Lesson Six – Short Tennis

This physical education teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to play a game of short tennis to practise some of the skills that are needed when sending and receiving a ball across a net.
The class can describe and demonstrate abilities in using forehand and backhand strokes and volley shots when playing a game of tennis.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to play a game of short tennis to practise some of the skills that are needed when sending and receiving a ball across a net
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to play a game in sending and receiving a ball across a net to develop skills and abilities in tennis when working with a range of different strokes and shots to to return and control a tennis ball.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to play a game of short tennis to practise skills in sending and receiving a ball across a net.
This lesson is part of a physical education scheme of work to get the children to develop and refine some of the skills that are needed when playing different strokes and shots during a game of tennis. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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