Group
- Intermediate level age between 9 – 15
- Incorporate basic techniques into multi-shot drills involving movements
- Develop basic game knowledge
Lesson Focus:
- Proper movement to the rear court
- Acquiring correct clear stroke
- Games – apply skills into game
Warm-Up (10 min)
- Running forward to one wall and backwards back to the starting point 3x
- Karaoke 1x
- Side shuffles 1x
- Shuffle, Shuffle, Jump 1x
- High knees; butt kickers 1x
- Lunges with side twist 1x
Notes
- Warmup without rackets
- Increases heart rate and blood flow
2 min break
Footwork Drill: Moving forward and back with racquet (15 min)
- Each student take a half court, stand on the mid court
- On coach signal, students start with a split step and turn body side way
- Then, move back with chasse steps to the rear court
- Stop when arrive in between the last two lines, and execute a shadow clear shot with scissor kick
- After that, move forward with running step
- When arrive at the service line, do a lunge and execute a shadow net shot
- Recover body balance and move back to the mid court
- Repeat for 3 round for 7 sets
Notes:
- Each coach look after one court and watch over 4 students
- Pay attention to student overall movements
- Shadow clear stroke must swing high and forward, not sideway
- When approach for net shot, lunge with racquet foot with toe pointing to the direction of the shuttle. Toe pointing sideway is likely cause foot injury
- Net shot should take around the white tap (or around chest level)
- Coaches to interrupt and correct the students with incorrect movement
2 min break
Technique Drill: Forehand Clear part 1 (20 min)
- Group of 2-3 students (one hitter, one feeder and one pick up shuttles)
- All hitter standing at the back court on the same side of the gym
- Feeder feeds from the side of the hitter’s racquet arm, toss the shuttle high for hitter execute a clear stroke
- Another student stay on the opposite court to pickup shuttles and make it into row
- The contact point for clear should be high in front of body, not above or behind their head
- Hitter should target to send shuttle to between the last two line on the opposite side
- Row of 10 shuttles then rotate. 5 sets for each student
Notes:
- Assign students in group base on skill level
- Coaches to feed for students especially for young students
- Always check student holding racquet with the correct grip
- Alter drill for students who already master the clear stroke. You can make it multi shots drill. i.e.: Clear then follow up for net shot with the correct movement
2 min break
Technique Drill: Forehand Clear Part 2 (10 min)
- Every student take a half court and rally with only clear stroke for 2 mins
- After 2 mins, all students to move to the other half court on their right hand side
- Repeat drill for 10 mins (each students rally with 5 different players)
Notes
- This drill let student apply the clear stroke practiced from the earlier drills
- With rally with a real player (student). First, they get to the familiar with the pace and strength. Second, adapt to clear stroke from different players (students). But, then still have to try
Games – King of court (25 mins)
- Half court games
- King’s court is a full court game (if 10 students or lesser)
- After every 3 minutes, the person with more points moves up towards the King’s court while the other person moves down
- All students must keep their scores
- Play for 8 rounds
Cool Down/Stretching (5 min)
- Calves
- Quads
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Groin