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| 1. Description - |
| Intermediate/advanced tennis for competitive play includes covering drills, advanced strategies, techniques and rules.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Individual Sports Family of activity courses.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- identify the rules and etiquette for competitive play.
- demonstrate increased knowledge in the tennis forehand, backhand, and serving/return skills.
- develop a marked increase in performance skills for smashing, volleying, lobbing and net play.
- analyze different strategies for singles and doubles play.
- practice drill techniques for conditioning.
- value tennis as a lifelong learning activity for physical fitness.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Tennis racquet, tennis balls, and tennis courts.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Tennis etiquette (Code of Conduct)
- Improper movement at serving point
- Badgering
- Player decisions
- Player courtesy
- Intermediate tennis motor skills
- Backhand
- smashing
- volleying
- lobbing
- net play
- Strategies
- offensive
- defensive
- doubles
- singles
- Conditioning drills
- strength
- flexibility
- agility and coordination
- speed and endurance
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Physical skills and techniques will be assessed by direct instructor observation.
- Evaluation of critical thinking in offensive and defensive play situations.
- Written or oral final exam.
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Tennis: Teaching, Coaching and Directing Programs
Jim Brown
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| Lecture, Discussion, Cooperative learning exercises and demonstration as directed by instructor.
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| - Tennis etiquette (Code of Conduct)
- Intermediate tennis motor skills
- Strategies
- Conditioning drills
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| Optional reading/writing assignments as determined by the instructor.
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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