PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSON PLAN- Lesson 2 Pickleball

TEACHER NAME: Jamie Harris and Blake UNIT/LESSON FOCUS: Pickleball Backhand GRADE/LEVEL: DL 3 Grade 7 & 8
Rueger Stroke and Serving Lob

EQUIPMENT: Wiffle ball, Pickleball racket, Net SAFETY: Aware of surroundings (students, RESOURCES: Fronske, H. Teaching Cues for
equipment, ect), Swing the racket only Sports Skills for Secondary School
when partner or other team is ready, Students. Fourth Edition.
Don’t aim for people

Standards/Objectives/Assessment
NASPE Standard Standard 1: Demonstrate competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

Psychomotor SLO S1.M12.7: Executes consistently (at least 70% of the time) a legal underhand serve to a predetermined target for
net/wall games such as badminton, volleyball or pickleball.
S1.M16.8: Forehand- and backhand-volleys with a mature form and control using a short-handled implement during
modified game play.
Assessment-How, When? During the practice of Lob and during the game observe the success of students and ability to hit the wiffle ball over
the net on a first try.

NASPE Standard Standard 2: Applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics to movement and performance.

Cognitive SLO S2.M8.7: Selects offensive shot based on opponents location (hit where opponent is not).
S2.M9.8: Varies the speed, force, and trajectory of the shot based on location of the object in relation to the target.
Assessment-How, When? During the game students are moving around to get the ball because it was hit to an open place rather than just
rallying it back and forth. Teacher can assess by observing the movement of students during game.

NASPE Standard Standard 4: Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

Affective SLO S4.M4.7: Demonstrates cooperation skills by establishing rules and guidelines for resolving conflicts.
S5.M6.8: Demonstrates respect for self by asking for help and helping others in various physical activities.
Assessment-How, When? During entire class period no problems with students interacting with each other or behaving poorly. Can be
observed throughout class while teaching.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT:
Hi, my name is Ms. Harris and this is Mr. Rueger. We are students at IU and will be teaching you how to hit the whiffle ball using a backhand
stroke! Blake’s turn to speak “…”. After we practice those skills we will play a mini game over the net where you can practice your new learned
pickleball skills!

PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN

TIME LESSON FOCUS/SKILL PROGRESSION /EXTENSION & APPLICATION REFINEMENT (CUES)

10 Backhand Stroke 1. Have partner toss balls to backhand and practice hitting  Grip: knuckle on 2 – like tennis grip
minutes trying to hit the ball back to their partner  Stance: pivot and step; get paddle back
 Switch places or equipment with partner early (gets player ready to hit)
2. Have partner toss ball to backhand and forehand to  Stroke: swing low to high (gives ball power
give a surprise aspect to it. Try and hit the ball back to and topspin on ball), wait for ball to drop,
your partner hit ball knee-high (better accuracy)
 Switch places or equipment with partner  Stand far enough from the net to not hit it
3. Have each partner stand on one side of the net and when you swing
repeat throwing the ball only to the backhand side and
practice getting over the net
 Switch places or equipment with partner
4. Have each partner stand on one side of the net and
repeat throwing the ball to either the forehand or
backhand to give a surprise aspect to it. Practicing
hitting the whiffle ball over the net.
 Switch places or equipment with partner

ORGANIZATION TRANSITION
 Have students stand up and get toe-to-toe with one other person  Everyone freeze
 One person from the two people raise their hand  Put your equipment on the ground
 Person with hand up come and get a whiffle ball and a racket  Stand in a place where you can see and hear
 Each group has one racket and one ball and switches who is holding what depending on what Blake
role they have (practice backhand stroke or throwing whiffle ball)  Blake explains Serving Lob

TIME LESSON FOCUS/SKILL PROGRESSION /EXTENSION & APPLICATION REFINEMENT (CUES)

10 Serving-Lob 1. Students will circle around and watch a demonstration of  Staggered feet, non-dominant foot in front.
minutes the serving-lob.  Slight bend in knees
2. Students will hold paddle and work through the steps  Dominant hand holding paddle swung back
 without a ball. with a straight -arm.
 Students will work on proper technique  Non-dominant had hold ball at waist level and
3. Students will get toe-to-toe with a partner and move to a bent elbow.
opposite sides of the net.  Can take step with front foot or stand still
before serving.
 Each side will have turns to practice the serving lob
 Swing through, drop ball and hit upwards
across the net.
 Finish as statue of liberty

ORGANIZATION TRANSITION:
 Be aware of the space between groups on the same side of the net.  Students will create different groups with
students on the same side of the net.

TIME ENDING GAME EXTENSION/REGRESSION

 Pickleball practice (not real pickleball rules for a game. Focused on serving and hitting  Modify rules on serving- allowing more
15 practice) practice time
minutes  The ball needs to stay within boundaries  Play games to 7 points
 The serve starts with a lob and is rallied back and forth until the ball is not hit after  Rotate teams often, take on a new team
one bounce on the floor or in the air.  Emphasis on cross court serving w/Lob
 If the ball hits the floor after more than one bounce or out of bounds the other team  Emphasis on forehand & backhand
gets a point  Keep ball in play
 If the serving team got the point then they continue serving up to 5 times with the
same person serving
 After 5 serves on one team the starting server switches to the other team
 Teams must switch off who starts the serve between the two players each round

ORGANIZATION Closure:
 Pair of students from earlier gets toe-to-toe with another pair of students (creates a group of 4) Go over cues for backhand and lob serve
 Students split up 2v2. One pair of 2 on each sides of the net. Go over rules for serving
Backhand Cues

Ready: Front hand below top of racquet; two hands on racket, balls of the feet; hands in front

Turn: turn upper body, point racquet back; look over shoulder; hand low and close, aim the handle base to target

Strike: step to target; rotate hips; arm swing not wrist

Finish: tummy to target; weight on front foot; Finish high

 Serving rules
Coin toss or spinning racquet (w/logo) – winner choses Lob Serving Cues
serve 1st or side of court
Keep one foot behind back line  Foot in front of baseline; other foot in back
of baseline
Must be Underand; hit ball below waist
 Drop ball, swing paddle
Hit ball in air on serve (not from drop serve)
 Swing underhand, like horseshoes or
cornhole/bags
Serve is made diagonally (cross court)  Hit ball below waist
 Follow-through straight up to hit face with
Service begins on right service court bicepts
Serve on RIGHT side at 0 and even numbers  Finish like Statue of Liberty
Serve on LEFT side on odd numbers

Missing ball on serve is a fault

1st serving team gets one fault; afterwards each team

gets two faults

If ball hits AND lands in proper service court it may be

taken over