BADMINTON LESSON PLAN

Subject/Grade: PE10/20 Topic: Introduction Date: Feb 27, 2024 Teacher: M. Larocque
# of Students: 35 Unit: Badminton Period: 1 Lesson: 2/5
School: Crescent Heights Other: Class Length: 90 Mins Location: Main Gym
Equipment: 32 Rackets, 16 Birdies, 8 Badminton Nets

General
Outcomes

Activities Benefits Health Cooperation Do It Daily…For Life

Goal Setting/ Active Living

Specific Basic Skills Application of Functional Body Well- Communi- Personal In the
Outcomes Basic Skills Fitness Image being cation Fair Play Leadership Teamwork Effort Safety Challenge Community
A10-1 A10-10 C10-1 C10-3 C10-5 D10-1 D10-3
A10-5 A10-11 C10-6
Lesson Focus: Serving, Service Return, Scoring, & Singles Gameplay

Lesson Objectives (SWBAT):

1. Perform long and short serves using forehand and backhand.
2. Receive serves using the ready position.
3. Understand the rules and scoring of badminton.

Time Teaching Activities – Movement Tasks Teaching Cues

0-10 Students get changed.

10-20 Students grab rackets and rally.

Introduction

20-25 Dynamic Warm-Up Lunges

- One lap around both sets of stairs - Knee & Foot Pointing Same Direction
- Shoulder circles - Land with Bent Knee
- Grab rackets - Lunges: 2x5/5/5 (Side, Diagonal, Front) per leg. - Chest Up

25-30 Take attendance.

Check for understanding of boundaries & grip.
Explain plan for today.
Students grab rackets.

30-35 Explain service rules. Service rules

Explain singles service vs. doubles service. - Serve from the right (even) & left (odd).
- Must be diagonal and underhand.
- Birdie below the waist on serve contact.
- Both feet on floor.
- Can’t cross service line.
- Can touch net if it lands in service box.
35-50 Explain types of serves: Forehand Serve
Forehand – Short & Long - Stagger stance: Non-racket leg forward.
- Practice forehand serves for 5-minutes - Forehand grip.
- Don’t return: catch & serve back. - Elbow close to the body.
- Hold birdie on hitting side with 2 fingers.
- Flick the wrist and contact below the
waist.
- More often used for long serves in singles
- Middle-back of service box.
 B Backhand – Short & Long Backhand Serve
o - Practice backhand serves for 5-minutes. - Racket leg forward
- Don’t return: catch & serve back. - Backhand grip
d - Elbow out – chicken wing.
y - Flick the wrist and push the thumb.
- More often used for short serves in
doubles. Middle-front of service box.
50-60 Teach ready position. Ready position
Students practice returning serves – serve & return only. 5 then switch. - Feet shoulder width apart
- Athletic position: Knees bent
- Weight on balls of your feet
- Racket foot slightly forward or square
- Racket is up and around shoulder height
- Always come back to ready position
60-65 Teach scoring in badminton Scoring rules
- Games to 21, Win by 2
- Point Scored Every Serve.
- Throw birdie up for serve.
- Only switch sides when a point is won in
service.
- Players can’t touch the net or hit the
birdie before it crosses the net.
65-80 Singles full-court gameplay (comp vs. rec)
Count amount of comp vs. rec & divide up courts.
(i.e., 1 court per 4-5 students)
Assign courts and students play round robin games against each other,
up to 11.
80-85 Take down equipment.
Concl

85-90 Send students off to get changed.

Assessment
- Participation/Effort (50%)
- Cooperation/Leadership (20%)
- Acquisition of Skill (20%)
- Fitness (10%)

General Safety Considerations (please refer to Safety Guidelines):

- Adequate spacing & clear understanding of boundaries
- Etiquette (i.e., don’t enter a court in use)

Reflection/Follow-Up:
- Are students able to perform the taught skills or do they need additional practice?
- Are students interacting positively with each other?
- Are students engaged and having fun in the class?
- Do the students understand the boundaries and rules of badminton?