Meaning of Table Tennis Game | Basic Skills in Table Tennis Primary 4 (Basic 4) – Physical and Health Education

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

FIRST TERM 

WEEK 9

PRIMARY 4

THEME – GAMES AND SPORTS 

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE – Ball Games 2 – Basic Skills in Football – Dribbling, Defending and Goalkeeping Primary 4 (Basic 4) – Physical and Health Education

 

TOPIC – TABLE TENNIS 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introductory Activities

2. Meaning of Table Tennis

3. Basic Skills in Table Tennis

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

1. mention the basic skills in tennis.

2. perform the skills in table tennis.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

Table tennis is one of the major game played by pupils.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Table

2. Bats/Racket

3. Table Tennis balls,

4. Net

5. Score board

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

WRITING INSTRUCTION 

Copy as I write or draw as I write. This instruction should be given when you need the pupils to write or draw.

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

Teacher’s Activities – Display some of the sample table tennis equipment for the pupils to identify and state its uses.

Pupil’s Activities – This is a table tennis bat, ball and net. It is used for playing table tennis game.

Teacher’s remark – Correct. Table tennis is one of the major sports in the world. Ask the pupils to describe how table tennis game is played. Summary the key points on the board.

MEANING OF TABLE TENNIS 

Table tennis is one of the major sports in the world. It is played at all levels of competition. Both young and old people play the game but at world championships, it is a young person’s game.

It is known as bat/racket game. It is a game of professional and amateur. It is played on a standard table, bench, any table, even on the floor with bat, broken slate or  hand.

The game is played by a minimum two people in form of singles and maximum of four people in form of doubles or mixed doubles.

The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.

LESSON 2 – INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES 

Teacher’s Activities – Organize the pupils into two or groups, improvise table tennis (if the standard table not available) for the pupils play and practice some table tennis basic skills.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate activity in the table tennis game.

Teacher’s remark – Good job you. Just like in football game, there are basic skills required in table tennis game. Discuss the basic skills of tennis game as they practice and on the key points on the board.

BASIC SKILLS/TECHNIQUES 

1. The grip

The bat (racket) should be regarded as an extension of the hand, therefore a correct and practical grip is of prime importance.

The two different types of grips are:

• Shake hand grip (horizontal grip)

• Penholder grip (vertical grip)

2. Service

The table tennis serve is the most important stroke in the game because it provides the only situation in which you have total control over how and where you play the ball.

However, before you can master the correct table tennis serving technique, you’ll need to ensure that you’re using the correct table tennis grip and that you’ve mastered the four basic table tennis strokes.

• Pre – serve

• Planning to serve

• The toss and strike

3. Forehand

It is a stroke used for rally or continuous play using the forehand side or face of the bat.

4. Backhand

This stroke is used for rally or continuous playing using the backhand side or back of the bat.

5. Scoring

A match is played best 3 of 5 games (or 4/7 or 5/9). For each game, the first player to reach 11 points wins that game, however a game must be won by at least a two point margin.

A point is scored after each ball is put into play (not just when the server wins the point as in volleyball).

The edges of the table are part of the legal table surface, but not the sides.

ASSIGNMENT

Draw a table tennis board.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Explains table tennis game and its basic skills;

Pupil’s Activities – Demonstrates the skills in table tennis, practice the skills.

3. Summarizes the major points on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

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LESSON EVALUATION

Ask pupils to:

1. describe the table tennis game.

2. mention the number of players that play table tennis game at a time.

3. Perform the skills in the table tennis correctly.

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

1. ________ game is played by a minimum two people in form of singles and maximum of four people in form of doubles or mixed doubles.

A. Table tennis

B. Football

C. Volleyball

2. Table tennis game is played ________ by a minimum ________ people in form of singles and maximum of four people in form of doubles or mixed doubles.

A. 4 and 8

B. 2 and 4

C. 1 and 2

3. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a ________.

A. rope

B. net

C. bet

4. Table tennis game is known as ________ game.

A. bat

B. racket

C. bat and racket

5. Table tennis is a game of ________.

A. professional

B. amateur

C. A and B

6. Dribbling is one of the table tennis game.

A. True

B. False

C. Not sure

7. Table tennis game is the major game played in the world.

A. True

B. False

C. Not sure

8. Which of these is not table tennis basic skills?

A. Dribbling

B. Grip

C. Forehand

9. Table tennis ball is locally called ________.

A. lemon

B. orange

B. egg

10. Table tennis, also known as ________.

A. ping-pong

B. bing-bong

C. king-kong