5 minutes
- Knee Tag
- Stay low, knees bent
- Fake and make quick movements
- Extention: one arm behind the back
30 minutes
Each pair should have 5 birdies
Each partner stands opposite on the court and then serves back and forth betwen each other Development
- Long serve in pairs
- Short serves in pairs
- Pair up with the opposite sex
- Serve to diagonally opposite court
- Contact the birdie below the waist
- Your swing should be smooth and include a follow through
- 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
15 minutes
- Doubles Team Play
- Stay in partners of the opposite sex
- Aim for rallying as opposed to point scoring
- Practice different serving styles and see which works best in different situations
- Use appropriate rules and lines according to proper doubles
play
5 minutes
- Written test on Tuesday about rules and lines of the court
- Serving test (10 tries to make as many complete serves as possible)
- Short serves in hula hoops
- Long serves between the end lines
- Which serving style works best in which situations?
- What are some key points of the short serve and why?
- What are 2 rules about serving?
- What side of the opposing players body is it better to serve
to and why?
- After all the equipment is put away
- Have all the students sitting down in front of us
- Ask open ended questions
- Ask if there is any feedback or questions they may have
- How did the lesson go?
- What could be improved for next lesson?
- Any possible review topic for next time?
