Table Tennis Lesson Plan v4w6p

Sports Around the World Practical activity focus- Table Tennis Laura Giles Health and Physical Education Domain:  Students explore views about fitness and suggest what fitness might mean to various groups in society  Students engage in activities, which develop strategic thinking and tactical knowledge to improve individual and team performance in competitive sports or games.  Participate in activities, which enable students to identify the differing values and beliefs held by individuals in local, national and global contexts, and reflect on the impact these may have on relationships. The following lesson plan incorporates our cross curriculum priority level, focusing on Interpersonal Development of students. Interpersonal Development:  Building social relationships  Working in teams In learning ‘building social relationships’ students initiate, maintain and manage positive relationships with a range of people in a range of contexts. In ‘working in teams’ students will develop the knowledge, skills and Behaviours to cooperate with others to contribute to the achievement of group goals, in this instance to learn the skills of playing table tennis (in teams) The focus is not only the task achievement (to successfully execute the fundamental table tennis skills), but also on contributing to and reflecting on, the learning which occurs through being part of a team. This lesson is presented in an alternative setting, outside of the classroom on tennis courts, near the gym.

Sports Around the World Practical activity focus- Table Tennis Laura Giles Learning Intention & Success Criteria Lesson & Stage of Inquiry 1&2 (practical session and follow up activity)

Vocabulary

CONTENT BASED

LI – To be able to participate in an Olympic sport and understand the basic skills required to play table tennis.

Warm Up

Forehand Backhand

Whole Class

Students complete warm up, including dynamic stretching

Students go over table tennis rules and explain forehand/backhand techniques.

Warm Up –hand eye co-ordination Each student is to have a tennis ball. Run around in designated area throwing the ball with preferred hand and catching with preferred hand. Change it around so students are throwing with preferred hand and catching nonpreferred, than non-preferred throwing and catching nonpreferred etc. Have students throw the ball higher.

Forehand: Students are to find an area on a wall where they can hit the ball, standing 5m away from the wall. Students are to hit the ball in the forehand motion on the wall. The ball will hit the wall and come back for a bounce on the ground. Students will again hit the ball after the ball has bounced.

Serve Bat Net

SC – Can I successfully perform the basic fundamental skills required for table tennis?

Learning Activities - Practical- Year 7

-Game: see how many times you can keep the ball going in 30sec. Students

Independent/ Workshop

Relays: Depending on student numbers, separate the class so they are in groups of 4 or 5. Mark out a distance of where students are to start from and run to (can use lines on the ground as markers). Each student is to have a bat and 1 table tennis ball for each group (1 bat per team is also ok). st 1 relay: students to place the ball on bat keeping ball on bat at all times without holding onto the ball with the other hand (similar to egg and spoon relay). nd 2 relay: students to bounce the ball on the bat, palm facing up.

Assessment Task

Resources

Reflection Homework Readings Students to pack up equipment. What did students learn? Explanation of forehand, were students able to explain forehand stroke? How should they stand for the forehand? How can they get more power out of their stroke?

Tennis balls (1 per student) Bat/table tennis bats Wall (where students can hit the ball)

Sports Around the World Practical activity focus- Table Tennis Laura Giles With a partner students are to stand about 5m apart with their legs just past shoulder width apart and on the balls of their feet. Students are to throw the ball to one another (each student is to have a ball in their hand to throw). (10 mins)

to stand away from the wall 5m and see how many times they can hit the ball keeping it in control and using a forehand motion only. Repeat the game and see if students better their score. Progression activity: Students then move onto bat tennis courts. Groups of 4 on each bat tennis court. Students are to hit forehands to each other, keeping the ball within the lines.

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3 relay: students to bounce the ball on the bat, palm facing down. th 4 relay: students to bounce the ball on the ground using the bat. th 5 relay: students to bounce the ball on the bat anyway they like, when they get 5m away from the next person in line, they throw the ball up in the air (around 20cm high) and hit the ball so it goes to the next person. -Depending on number of groups, points are awarded as 1 point for last nd place, 2 points for 2 last etc. That way each group gets points for every relay. Game (if time permitting) Students are to play a game using bat tennis equipment. The rules for the game are that the

Sports Around the World Practical activity focus- Table Tennis Laura Giles ball must bounce on your side of the court before hitting the ball and must stay within the lines (if hit on the line than the ball is still in play). You get a point if the ball goes out of the lines or if a player hits the ball before it has bounced on their side of the court. RULES: 1 pair of students serve for 2 points than the other pair serve for 2 points. This keeps going until one pair reaches a score of 11. Note: must win by 2 points. Eg if scores were 10 all, than a team must win the next 2 points to win that particular game.

Questions to prompt students higher order thinking: Is it easier throwing and catching with preferred hand? Why/why not? What changed when you threw the ball higher? What did you need to do to make sure the ball wasn’t dropped? What did you and your partner do to keep both balls moving all the time without dropping them?

Sports Around the World Practical activity focus- Table Tennis Laura Giles How did you get such a high score? What did you do to keep the ball in play? How do you need to stand when hitting a forehand? Why? What can you do to make sure the ball hits the wall hard enough to come back close to you so you don’t step over the 5m line? What did you do to make sure everyone in the group got to hit the ball that many times? Was it easier to control the ball or harder? Why? What can you do next time to try and improve your score?