Springfield College – Daily Lesson Plan

Name​​: Samie Al-Ziab Date​​: 9-11-2018 ​Time​​: 50-84 minutes

School​​: Hopkins Academy Lesson:​​ #3

Facilities​​: Gymnasium Number of students​​: 5-10 ​Grade​​: 7-12

Unit/Theme​​: Table tennis

Equipment​​: Table tennis tables, 10 rackets, 10 ping pong balls

Focus of Lesson:​​ Understand Rules and keystrokes/terminology of table tennis

Student Performance Objectives (SPO)​​ + M

​ CHCF​​ + ​National Standard & Grade Level Standard #​​ + ​Task
#​​ + ​Assessment

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

(C) Understands when to use front hand and back hand stroke depending on position of the ball
during closure

MA CF (S2.H2.L1)

(P) Demonstrates competency in table tennis by performing a front hand stroke, back hand stroke,
and serving using correct cues during gameplay . MA CF (S1.H3.L1)

(A) Exhibits proper behavior, etiquette of the game, and respect for others during the entire lesson.

Check each objective – is it specific? Is it achievable? Is it developmentally appropriate?

Teacher Performance Objectives​​ – During the lesson the teacher will:

1. Reinforce student learning by providing at least 3 pieces of positive and corrective feedback
during the lesson

Special Considerations​​ –

1. This is a small class and my first time teaching table tennis. This will be a good first time, but i
must ensure I engage all students by keeping activities fun and relevent to their learning.

References​​:
Time Sequence of lesson
5 Changing time: ​Students will have 5 minutes to
change. Upon entering gymnasium they will start
walking
5 Warm up:
- 5 minutes jog
- 3 rounds of dynamic stretching
- (High knees, heel kicks, Side lunges,
Inchworms to toe walks, Leg raises, Skips)
Introduction:
10
- Go over focus of the lesson (Table tennis)
- We will be learning
Rules:
The Table: ​Its dimensions are 9 feet long, 5 feet
wide
The Net: ​The table is divided into two equal
halves by a 6 inch high net.
The Serve: The server takes the ball with his one
hand and paddle in opposite, tosses the ball at
approximately 6 inches high and strikes as the
ball with his/her paddle. It must touch the
servers’ side of the table first then the opposing
teams side without touch the net or holders.
Returning the Serve: ​The opponent must hit the
ball back over the net onto the servers’ side of
the table.
Double Bounce Rule: ​You must not allow the
ball to bounce more than once on your side of
the table at any point or you lose the point​.
Key Terminology:
Let:​​ If the ball hits the net and still bounces over and hits
your opponent's’ side of the table, the serve must be
replayed.
reflection
Table tennis went well overall. Due to
the amount of vocab and rules students
needed to know, it was critical we got
them a lot of OTR. With only a class of 5,
we had to have 1 student sit out per go.
This student was adjusted to help ref and
call certain rules or strokes they saw.
We had trouble keeping students
engaged throughout the skills portion of
the lesson. I believe this was due to lack
of variation within the skills practice, and
inability to do some strokes by students.
Table tennis is a very skill required
sports, so the better students can
acquire a certain skill the more fun they
will have during gameplay. We adjusted
to this by putting students in partners, so
they could use their combined skills. This
turned the focus more on teamwork and
communication, so some students did
not feel unengaged or that they were
not having fun.
Overall gameplay went well. We set high
expectations of sportsmanship and
effort, and students responded well with
their skill level during gameplay.
Understood objectives and were able to
know when to use certain strokes, why,
and how to perform them by the end of
the lesson.
Fault: ​ If the ball hits the net and does not bounce on
your opponent's side or clear the net then the server
losses a point.

Volleying: ​Hits the ball before it has bounced unless it’s

obviously not going to bounce on his/her side of the
table.

Double Hit: ​Hits the ball twice in succession.

Game: ​When one player has scored 11 points or a 2

point lead if the game has reached 10-10.

Match: ​The best of any odd numbers of games, usually

3,5,or 7 games played.

Skills used

Fronthand stroke
Cues
- Ready position with paddle above table
- Step forward with the non paddle foot, and go
from low to high
- Follow through with non paddle shoulder
pointing to oppenent

Backhand stroke
- Ready position with hand above table
- Step toward the ball with the paddle foot and go
from low to high
- Follow through should be with the paddle
shoulder pointing towards the opponent

Lob shot
- Ready position
- Light tap to the ball
- Follow through should be short and back in ready
position

Serve
- Ball must bounce on your side of table first
- Backhand or front hand the ball over
- Keep the ball level

Kill shot
- Go from high to low
- Power and follow through down
 Safety - ​Watch out for ping pong balls and hold onto
rackets

Grip -

- Your index finger on the backhand rubber.

- Your thumb tucked in on the forehand side.
The other three fingers loosely wrapped around the
handle.
-Little to no gap between the top of the handle and your
hand.
-The ‘V’ or crease of your hand in line with the edge of
the bat.

All activities will be done where students are standing.

Due to small class sizes and set-up, transition time will
not be a factor.

10 Activity 1 ​- ​Fronthand practice

- Students will be with a partner practicing
fronthand strokes
- Focus: ​On good grip and cues
- Extension up: ​See how many they can get back
and forth in a row
- Extension down: ​Practice with stationary hits

10 Activity 2 - Backhand practice

- Students with same partner
- Same extensions as above

Activity 3 - Serve practice

10 - Using cues stated above
- Get comfortable serving back and forth

Extension up: ​Volley after serves

20 Activity 4 - Gameplay
Have students play games individually against each other
using rules stated above. Go over rules before
- Games to 11
- Switch partners after everyone finishes

Extension: ​Add use of lob shot and kill shot as students

get more comfortable
Extension: ​Have students play with partners
5 Closure: ​What are different types of shots?
When will they be used?
How do we hold the paddle?