1. Striking with Rackets and Paddles
Chapter 27
Striking with Rackets and Paddles

2. Chapter 27 Key Points Striking with Rackets and Paddles
Requires the coordination of:
Accurate tossing and dropping the object to be contacted
Visually tracking the object while traveling to an appropriate location
Contacting object while adjusting to weight and length of implement
Are complex skills and should be introduced to children after they have experience striking with body parts, specifically the hand

3. Chapter 27 Key Points Teaching Striking with Rackets and Paddles
Precontrol Level Tasks
Since difficulty of striking with an implement increases with the length of the implement, provide children with:
Short-handed, light-weighted implements
Light-weight and slow traveling object such as balloons
Exploration experiences should include:
Striking various objects, including balls suspended from ropes at various heights

4. Chapter 27 Key Points
Teaching Striking with Rackets and Paddles (cont)
Control Level Tasks
Children can consistently strike a ball and ready for for tasks that involve:
Control of direction and force
Control of aerial pathway of object
Set up tasks that teach children to focus on the ball
Introduce children to different types of striking implements and objects to contact
Introduce children to sidearm pattern of striking

5. Chapter 27 Key Points
Teaching Striking with Rackets and Paddles (cont)
Utilization Level Tasks
Enable children to
Contact object repeatedly without missing
Send object various distances and in different directions
Children can apply striking skills in dynamic situations using different positions to strike, alone and with a partner

6. Chapter 27 Key Points
Teaching Striking with Rackets and Paddles (cont)
Proficiency Level Tasks
Help children
Demonstrate quick moving and reacting patterns of striking in game-like situations
Control both body and implement while traveling
Select appropriate type of striking when responding to an opponent

7. Chapter 27 Key Points
Teaching Striking with Rackets and Paddles (cont)
Progression spiral suggests progression of tasks
Box 27-2 indicate key developmental characteristics
Activities found in text
Identifies Tasks
Identifies Challenges
Assessment ideas found throughout chapter

8. Progression Spiral for Developing the Skill Theme of Striking with Rackets and Paddles  
• PROFICIENCY LEVEL
Self‑designed racket games
Badminton Volleyball
Minitennis doubles
Aerial net games
Minitennis
Racket Four Square
Racket Corner Ball
Wall Ball
• UTILIZATION LEVEL
Racket Call Ball
Striking in various aerial pathways in gamelike situations
Striking continuously upward with a group
Striking overhead over a net
Striking overhead
Striking to different places around a partner
Hitting cooperatively and continuously with a partner
From Both Sides Now
• CONTROL LEVEL
Striking continuously over and through a target
Striking a ball rebounding from a wall
Striking an object and sending it over a net
Striking through a target
Hitting to different places
Striking at high and low targets
To the wall again—Sideways (sidearm backhand pattern)
To the wall—Sideways (sidearm forehand pattern)
Striking for hoops (varying the distance)
Striking for distance (varying the force)
Striking to wall targets
Both Sides (of the paddle) Now
Ups, Downs, and Forwards
Up Against the Wall (striking forward)
Ups and Downs
Ups
Downs
• PRECONTROL LEVEL
Upward Bound
Hit the wall
Striking a suspended ball
Balloon strike (lightweight paddle)
Paddle balance