Activity
Exploring Short Implements
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 3
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 4
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 4
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 5
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 5
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 6
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 6
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 7
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 7
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 8
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 9
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 9
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 10
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 10
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 11
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 11
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 12
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Tennis
Technique: Striking
Class: Class 12
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Table Tennis
Technique: Striking
Exploring Short Implements
Learning Outcomes
Bouncing, balancing, and striking a ball with a bat/racquet, space awareness, (levels and pathways), and relationships.
Description Of Activity
In a denied hard area, children spread out with a ball and racquet/bat each.
Put the racquet on the ground and pick it up
Balance the ball on one side of the racquet
Balance the ball and move around
Without changing grip, balance the ball on the other side of the racquet
Hit the ball up to head height with palm up/down, then alternating palm up/down try the above with the other hand
Hit the ball up moving forwards/backward/sideways/along specified lines and in a circle
Hit the ball up 10 times without letting it hit the ground and use the racquet to bounce the ball on the ground standing still/running
In pairs
Continue the above alternating forehand and backhand
Drop the ball and hit it a short distance for your partner to catch
Drop the ball and hit it to bounce to your partner
Hit the ball backward and forwards with a partner and a wall and take alternate hits against it
Hit the ball backward and forwards over a net/bench/rope
Continue the above while facing side on to the direction of your hit
Continue the above alternating forehand and backhand
Variations
Try different racquets, bats, balls, and shuttlecocks, modifying activities to suit.
Equipment/Material Required
Racquets, padded tennis bats, small balls/balloons, hoops.