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PE 461 – Skill/game category assessment criteria Dr. Tim Hopper 3/10/02

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Category DRIVES practice focus Game/Task Signature Half to full court length. Perform shots with movement around the full Half length court. (1) court. Return to base position after each shot. 6 shot rally with partner or coach Perform rally with partner changing hitting then play out the .

both and . Target 20 shots 3-ball feed hitting to pressing rally. Rarely miss in 3-ball feed drill. zones. Full court (2) Play with greater consistency. Handle high and 10 shot competitive rally with low bouncing balls, consistently hitting the ball in ball hit to spaces with varying the hitting zone. Personally hit 10 consecutive height. Play 5 game after 4 shots shots from competitive feed in full court on both rarely missing in first 4 shots. forehand and sides. Small to Full court (3) Control depth and placement of shot in drills and 6 shot Rally to press zones. Co- game situations. Show ability to put pressure on op play cross-court or down-line an opponent in game. Hit (50%+) to the pressing game. zones beyond the service lines. Able to dire ct the Play half court v whole court ball across court or down the line as needed. game winning points by using space full court. Full court (4) Ability to control your shots using spin (slice and Rally in 5-game with spin to ) on at least one side. Demonstrate good pressing zones. Take advantage technique on drives. Footwork around the court of short balls or good length hits should show base and anticipation movements where opponent is forced back. (coasting in or moving back). Split step prep to Integrate first and second cover target area and weight transfer into shot on into 5-game with base-line base most shots. As above with use of spin/power to position off serve. attack pressing zones with 60% success rate. Full court Play competitive points using the (5) Demonstrate use of spin (slice and topspin) on 3-point unforced error game. both drives. Employ power in strokes effectively at Vary height of shot for situation the right time to win a point or make an opening in game. Game score for both (use windows 1, 2 and 3). Show correct players adds up to 15+ points. positioning on court to play strokes based on opponent’s target area and positioning. Use angles to create openings with consistency on both sides. (6) Full court Apply effective skill cues to Demonstrate effective instruction of peers in improve peers drives. Transfer relation to their individual ability. Coach a 3-ball skill cues into game play. feed drill.

PE 461 – TENNIS Skill/game category assessment criteria Dr. Tim Hopper 3/10/02

Name:______

Category NET-PLAY Game/Task Half court full length (1) Goal-keeper drill controlling direction. Dink tennis in service box. against partner moving into the net. Keep Volley rally working in from the

volley low and steer to either side. 70% accuracy service line. 6+ volleys then play from partner feed. Hit in from partner feed out the point. and in a competitive game. Show use of offensive and defensive lobs in a competitive game. Half court full length (2) Control placement and depth of volley from Volley against partner in brushing partner’s brushing drives. drill. Play bounce volley game Apply volley competitively in a game situation by successfully volleying off working into the net. 75% success rate on partners feed then play out the competitive feed. point. Play a rally game - Show appropriate use of the approach shot. approach net when ball dropped Show drop-shot and follow to net for volley. short. Full court From base-line hit an approach (3) Putting volley away. shot of coach feed. Volley next Narrowing down the angles. Approach to the net off shot. Then, play out the point. a slice shot with ‘split step’ action to prepare to play a volley. Show ability in a game to hit a smash Rally with partner. Point starts away using power and accuracy. 60% success with when ball enters service-box. these shots. Technically accurate volley with ability Perform approach short or drop- to vary the length and angles of a volley. shot off short ball to volley. Full court (4) Demonstrate low volleys and half volleys. Show From base-line hit ball off ability to play these volleys successfully, keeping coach’e bounce feed volley or the ball low and away from opponent. Able to half-volley the ball coming into effectively do the intercept volley (poach) in the net. Play out the point. doubles. Volley 80% success rate in competitive Use intercept volley in 2 Up 2 practice. Back doubles. Show the ability to hit a topspin at the correct Partner feed from behind the time in a game. Demonstrate a in a rally base-line, then hit a drop-shot to from the baseline to win or set up a point. Maintain play out point: a high percentage (90%) of effective smashes in a • Use topspin lob on both sides. game. Show consistency in hitting passing shots. • Smash to win point Full court (5) Use of the volley in the game situation should be Play against partner in a game to effective with consistency. Keep volley deep, low 4 points. You only gain points and controlled. Serve volley on both first and second for points won at net: serves in doubles. Able to have 60% success rate • Serve and volley serve and volleying in singles game. Able to chip • Chip and charge and charge to the net to volley with 70% success Lose points for unforced errors. rate. No lobs until volley played. (6) Coach peers in the effective use of the volley, lobs, Apply skill cues and create dropshot and smashes in practice and in a game effective game play tasks to situation. Coach approach net volley drill and improve serve performance poach volley drill using basket.

PE 461 – TENNIS Skill/game category assessment criteria Dr. Tim Hopper 3/10/02

Name:______

Category SERVICE practice focus Game/Task

Half to full court length. Demo overhead serve in small court Show accuracy with service hitting to one side game. (1) of the service box with a stepping into court to Serve-in and step back game. recovery position. Progress to baseline. Maintain consistency of serving. 80% Increasing court size as win a point success with 2 serves. after serve. Full court length. (2) Hit to side, line and middle of service box. Serve accurately to a ball can. Perform topspin second serve. Show Serve with spin and effectively play consistent serving with a high % of second second phase tennis in the full- serves going in. 90% success with spin on length court. second serve. Full court Serve with spin into the service (3) Show /Topspin/slice services with court from the baseline. Serve for a declared accuracy. After serve show effective whole tie-break without losing due positioning. to poor serving. Position off the Develop the use of power in the service. 50% serve. success with the first serve, 90% with the second serve. Full court Serve with declared accuracy so (4) Return of serve: Show ability to play a that opponent should return serve. variation of service returns for singles and Set up effectively for second phase double games. Respond correctly to tennis with serve-volley and serve opponent’s serves. 90% second serves stay back. Continue serve game returned, 50% first serves returned. where you try to win points in a row Ability to hit serves and none returnable as server (4 in row) serves by moving the ball. Able to direct spinning serve. Full court Serve to maximize opportunity to (5) Direct return of serve to pressurize server on win point. Play points mixing up backhand and forehand side. Strategic use of ability to serve and stay back or the service in doubles and singles. Show serve and volley. Play situation ability to correct own mistakes to encourage tennis demonstrating effective use consistent strong serving. 95% topspin serves of the serve to win the point. going in with the ball kicking. 70% slice serves going in with the ball breaking. 50% flat serves in with the ball keeping low. (6) Modified to full court Apply skill cues and create Coach two peoples serve improving their effective game play tasks to consistency, accuracy, use of spin and when improve serve performance appropriate, power.