Organised Sports and… · JHS2 Physical Education And Health

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.2.3.1.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate at least three basic footwork patterns (side shuffle, lunge step, and pivot) used in badminton, tennis, or table tennis during a practice drill.
Apply the ready position and recovery-to-centre principle when returning a ball during a modified rally game.
Explain how adapted rules and equipment (e.g., lower net, foam ball, larger racket) help include learners of different abilities in ball and racket sports.
Organise and participate in a small-group round-robin competition, keeping score and applying fair-play strategies.
Record the duration of their practice session in their self-journal and set one personal goal for improving their performance.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity Education (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Organised Sports and Physical Activity Participation (2.3)
Content standard: B8.2.3.1 - Demonstrate the ability to apply movement concepts, principles, and strategies in performing non-contact sports (e.g., ball and racket, athletics, and, individual and target sports)
Indicator: B8.2.3.1.1 - Apply movement concepts, principles, and strategies to perform beginning-intermediate level ball and racket sports (e.g., badminton, tennis and table tennis, etc.)
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 9 (Week 21 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Physical Education and Health, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 31
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Apply movement concepts, principles and strategies in learning beginning-intermediate level ball and racket sports based on individual adaptation and pacing.
2. Use adapted rules and equipment to foster inclusion.
3. Create and organise small-group competitions to develop confidence, empowerment and collaboration.
4. Record estimate of duration/measure of performance in your self-journal as your effort to increase involvement in physical activity.

Footwork in tennis. The wide colour table is arranged with horizontal divisions, vertical divisions, coloured regions.

Footwork in tennis