KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Forehands, backhands and volleys in action
Net and wall games: maintain and win a rally through pickleball
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Your learning goal
I can hit forehands, backhands and volleys.
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Forehands, backhands and volleys in action: 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 hit forehands, backhands and volleys.
Key learning points
- Move: sidestepping is a good way to move back and forth across the baseline.
- Move: it is more effective to hit forehands on your dominant side and backhands across your body than to run around.
- Think: hip and shoulder rotation combined with weight transfer forwards into the ball adds power.
- Feel: listening to feedback from others demonstrates self-belief.
- Connect: actively contributing and remaining engaged in group activities improves cohesion.
Words to know
- forehand
- a shot made by swinging on the same side of your body as your dominant hand; the right side for right-handed players.
- backhand
- a shot made by swinging the racket across your body. For right-handed players this means swinging on the left side.
- volley
- hitting the ball before it bounces.
Common mistakes
Pupils think they need to swing hard at volleys.
When approaching the net to volley you already have momentum moving forwards into the ball which adds power so a more effective technique is to block and sometimes even cushion the pace out of the ball whilst angling it back over the net.
For parents, carers and teachers
- This lesson introduces more observation, analysis, coaching and officiating of skills and then match play so it helps to have a simple worksheet with key skills and rules of the sport available to groups.