the 'best' partner.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: lifting onto your toes between shots speeds up reactions. Move: hitting the shuttle away from the better opponent requires consistent accuracy and control.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'exploit'
identify and consistently target a weakness.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils instinctively want to work with their best friend and/or the 'best' partner. Correction: When playing matches, it's fulfilling when a competition is balanced and offers an equal chance of winning. To achieve this, pair up pupils based on current performance levels or agree a number of starting points to give to one of the people/teams.
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