KS3 · Physical education · Year 7
Playing games, keeping score and competing fairly
Net and wall games: maintain and win a rally through pickleball
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Your learning goal
I can keep score and play fairly in games against my peers.
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Playing games, keeping score and competing fairly: 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 keep score and play fairly in games against my peers.
Key learning points
- Move: playing aggressively isn't always the best way to win matches
- Think: it is typically a good tactic to attack the net.
- Think: games are normally played the first to 11, needing 2 clear points to win.
- Feel: it's important to reset after losing a point or a game to help perform better next time.
- Connect: communicating the score clearly helps avoid conflict.
Words to know
- passing shot
- a forceful groundstroke that is hit past an opponent who is at net
- lob
- a high lofted shot aimed over the head of your opposition to bounce near the baseline
- smash
- a powerful shot hit from above the head
Common mistakes
Pupils think that winning is the most important thing.
Learning to value a fair competition and choosing to lose in preference to cheating to win or only playing opponents you know you can beat, is a much more rewarding outlook.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Try not to step in too early to solve disagreements and instead provide pupils with the opportunity to do the right thing and then look to reflect on and praise it later.