Group:
- Beginner
- 12 students – 8 to 14 years old
- Understand how to clear, drop, smash, net shots, lift but need lot of refining of techniques
- Develop basic game knowledge
Lesson Focus:
- Focus on clear stroke
- Progression with movement and perform clear shot
- Games – apply clear skills into game scenarios
Warm Up (15 mins)
- Running forward to one wall and back to the starting point 3x
- Side shuffle
- Crossovers
- High knees/butt kicks
- Games – apply clear skills into game scenarios
- Students split into two teams and each team take a half court
- Students to sit on the floor and trying send the shuttle to the opposite court with only clear shot
- Play up to 15 points. Coaches can adjust the duration of the games.
Footwork – Clear on net simulation (10 mins)
- Every student is on a half court (4 students per court)
- Student stand on the middle of their half court
- Begin drill a directional split step and move to the rear court and execute a clear shot with scissor kick
- After clear, must recover and prepare to move forward
- Then run forward to do a net shot with a lunge
- After net shot, must recover with backward shuffle
- Then move back to the base
- 10 rounds for 5 sets
- 1 min break between each round
Notes:
- Students must stop at mid court before continue to next round
- Encourage student to jump to get high contact point
- Pay attention to last step of the lunge, toe must point to the direction they move toward and land with full foot (not toe) to avoid injury
- Take time to run forward, do not sprint
Break (5 mins)
Forehand Clear (15 mins)
- Students pick a partner and rally with only clear shots
- Rotate students partner every 5 mins
Notes
- Focus on hitting high and far
- Contact point should be high
- Observe students and help student with correct movement when necessary
- Group students who haven’t master clear shot, put them to hand feed clear drill after this
Clear and Net – Technique practice (20 mins)
- Progression drill for students who are able to perform clear shots
- Group of three
- One worker and two feeders
- One feeder does high server and one feeder throw shuttles in front of the for net shot
- The worker start from mid court, move backward for clear shot and move forward for net shot
- Worker target to clear the shuttles high and far. Land between the last two lines
- Clear shot contact point should be high
- After clear shot, recover and move forward with racket in front of body, do not let the racket down
- The feeder who serve, start serving when worker return to the base
- The feeder who throw a net shot, start throwing when the worker ready to move forward and feed with time for worker to execute net shot.
- Each feed take 10 shuttles. Rotate role after
- 3 sets for each students
Notes:
- Coaches can help feeding if students cannot do high serve consistently
- Observe students are moving with proper footwork
Forehand Clear (Stationary) – Technique practice (20 mins)
- Group of two – one feeder and one worker
- Feeder standing on the hitter dominant arm side and throw shuttle high for hitter to do clear shot
- Worker standing side way with non-racket foot at the front and raise racket in ready position
- Worker target to clear the shuttle to land between the last two lines of the opposite court
- 15 shuttles then switch role
- 5 sets each
Notes:
- Feeder only throw shuttle when worker is in ready position
- Feeder must throw high for worker to do the clear shot
- Worker take note of contact power must be high and in front of them, not on top of their head
- Coach to help feed students if they cannot feed correctly
- Add on scissor kick if students can clear correctly
Games – singles and Doubles (20 mins)
Notes:
- Coaches check in on games and provide tips
Cool Down Stretches (5 mins)
- Calves
- Quads
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Groin