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Week #2: Badminton Lesson Plan 7 - Tuesday
Badminton Unit Plan
Week #2: Badminton Lesson Plan 9 - Thursday

Week #2: Badminton Lesson Plan 8 - Wednesday

EQUIPMENT:

  • 1 Badminton Racquet per student
  • Music for Challenge Course Fitness circuit
  • 2 Shuttlecocks per student
  • Challenge Course station instruction signs
  • Individual jump ropes for fitness
  • 4 wands for challenge course
  • Cones
  • Balance bench
  • 4 individual mats for fitness

OUTCOMES: 

The student will:

  1. Demonstrate coordination and cooperation during the introductory activity Fastest Tag and follow the instructions set by the instructor.
  2. Participate in the Challenge Course Circuit fitness section of class to improve agility, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of badminton skills, game rules, and strategies taught in class by playing doubles.
  4. Demonstrate cooperative skills and agility by playing Snowball Relay during the game portion of class.

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1-4

Fastest Tag

INSTRUCTIONS:

Object is to tag other players without being tagged. Players that get tagged must sit where they are and wait for 10 seconds. They can re-join game. If two people tag each other at the same time both must sit down.

TEACHING HINTS:

Scatter formation.

Every player is a tagger.

Challenge Course Circuit

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up 3-4 parallel (side-by-side) courses in one-half of the area.

Course 1. Crouch jumps; pulls, or scooter movements or balance down a bench; agility hop through two hoops on floor. Skip, slide, or jog to a cone.

Course 2. Weave in and out of four wands held upright by cones; Crab walk between two cones: lead with feet once, hands once. Gallop to a cone.

Course 3. Do a tumbling activity length of mat; agility run through hoops; Leap frog over partner alternating roles between cones.

Course 4. Curl-ups and push-ups on a mat. Sitting stretches. Jump rope in place.

TEACHING HINTS:

Movement should be continuous.

Arrange three or four courses with a group at each course. Students perform the challenges from start to finish and jog back to repeat the course. On signal, groups move to a new course.

Rotate groups to each course after a specified time. Music can be used for motivation and to signal changes.

Play Doubles Badminton

INSTRUCTIONS:

Review Doubles rules and strategy.

Rotate positions on court after each point.

TEACHING HINTS:

Use Whistle Mixer to make groups of 4.

Assign to courts.

Mix-up players on teams after each game.

Snowball Relay

INSTRUCTIONS:

This relay is like the fetch relay, except that after 1 person has been fetched, both players run back and pick up another player. The pattern continues until all  squad members are running back and forth, picking up the remaining members. This relay can be exhausting for the first few people in line.

TEACHING HINTS:

Use Whistle Mixer to create line/squads of  5-6.

Place lines at one end of area with one person opposite line at other end of area.


Ask how games went and if there were any rule questions needing clarification.
What are some of the values of circuit training?
What muscles did you work during fitness today?

Cheer: Badminton, Cooooo-ol!

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