KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Footwork and court positioning
Non-examined assessment: badminton practical
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Your learning goal
I can cover the court quickly, with precision and lunging movements, to always return to the middle of the court.
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Footwork and court positioning: 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 cover the court quickly, with precision and lunging movements, to always return to the middle of the court.
Key learning points
- Move: lunging then pushing back to a central position at pace and repeatedly under pressure shows good fitness.
- Think: recovering to a central position prevents opposition from having an obvious space to exploit.
- Feel: confidence to lunge with precision and get back to the central position quickly between shots comes with practice.
- Connect: performance is often improved by providing support and extrinsic motivation to complete a set of routines.
Words to know
- lunge
- an extended step to reach the shuttle before pushing back towards the middle of the court
- split step
- a small explosive jump movement onto both feet which enables you to change direction quickly
- central position
- return towards the middle of the court between shots to respond to the most likely shot from your opponent
Common mistakes
Getting out of position after hitting a shot.
Learning to lunge and recover quickly to the middle of the court requires explosive strength/power but avoids exposing space for your opposition to attack.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use the same groups from previous lessons and based on performance in games, look to promote one player up a court and one player down a court each week to ascertain a rank ordering of strongest down to weakest court of players in your sports hall. This will help with final assessments.