Group
- Intermediate level age between 9 – 15
- Incorporate basic techniques into multi-shot drills involving movements
- Develop basic game knowledge
Lesson Focus
- Proper movement from to the rear court and moving forward to the front court.
- Revision on Clear, Drop and Net technique
- Games – apply skills into game
Warm Up (10 min)
- Running forward to one wall and back to the starting point 3x
- Games – apply clear skills into game scenarios
- Students split into team of two and each team take a half court
Place 4 shuttles on the center line - Students try to keep their court free if shuttles by throwing shuttles over to the opposite court
- Throwing should replicate a clear shadow swing
- Only throw shuttle with racket hand and one shuttle at a time
- Each game take 30 seconds
- Switch up opponents after each game
- Coach to call time
- Students split into team of two and each team take a half court
Footwork Drill: 4 corners movement (15 min)
- Coaches to demonstrate the correct footwork moving to 4 corners and return to the base
- Movement should include:
- Begin with directional split step, with body position heading to the direction of the corner
- Sideway shuffle/Chasses step to the corner
- When arrive, execute a shadow net shot (front corners) and shadow clear shot (rear corners)
- Recover body balance
- Move back to the center court with chasse step, arrive with a split step
- Students work in group of two on a half court, take turn to practice
- Each student does 3 rounds (right front corner – right rear corner – left rear corner – left front corner), repeat for 5 sets
Notes:
- Each coach look after one court, observe students follow the instruction
- Stop the students and correct them if notice them not doing it right or missing steps
2 min break
Technique: Drop, Net, Lift (20 min)
- Continue on Drop, Net and Lift drill for another two lessons but in a king of court mode
- Group of 2, each group take a half court
- Student A starts the drill with high serve
- Student B moves back to execute drop shot
- Student A moves up to execute net shot
- Student B moves up to execute lift
- Continue this pattern drill until the shuttle landed on the court. Student failed to keep the rally going lost a point to the other.
- High serve and lift target to land between the last two lines on the rear court
- Use proper footwork to move forward and backward. i.e: Chasses step, or cross over but no running
- 3 mins per round and repeat for 6-7 round. Winner move up, loser move down.
Notes:
- This drill combined drop shot, net and lift techniques learned in the past.
- Coaches pay attention to all students executing the shot especially on grip, high serve, drop shot and net shot
- Coaches can join in to help keep the rally going if there are less than 12 students
2 min break
Games (30 min)
Singles/Doubles with coaches assist to umpire and keep score
Cool Down/Stretching (5 min)
- Review today lesson with the students
- Calves
- Quads
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Groin