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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:

Participate in “In the Hoop” to improve agility, eye-hand coordination, and warm-up the body.
Participate in Fitness Cookie Jar Exchange to improve strength, agility, flexibility, aerobic and muscular endurance levels.
Demonstrate cooperative skills and tennis skills while playing Four Player Figure 8 Rally.
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:

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

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Week #3: Tennis Lesson Plan 11 - Monday

In the Hoop

Fitness Cookie Jar Exchange

Four Player Figure 8 Rally

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