KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Outwitting your opponents to win a point
Net and wall games: maintain and win a rally through pickleball
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Your learning goal
I can select the right shots to dominate rallies and win points.
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Outwitting your opponents to win a point: 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 select the right shots to dominate rallies and win points.
Key learning points
- Move: hitting the ball away from your opponent increases winning opportunities.
- Think: hitting into space or at your opponent's backhand increases winning opportunities.
- Think: if you win the point then you serve the next point.
- Feel: to win points you need to have self-belief and play to your strengths.
- Connect: handling disagreements constructively requires you to find fair solutions.
Words to know
- cross-court
- hitting diagonally across the net
- dink
- a soft shot that lands just over the net in the opponent's “kitchen”
- slice/chop
- a shot with backspin
Common mistakes
Pupils think the best way to win is to hit ithe ball harder.
Sometimes just keeping the ball in and waiting for your opposition to make a mistake is the best way to win points, but it is also helpful to disrupt the rhythm by varying pace/spin, breaking the angle or using disguise to wrong foot your opposition.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Establish doubles pairings carefully that add a social dimension/challenge to the situation and ensure a focus of getting on and solving problems as a pair is as much of a focus in the lesson as the skill development for pickleball success. Introduce officials and analysts if not enough courts.