8 August 2024 | Tennis Tasmania

Our recommended activity for Term 3 Tennis in Secondary Schools is Wide Open. Here’s a recap of the key components of this perfect activity for Term 3 as listed on Page 52 of the Tennis for Secondary Schools Resource:

1. Students are in pairs playing across the net from each other, each with a hoop in front of them.

1. Student A commences rally by projecting the ball in an overarm throwing action to Student B, aiming for the hoop in front of their partner.

1. Student B tracks movement of the ball and allows it to bounce once before returning the ball with a forehand or backhand, directed back at the hoop in front of their partner.

1. Students are aiming to land the ball in the hoop, it must bounce at least once and if it bounces in the hoop the pair score a point.

1. The teacher indicates an appropriate amount of time or a number of points the pairs are to achieve.

TIP – a regression for this activity is for students to play cooperatively with the option of trapping the ball against the strings of their racquet with their hand, before returning with a “drop & hit” action. You could also add another hoop to make the target area bigger.