KS2 · Physical education · Year 3
Introduction to Rackets
Net and wall games: tactics and strategies to overcome an opponent
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Your learning goal
I can hold a racket safely and understand why it is important to control the ball when playing a shot.
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Introduction to 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 hold a racket safely and understand why it is important to control the ball when playing a shot.
Key learning points
- Move: holding the racket with our strong hand at the bottom of the grip and the other hand at the top improves control.
- Move: using balls of our feet & keeping the ball as close as possible to the racket helps push the ball along the floor.
- Think: concentration is important when using our rackets to control the ball.
- Feel: striving to try and learn more difficult skills, even when making mistakes, demonstrates excellent resilience.
- Connect: Trusting ourselves and opponents to consistently play by the rules demonstrates excellent integrity.
Words to know
- racket
- a piece of equipment that we use to strike/hit the ball
- grip
- the way we hold the racket in order to hit shots during a match
- control
- keeping the ball as close to the racket to help you hit the ball accurately
Common mistakes
Pupils may try to travel too fast without having control of the ball on the racket. Pupils may want to hit the ball over the net instead of playing 'Floor tennis'.
Encourage pupils to move slowly to develop their hand eye coordination when using a racket before increasing their speed. Explain to pupils that floor tennis will help to develop better control when using the racket before they move on to hitting.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use alternatives such as hand, hand paddles, pickleball paddles/plastic bats if rackets are not available. If pupils are not ready to use a racket, continue to work on 'Hand tennis' alternative games.