KS3 · Physical education · Year 9
Advanced footwork and movement
Net and wall games: understand effective performance in badminton
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Your learning goal
I can move well to cover the court with agility, coordination and spatial awareness.
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Advanced footwork and movement: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can move well to cover the court with agility, coordination and spatial awareness.
Key learning points
- Move: pre-loading your legs with a split step speeds up reactions.
- Move: lunging requires big steps and an explosive push back to the centre of the court.
- Think: running through the shuttle leaves you out of position for the next shot.
- Feel: continuing to push hard, even when fatigued or out of breath, shows determination.
- Connect: cheering on others helps with their motivation to try hard and perform at their best.
Words to know
- split step
- a small explosive movement which enables you to change direction quickly
- agility
- the ability to change direction at speed
- coordination
- the ability to use two or more body parts at the same time
Common mistakes
Pupils wait until their opponent hits the shuttle before starting to initiate movement to retrieve it.
If you wait until you know where the shuttle is going before starting to move, you will often be too late to get to it. Instead, pre-load your legs with a split step to trigger an explosive lunge to reach the shuttle faster.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Both worksheets can be used in the 'moving like a pro' task and also in the 'game play' task to manage large groups or insufficient court space to play full court singles. These will support the development of good full court movement skills and improved analysis whilst waiting to play.