KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Cooperating to build the longest rally
Net and wall games: maintain and win a rally through pickleball
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Your learning goal
I can maintain a rally using good footwork and a smooth swing.
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Cooperating to build the longest rally: 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 maintain a rally using good footwork and a smooth swing.
Key learning points
- Move: a smooth U shaped swing helps with consistency.
- Move: moving your feet to the same position relative to the ball for every shot helps with consistency.
- Think: to build a long rally you need to hit with control and ideally to your partners forehand
- Feel: satisfaction comes from getting better and making progress.
- Connect: working well with others requires sharing of tasks, being kind and willing to compromise.
Words to know
- rally
- hitting the ball back and forth over the net
- swing
- the shape of the arm action
- partner
- the person you are playing with
Common mistakes
Pupils often stand behind the ball and hit up at it rather than moving their body to get into a better position.
You need to move your feet quickly to get to the side of the ball to use a smooth U shaped swing on the forehand or backhand and hit through the ball towards the net.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Regularly mix up the playing partners and work towards courts of a similar level of current ability to maximise enjoyment, to include giving your highest performers the opportunity to work as a coach and hence feed nice consistent balls to others in the group who are struggling to build a rally.