LESSON PLAN

GROUP GAMES: TENNIS

Date:8 november 2014
Class:year 5
Number of student:38 student
Topic: Introduction to the Tennis Serve
Duration of Lesson:1 hour
Learning Objective: The objective of this lesson is to introduce beginning tennis players to
the basics of the tennis serve including the positioning, grip, and ball toss
Previous knowledge:student know equipment in tennis games

Equipment: Tennis courts, tennis racquets, and tennis balls , cones for targets, laptop, LCD
projector and screen

Time

Activities

Fokus on learning

5 minute

Introduction:See video

Students will be shown a

short video clip of a proper
tennis serve.

10 minutes

Step 1: proper
positioning

Students will stand behind the

baseline (inform students that
when serving, they would
stand to the right of the center
mark)
Students will place the front
foot at an angle
Students will place the back
foot approximately parallel to
the baseline
Students will learn and
practice the chopper grip for
the tennis serve:
While holding the tennis
racquet sideways, students
will place the V created by the
thumb and forefinger to the
left of the top of the grip

Teaching
Cue:
Spread out feet
at a 45 degree
angle

To correctly position the

racquet, students should use

Racket, ball

10 minute

15 minute

Step 2:chopper grip

Step 3:position
racquet

the

Notes/Equipmen
t
Laptop, LCD

Teaching
Cue:
Hold racquet as
if it were a
hammer

17 minute

Mini games:get a goal

3 minutes

Closing /conclution

Reflection:

their dominant hand and point

the racquet towards the net
while using the other hand as
support to balance the
racquet
Students will bring the racquet
back into a throwing position
(using an arc-like motion)
shifting their weight to the
back foot (note:
students
should bend knees slightly)
While bringing the racquet
back, the students other arm
prepares to release the ball
(note:
the ball should be
tossed as high as the student
can reach it with the racquet)
Student will divide into a
group (4 per each group)
Each group should cooperate
to find a goal
The goal is put the ball into a
basket by using a racket
Someone will side a ball and it
must bounce before other
members strike into a basket
within 2 minutes
Those group have more ball
in basket must be winner
Teacher ask what does their
learn today
Teacher advise student to
make own practise at home

Racket,
ball,
basket, wisel