KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
Develop forehand (underarm shots) using rackets
Net and wall games: tactics to overcome an opponent through tennis
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Your learning goal
I can play forehand shots with control and can hit the ball into the channels to create space and win points.
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Develop forehand (underarm shots) using rackets: 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 play forehand shots with control and can hit the ball into the channels to create space and win points.
Key learning points
- Move: hitting the ball accurately into space with a forehand shot increases our chance of scoring a point.
- Move: being ready on our toes and looking at our opponent helps us to prepare to hit a forehand shot into space.
- Think: good decision making and looking for spaces on court shows we understand where to hit the forehand shot.
- Feel: being determined to improve and wanting to practise our forehand shot shows excellent self motivation.
- Connect: being respectful of the rules and always playing fairly within a game is really important.
Words to know
- space
- an open area where your opponent isn't standing
- opponent
- a person or team we are playing against in a game situation
- scoring
- winning points in a game situation
Common mistakes
Pupils are gaining points when they hit the ball into channels. This is only to practice creating space and pupils may think they score points in a game of tennis if they hit the ball into a channel.
It is important to provide pupils with the context of why they are aiming for channels to try and create space within the rally so they attempt to aim for one channel and then the other to move their opponent.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It is always useful to have different size rackets/bats/paddles and balls with different sizes and bounce levels, as many pupils struggle to control their shots with a racket and tennis ball. Making the channel width bigger and smaller is an effective way to differentiate between the courts.