KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
Game application through competition
Net and wall games: tactics to overcome an opponent through tennis
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Your learning goal
I can use a range of different shots to hit the ball into space to win the rally and score points.
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What you’ll learn
I can use a range of different shots to hit the ball into space to win the rally and score points.
Key learning points
- Move: hitting the ball at pace into space and using a range of shots increases our chance of winning the competition
- Move: serving the ball into the corners of the service box increases our chances of winning the point
- Think: understanding how to keep the score correctly requires excellent concentration when umpiring competitive games
- Feel: striving to play our best even when we are losing demonstrates excellent resilience and self motivation.
- Connect: congratulating our opponents when they perform well shows that you are extremely respectful to others.
Words to know
- pace
- hitting the ball faster towards our opponent
- winning
- scoring more goals, tries, points than your opponents
- competition
- the process or act of trying to win
Common mistakes
When asking the pupils to hit the ball at pace, they may lose accuracy and control. You may have a wide range of abilities in your group which means that many of the games might not be competitive.
If pupils hit the ball too hard, remind them that accuracy and control is more important. Use the previous lessons to assess the ability of pupils so you can organise pairs who will have competitive games against one another.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If pupils become confused with the scoring sysytem and are therefore not playing many points, provide them with an alternative of playing first to 4 points to win the game. The scoring system should not stop the pupils from being active and playing lots of points.