TENNIS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Criteria in five sections with weighting in brackets:
 
        1. Assessment Criteria for the Tactics and Game Situation (15%)
        2. Assessment Criteria for the Drives (10%)
        3. Assessment Criteria for the Service (10%)
        4. Assessment Criteria for the Volley (8%)
        5. Assessment Criteria for Specialty Shots (7%)
Executive summary of criteria without teaching cues
 

Key ideas and terms used in the criterion referenced assessment process

Ball sense Application - A natural reaction to moving ball in order to perform a skill.

Criterion Referenced - Reference an individual’s performance to a criterion. That is, a criterion-referenced test is used to ascertain an individual’s status with regard to a well-defined behaviour domain.

Criterion Related Validity - The assessment attempts to predict a person’s performance in a subsequent situation from the individual’s performance in a test. The situation relates to playing in a game of tennis, the test being used to isolate the skill under consideration.

Feed: A cooperatively fed ball from one player to another. The feed allows the hitting player to practice on a particular skill.

Fundamentals of Tennis.

Basic elements contained in each shot:
 
Phases of a skill 
Key points within phases of a skill
  • Preparation
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  • Watch the ball and balance
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  • Wind-up
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  • Racquet Preparation
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  • Force generation
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  • Swing and ball contact with racquet strings
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  • Follow-through
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  • Recovery
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     General principles of play progression

    Pressing Zones
    Approximately the two metre square in the left and right corner of the court.

    Spatial Awareness
    Awareness of the ball in relation to space.