NET AND WALL GAMES

Healthful Sports People

• people who are strong, fast, and full of energy

  • friendly and good at team play

Net and Wall Games

• court games where a net or wall separates the opponents or reflects the ball.

Positioning

• attacking by moving into space, and defending.

Relationships With People

• denying and covering space.

Relationships With Objects

• sending away (serve).

Flight Reception / Tracking

• track the ball or shuttle in flight

• understand its flight path

• position yourself to receive it

Building An Attack

• prepare for a successful shot

• take advantage of the opponent's weakness

  • know when to switch from offense to defense

Court Positioning

• Get ready to move in any direction

• Receive the ball and cover returns

• Anticipate the return shot

Volleyball

• 2 teams of 6 players.

Volleyball

• 25 points to win with a 2-point lead.

• best of 5 games

Serving

• underhand, overhand, or jump serve

Passing

• forearm or overhand pass to the setter.

Setting

• second contact, starts the attack.

Spiking

• jump and hit the ball sharply downward.

Digging

• dive or lunge to keep the ball off the floor.

Blocking

• stop the spike at the net.

Pass

• keep the ball on your side.

Set

• high or low, close or far from the net.

Attack

• spike, dump, volley, serve.

Support

• open up, pursue the ball call.

Badminton

• played in singles or doubles.

Badminton

• hit the shuttlecock with a racket over a 5-foot net.

Drop shot

• falls just over the net when the opponent is at the back.

Smash

• the most powerful shot, fast and downward.

  • usually forehand.

Clear

• Flies high above the net

• Lands within one foot of the baseline

• Drives the opponent back or slows the game

Drive

• Fast counterattack, mostly in doubles

• Flat shot straight across the net.

Pickleball

• mix of table tennis, tennis, and badminton.

Pickleball

• net = 34 inches

  • badminton-size court

Pickleball

• ball bounces once after the serve and once after the return

Pickleball

• played up to 11 points.

Pickleball

• paddle and plastic ball with holes.

Dink

• soft shot just over the net to an unguarded spot.

Volley

• hit before the ball bounces; keep it low to add pressure.

Groundstroke

• forehand or backhand after one bounce, from midcourt to deep.

Lob

• drives the opponent back to baseline.

Squash

• four-walled court.

Sending

• serving, passing, spiking, dinking, volleying

Receiving

• e.g. digging in volleyball.

Traveling

• forward, backward, sideways, diagonally

Speed and Agility

• the most important fitness requirement.

• help you evade and score.

Hand-eye coordination

• know how and where to hit.