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Lesson 1: Introduction to Badminton

Introductory Activity: While the equipment is being set up, have students hit the birdie to themselves with their hand or with the racket

-Instruct students to move individually in a circle around a spot on the ground

Educational Themes: spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination

3 tasks

•Introduce the sport of badminton to the students. Ask if they have played before. Explain what activities they will be doing throughout the lesson and unit

•Students play a castle game in partners centered around a spot, holding their rackets by the head, rather than the handle

•Students spread out 5-10 feet away from their partner as they improve at the castle game.

Culminating Activity: Choose a student who was performing well, ask them if we can make an example of them. Student demonstrates their ability. Class reviews what the student did well.

Lesson 2: Concept & Skill Development

Introductory Activity: One student uses an underhand throw over the net to the other student who will hit it back to their partner with a racket. Students repeat this 10 times and then switch roles.

Educational Themes: spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination

3 tasks:

•Have the thrower aim for more difficult areas so that the receiver has to move around more and use the whole court

•Students review how to hold the racket and why

•Students demonstrate the “cue”: ready position with their racket up and a base position

Culminating Activity: 

Review skills learned, and skills practiced. Explain lesson progression and what will be covered next class (serving techniques).

Lesson 3: Serving

Introductory Activity: Students will volley with each other using any technique. Students should be approximately 10 feet apart.

Educational Themes: Spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, off the ball movements, on the ball movements

3 tasks

•Students will serve the shuttlecocks into an area 15 feet away designated by plastic buckets and self-test for accuracy.

•Teacher will demonstrate how to toss and clear the shuttlecock over the net by using different striking techniques. These include overhand, underhand, backhand, forehand

•Students will practice these techniques with a partner allowing the shuttlecock to land so they can self-test their accuracy

Culminating Activity: Review and discuss the activities performed during the lesson, and explain to the students that the unit will continue and become increasingly skill-based, leading to full games.

Lesson 4: Serving Continued

Introductory Activity: Give the students practice time at the beginning of the lesson, in pairs or individually.

Motor Skills/Theme: Spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, off the ball movements, on the ball movements

3 tasks 

•Students learn and review cues for underhand serve-stagger stance, elbow close to body, hold shuttlecock by the neck then drop, strike shuttlecock below waist, flick wrist, rotate forearm, follow through.

•Students practice serving into a designated area

•In pairs students will serve the shuttlecock into a short area and then into a long area designated by spots

Culminating Activity: Review proper grip for both backhand and forehand. Have students show their ready/base position before they can take down equipment and leave.

Unit Objectives:

Active Lifestyle

•(A1) Relate the effects of regular participation in a variety of types of physical activities to quality of life (e.g., stress reduction, prevents the onset of certain diseases, increased overall physical and emotional health)

Movement

•(B1) Apply learned movement skills in new and unfamiliar physical activities

•(B2) Demonstrate proper technique to send and receive objects with accuracy, distance, and control in unpredictable settings (e.g., kick an object varying distances, intercept an object from an opponent pass an object to a moving partner)

•(B3) Perform sequences using learned non-locomotor, locomotor, and manipulative movement skills, demonstrating effective use of qualities of movement (e.g. speed, force, flow)

Personal & Social responsibility

•(C1) Apply safe procedures for specific physical activities

•(C2) Model fair play in all aspects of physical activity

•(C3) Model leadership in creating a positive climate for physical activity (e.g. mentoring, organizing, coaching)

Lesson 5: Learning Strokes

Introductory Activity: Teacher will demonstrate to the students how to toss and clear the shuttlecock over the net by using different striking techniques. 

Motor Skills/Theme: spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, off the ball movements, on the ball movements

4 tasks 

•Students will then be introduced to the learning cues for the underhand stroke and practice with a partner (wrist cocked, snap wrist, rotate forearm, follow through)

•Students will then be introduced to the learning cues for the overhand stroke and practice with a partner (get under shuttlecock, extend racket toward ceiling, contact at highest point, snap wrist)

•Students will then be introduced to the learning cues for the forehand stroke and practice with a partner (racket back to side, wrist cocked, extend arm, racket face up)

•Students will then be introduced to the learning cues for the backhand stroke and practice with a partner (rotate racket slightly, feet and shoulders turn to opposite side, snap wrist)

Culminating Activity: Discuss why snapping one’s wrist is essential to each of the strokes. When students show a level of success and control, allow them to volley the shuttlecock back and forth. Remind them to respect the space of those around them.

Lesson 7: King of the Court

Introductory Activity: Students pair up and volley to warm up

Motor Skills/Theme: spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, off the ball movements, on the ball movements
3 tasks 

•Students will be evaluated on the number of times they can keep the volley going

•Students will be expected to show the knowledge gained from the previous 4 lessons.

•Students will play short games using a “King of the Court” model, switching courts every 5-8 minutes based on their score when the teacher blows the whistle

Culminating Activity: Review score-keeping. Review the types of cues, serves, and strokes used. Students set goals for the next game day.

Lesson 8: Grand Finale

Introductory Activity: Students pair up and volley to warm up

Motor Skills/Theme: spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, off the ball movements, on the ball movements
3 tasks 

•During game play students will be assessed and evaluated on the short and long serve.

•During game play students will be assessed on the types of cues, serves, and strokes that they use. They will also have to display their knowledge of score-keeping.

•Students will complete a written test which will consist of material taught in the first 7 lessons

Culminating Activity: Teacher asks for feedback and the class reviews what was memorable learning in the unit. The teacher will remind students to take the badminton skills that they have learned and use them in the future to promote physical fitness and to promote social and recreational wellness.

Lesson 6: Deep Clear, Smash Shot & Drop Shot

Introductory Activity: Review the cues for the different striking techniques. Have a few students stand up and demonstrate. Then inform students they will learn the cues for the deep clear, smash shot and the drop shot.

Motor Skills/Theme: spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, off the ball movements, on the ball movements

3 tasks 

•Review the learning cues for the underhand serve and the cues for the striking techniques.

•Students serve and clear with a partner. The server will serve and the partner will clear the shuttlecock back to server who will let it drop. Each will serve 5 times rotating until teacher calls time.

•Students practice with a partner the deep clear. The teacher will stress that once a student strikes the shuttlecock he/she will move up closer in order for the other student to hit the deep clear.

•Students practice the smash and drop shot. One partner will serve and the other partner will hit it back over the net to set their partner up for the smash or drop shot. Each will take 5 turns apiece rotating until the teacher calls time.

Culminating Activity: The teacher then will review the cues for the serve and the different striking techniques that were taught. The teacher and students should demonstrate the skills with the cues.

An introduction to the rules, skills, tactics, strategies, methods of analysis and instruction of badminton. The successful candidate will demonstrate:

   1. A basic proficiency in the fundamental skills of badminton.

   2. An understanding of the basic strategies utilized in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

   3. Knowledge of the rules of badminton as a spectator, player and umpire.

   4. Knowledge of scoring techniques and tournament play.

   5. The ability to break down, analyze and understand fundamental stroke mechanics.

   6. The ability to teach all basic skills required in badminton.