Sports Participation · SHS3 Physical Education…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 3.1.2.LI.6 - Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., tennis - forehand and backhand strokes in tennis).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate the correct grip and stance for executing both forehand and backhand strokes in tennis.
Execute forehand strokes with proper preparation, contact, and follow-through phases.
Execute backhand strokes with proper preparation, contact, and follow-through phases.
Apply forehand and backhand strokes accurately in target/zonal practice games and cross-court rally drills.
Analyse their own stroke performance and provide constructive feedback to partners using the key phases of each stroke.

This lesson builds directly on the introduction to tennis covered in Week 5 (3.1.2.LI.5) and prepares learners for the game situation application scheduled in Week 7 (3.1.2.LI.7).

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity and Health (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Sports Participation (1.2)
Content standard: 3.1.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate the ability to apply various skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., pickleball, tennis, etc.). 3.1.2.LO.1 Demonstrate the ability to use basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., pickleball, tennis, etc.).
Indicator: 3.1.2.LI.6 - Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e. g., tennis - forehand and backhand strokes in tennis).
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 6 (Week 6 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.69: the page prints this indicator 3.1.3.LI.6 inside the Sub-Strand 2 table, under the printed content standard 3.1.2.CS.1 and directly after 3.1.2.LI.5, and assesses it by 3.1.2.AS.6 - the document's own assessment code says sub-strand 1.2. Filed as 3.1.2.LI.6, which its position leaves free. The real 3.1.3.LI.6 is a different indicator on printed p.77 (substance-use consequences and rehabilitation), so filing by the printed code would put a tennis lesson under Health and Wellness
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 69

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Target/zonal practice game: Aim to hit forehand shots into a designated zone of the opponent's side to improve accuracy.
Skill consistency rally challenge : Partner up and rally using only forehand strokes, counting how many consecutive shots can be maintain before missing the target zone or hitting the ball out of bounds.
Cross-court rally: Engage in a rally where all forehand and backhand shots must be played diagonally to the opposite corner of a partners' side of the court.

Assessment (3.1.2.AS.6): Level 1: What is the key element of the forehand follow-through? Level 2: Describe the proper grip and stance for executing a forehand and a backhand stroke in tennis. Level 3: What are the different stance options and when is each used? Level 3: Demonstrate the key phases of the forehand and the backhand strokes, from the preparation to follow-through.

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Online resources
- Pictures/charts
- Phones/laptops
- Projectors
- Other equipment applicable to the lesson.