Week #3: Tennis Lesson Plan 13 - Wednesday

EQUIPMENT:

  • 1 Tennis racquet per student
  • Music for Cookie Jar Exchange
  • 2 Tennis balls per student
  • Cards for Cookie Jar Exchange Fitness

OUTCOMES: 

The student will:

  1. Participate in Fitness Cookie Jar Exchange to improve strength, agility, flexibility, aerobic and muscular endurance levels.
  2. Demonstrate the knowledge of rules and etiquette of tennis by completing a written exam during class.
  3. Demonstrate mastery of skills taught during the unit by completing a skills test during class.

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1 – 5

INSTRUCTIONS:

Eliminate today to allow time for exam.

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:

Distribute written exam to one half of the class. (See exam that follows.)

Distribute skills exam to other half of the class. (See skills exams that follow)

TEACHING HINTS:

Use a management game to divide class in half.

When students complete skill exam, have them take written exam.

Rotate written exam students to skills exam.

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