Racquetball Lesson Plan_Week1_Monday – Dynamic PE ASAP Pages

Week #1: Racquetball Lesson Plan 1 - Monday

EQUIPMENT:

1 Racquet and racquetball per person
2 Clipboards task sheets and pencils per court
Fitness Scavenger Hunt Cards
6 Individual jump ropes
Cones for stations
Station instruction cards

OUTCOMES:

The student will:

Demonstrate the forehand stroke grip as demonstrated by the instructor.
Demonstrate agility and cooperation during the scavenger hunt as demonstrated by the instructor.

NATIONAL STANDARDS: 1 – 5

Seat Roll and Jog

INSTRUCTIONS:

Direct students to seat roll right/left with hand signal. Alternate rolls with jogging in place.

TEACHING HINTS:

Scattered formation.

Student begins on “all fours” with head up looking at teacher for instructions.

Fitness Scavenger Hunt

INSTRUCTIONS:

Ideas for Fitness Hunt Cards:

Run to each corner of the Gym and perform 15 curl-ups at each corner.
Run to the bleachers and perform step-ups.
Carioca to cones set up and touch each cone.
Jog to the tumbling mats and perform stretches listed on the station cards.
Jog to the jump rope station, start the music tap during the entire CD/tape.
Jog backwards to touch 2 walls.
Jog forwards and touch 4 colored lines on the courts.
Skip to the sit-up, push-up station. Follow station card instructions.
Slide to the jumping jack station.
Skip to the jump rope station.

TEACHING HINTS:

Use Whistle Mixer to create groups of 5.

Direct students to work as a team to “hunt” for the exercise space/area.

Assign each group a different starting point.

Give each group a “Fitness Hunt” Card.

Additional instructions can be added.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Racquetball

Overview of the game of Racquetball: Court dimensions

Types of games: Singles, Cut-throat, Doubles

Ready Position
Forehand Stroke
Demonstrate forehand grips and position for hitting.
Practice: Handout Task Sheet 1 (below) and discuss expectations.

TEACHING HINTS:

Direct each student to pick up a racket, ball, and eye guards and bring them to the demonstration court.
Explain the parts of the racket and how it is to be held when not striking the ball.

Demonstrate the ready position.
Demonstrate the movement pattern from ready position to forehand position.
Demonstrate the back swing, forehand stroke and follow through. Without a ball.

Direct four students to go to each court. Equipment is arranged around the perimeter of each court.

Entanglement

INSTRUCTIONS:

Divide the class into two or more groups. Each group makes a tight circle with arms pointing toward the middle. In each group, students hold someone’s hand until everybody is holding hands. Each person must hold a hand of two different people and not hold the hands of the people on either side. On signal, the two groups race to see which group can untangle first without disjoining hands. The group may end up in either one large circle or two smaller, connecting circles. People can be facing different directions when finished.

Week #1: Racquetball Lesson Plan 1 - Monday

Seat Roll and Jog

Fitness Scavenger Hunt

Entanglement

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