Lesson Five – Volley Shots
This physical education teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to develop and practise some of the special skills that are needed to control and return a tennis ball across a net when using a volley shot.
The class can explain and model how to perform shots in tennis when returning the ball before it bounces on the court for the opposing player to attempt to return back across the net.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to develop and practise some of the special skills that are needed to control and return a tennis ball across a net when using a volley shot
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to rotate around a selection of mini-games to practise some of the different skills that are needed when using a volley shot to return a ball in tennis which the opposing player can attempt to hit and return.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and practise the special skills that are needed to return a tennis ball across a net when using a volley shot.
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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