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Week #2: Tennis Lesson Plan 10 - Friday
Tennis Unit Plan
Week #3: Tennis Lesson Plan 12 - Tuesday

Week #3: Tennis Lesson Plan 11 - Monday

EQUIPMENT:

  • 2 Tennis balls per student
  • 12 Hoops per court available
  • 1 Tennis racquet per student
  • Tennis rules handout: 1 per student
  • Cookie Jar Cards
  • Music for Fitness Cookie Jar Exchange

OUTCOMES: 

The student will:

  1. Participate in “In the Hoop” to improve agility, eye-hand coordination, and warm-up the body.
  2. Participate in Fitness Cookie Jar Exchange to improve strength, agility, flexibility, aerobic and muscular endurance levels.
  3. Demonstrate cooperative skills and tennis skills while playing Four Player Figure 8 Rally.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of rules and etiquette while playing a tennis match using skills learned throughout the unit.

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1 – 5

In the Hoop

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place hoops on the ground on different places on the court.

Each student drop hits a ball using a forehand drive and tries to place ball in any hoop.

TEACHING HINTS:

Using Whistle Mixer or squads make groups of 3.

Place 2-3 groups of 3 at each baseline.

Collect balls after each student finishes drop hitting.

Student selects own hoop(s) to use as target.

Fitness Cookie Jar Exchange

INSTRUCTIONS:

Card suggestions:

  1. Jog around the Gym.
  2. Crab walk forward and backward between cones.
  3. Jog and shake hands with 8 different people.
  4. Carioca (grapevine) step around a court going each direction.
  5. Jog backwards around the Gym and “high 5” 4 other people.
  6. Perform a mirroring activity with your partner.
  7. Execute maximum number of curl-ups/push-ups.
  8. Perform the coffee grinder on each side.
  9. Execute maximum reverse push-ups.
  10. Jump rope at a Hot Peppers rate.

TEACHING HINTS:

Use management game to create partners.

Direct each partner set to pick a card from the “Cookie Jar.”

Create music intervals with 35 seconds of music for activity followed by a 10 second silence for picking a new card and changing activities.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Rules and Etiquette
Rally and Play Tennis

 

TEACHING HINTS:

Discuss rules and etiquette of game.
Give handout for homework.
Use Whistle Mixer to create groups of 4 per court.
Direct students to Rally the ball to each other practicing all strokes.

Four Player Figure 8 Rally

INSTRUCTIONS:

Assign two players to hit all forehands and the other two all backhands.  Right-handed players should be assigned forehands when they are stationed in the deuce court (right side when facing the net) and backhands when in the ad court.  Left-handed players are given opposite directions.

Forehands DOWN THE LINE, Backhands CROSSCOURT, Backhands DOWN THE LINE, and Forehands CROSSCOURT.

TEACHING HINTS:

Direct students to play.
Partners should stand close together. Length of court can be increased gradually as players’ skills improve.
Each of the four players is practicing a different shot.
Rotate them through all four positions so that they will try all shots.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Review important rules of tennis.
What was important to do to make the Four Player Figure 8 Rally successful?
Cheer: 2, 4, 6, 8 Playing tennis is so great!

Week #2: Tennis Lesson Plan 10 - Friday
Tennis Unit Plan
Week #3: Tennis Lesson Plan 12 - Tuesday

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