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Key Teaching Points

The document outlines the key techniques for performing various tennis strokes, including the forehand, backhand, serve, overhead, volley (forehand and backhand), smash, and lob. For each stroke, it describes the body positioning, grip, racquet movement, footwork, and follow through required to properly execute the stroke. The strokes are some of the fundamental skills needed to play tennis at a basic level.

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Key Teaching Points

The document outlines the key techniques for performing various tennis strokes, including the forehand, backhand, serve, overhead, volley (forehand and backhand), smash, and lob. For each stroke, it describes the body positioning, grip, racquet movement, footwork, and follow through required to properly execute the stroke. The strokes are some of the fundamental skills needed to play tennis at a basic level.

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Key Teaching Points

Forehand
- Racquet begins in neutral position then taken back
using a circular swing
- Step forward
- Swings racquet head from low to high
- Follow through with hips and shoulders rotating to
face the net
- Head remains stable

Backhand (double-handed)
- Two hand grip on the racquet
- Ball hit from the left side of the body (for right-handed)
- Racquet hand is brought back around the body before hitting the ball
- Step across the body towards the ball when making contact
- Follow through from low to high
- Head remains stable

Serve
- Feet perpendicular to the net, separated shoulder width apart
- “Shake hand grip”
- Swing racquet down and back
- Ball is tossed up high
- Elbow bent with racquet going down
- Contact is made with the ball in front of the body
- Follow through down and across the body

Overhead
- Ball is hit with power
- Non-racquet hand points up at the ball
- Ball lands close to the net or in the middle of the court
- Follow through across the body

Volley (forehand)
- Ball is hit before it bounces on the ground
- Pivot the body to take the racquet backwards
- Step forward into the volley
- Volley with blocking motion – not following through
across the body
- Contact is made with the ball in front and to the side of
the body

Volley (forehand)
- Racquet is held with two hand grip
- Pivot the body to take the racquet backwards
- Step forward into the volley
- Racquet positioned to the left of the body (right-handed)
- Volley with blocking motion – not following through across the body
- Contact is made with the ball in front and to the side of the body
Smash
- Body rotates back and the racquet is back
- Non-dominant hand angled towards the ball
- As the ball drops, body to uncoil and racquet is
swung towards ball
- Snap the racquet arm around to make contact with
the ball
- Follow through down and across the body

Lob
- Racquet begins in neutral position
- Ball is hit high and deep
- Follow through with racquet high

(Optimum Tennis, 2017: Pat Cash, n.d: Schools Curriculum Standards Authority, 2012: Tennis
Australian, 2017)

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