KS3 · Physical education · Year 9
Smash and defence
Net and wall games: understand effective performance in badminton
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Your learning goal
I can smash to attack and clear to defend.
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Smash and defence: 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 smash to attack and clear to defend.
Key learning points
- Move: contact is made above and out in front, with body weight shifting forwards for overhead shots.
- Move: quick reactions to lunge and flick the wrist on contact with a shuttle help deflect a defensive shot back.
- Think: a flick of the wrist turns a clear into a smash if the shuttle is above and in front.
- Feel: focusing on performance rather than outcome goals helps maintain motivation.
- Connect: supporting others to practise tasks that are just hard enough aids progress.
Words to know
- lift
- hitting the shuttle up in the air defensively
- drive
- fast attacking shots where the shuttle is kept low over the net
- performance goal
- focusing on self-improvement and mastery rather than the end result (e.g. winning or losing)
Common mistakes
Pupils hit all shots with a similar technique and avoid high risk, powerful smashes to avoid losing points.
Practising smash shots is necessary in order to take your game to the next level.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use groupings from previous lessons to match pupils on each court with other players who have similar ability/expereince of playing badminton.