Block Plan

Block Plan

Lesson	Review Skills and Concepts	New Skills and Concepts	Major Teaching Points	Organization: Teaching Strategies/Style
One	Rules Service	Lines on the Court	Lines Rules	Birdie keep up --warm-up (Practice Style) Rules (Command Style) Learning the Lines (Reciprocal Style) Game (Co-ed pairs play other co-ed pairs)
Two	Backhand Clear Serving Rules	Short Serve Long Serve	The birdie should have a high trajectory Aim for the long service line and the end line Low Serve (about 1 foot or lower above the net) Very little follow through Short stroke of the bird	Bean bag toss --warm-up (Command Style) Pair up with opposite sex Demonstration of Short Serve (Practice Style) Demonstration of Long Serve (Practice Style) Game (Practice Style)
Three	Written test about rules and lines of the court Test on short serve and long serve	Not applicable	Each student gets 10 serves to try and get the birdie in the hula hoop for short serves and between the end lines for the long serve	Castle game -- warm-up (Practice Style) Written test Serving assessment Game play while assessment is going on
Four	Forehand Backhand Smash	Net shots Overhead slice	Lunge position Arm straight at contact Racquet at height of net Hit birdie so it goes only slightly above the height of the net Hit birdie by coming overtop of it slightly Contact birdie slightly behind head Transfer weight from back foot to front foot during swing	Line tag -- warm-up (Command Style Stations (Inclution Style) Forehand clear Backhand clear Overhead slice Smash Net shots 3. Doubles game
Five	Net shots	Forehand/Backhand tumbling net shot	Be in a lunge position with an extended racquet arm Hit and land at the same time Make sure racquet foot is forward	Balance relay -- warm-up (Command Style) Net Shots (Reciprocal Style) Tournament Ladder
Six	Previous strategies that they have learned about doubles	Doubles strategies	Smash to the center of the court Lift the birdie to the corners of the court Use side-to-side for defense Use up-and-down for offence	Card-circuit training -- warm-up (Inclusion Style) Doubles Strategy (Divergent Discovery Style) Tournament Ladder
Seven	Backhand tumbling net shot Overhead smash Backhand short serve	Reverse Smash Spinning 'J' net shot	Inside edge of the racquet leads Greater the angle, the greater amount of slice Excellent deceptive stroke Do not use an upward hitting motion Do not make a 'U' motion instead of a 'J' motion Contact birdie at chest height Hit and land at the same time	Knee-slap -- warm-up (Practice Style) Task Cards (Reciprocal Style) Tournament Ladder
Eight	Doubles strategies	Round robin tournament style ABCD tournament	Plus: good participation Plus: Eliminates the "luck of the draw" Minus: Time intensive Minus: Lots of work to run this Plus: High number of 'peer' matches Plus: Lots of match play Minus: Lots of set-up time Minus: Need lots of courts	Ship game -- warm-up (Command Style) Practical Assessment of doubles strategy Ladder Tournament
Nine	All attacking options (smash, net shots, slice)	Not applicable	For assessment of smash, feed 10 birdies to each student and see that they have the proper technique to hit the birdie, not so much the actual hit and placement at the end	Badminton golf -- warm-up (Practice Style) Assessment of general attacking and defense skills Ladder Tournament
Ten	Doubles team play and serving	Not applicable	Watch the students and get a general feel for their use of what they have learned this unit and see that they are making correct decisions in the games	Reaction game -- warm-up (Command Style) Final Ladder Tournament, determine the Grand Champion Doubles Team!