EQUIPMENT:
OUTCOMES:
The student will:
NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1-4
INSTRUCTIONS:
To be safe, balance in a stipulated position.
TEACHING HINTS:
Scatter formation; Select several “its.”
INSTRUCTIONS:
Challenge courses, or parcourses, are popular throughout the country. Various stations are developed, and the participants move from station to station as they cover the course. The type of movement done between stations can also place demands on the participants’ body systems. Courses can be run for time, or repetitions can be increased to ensure balanced fitness development. Courses should be developed to exercise all parts of the body. A variety of activities, such as stretching, vaulting, agility runs, climbing, hanging and chinning, and crawling, can be included to place demands on all aspects of fitness.
TEACHING HINTS:
Use Whistle Mixer to create groups of 3
Direct each group to begin at a different station
When the activity is completed at that station, they move to the next station.
Use music to motivate moving through obstacle course.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Backhand Clear Shot
Contact the shuttlecock as close to net height as possible. While moving toward the net, cock the wrist. Use an outward rotation for the backhand. The shot is high and deep into the opponent’s court.
Practice
Partner stands on same side of court and tosses shuttles to backhand side. Change roles after 4 shots. Repeat.
Backhand Drop Shot
Hitting hard and upward, contact the shuttlecock as high as possible and hit it over the opponent’s racket. Make contact in front of the body with the racket face flat to the target.
Practice
Partner stands on same side of court and tosses shuttles to backhand side. Change roles after 4 shots. Repeat.
TEACHING HINTS:
Direct students to pick up racquet and 2 Shuttlecocks; then go to demonstration area.
Scattered formation.
Shuttlecocks on floor between feet.
Practice movement following demonstration
Use elbow-to-elbow to create pairs
Assign 2 pairs to each court.
Same groups as in Clear Shot practice
INSTRUCTIONS:
Student rolls or carries the hoop while jogging
TEACHING HINTS:
On signal student drops hoop on floor
Challenge student to move in and out of as many hoops as possible during given time period. Change challenges frequently.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Ask questions of the day’s lesson.
3, 2, 1. Badminton is really fun!
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