Wall and hit-over games
Ready when: Grip, ready position and bat control (b1) started.
What you are learning
Hitting the ball to a place on purpose: against a wall above a line, then over a row of books on a table. Point the bat face where you want the ball to go and finish the swing there.
Words on this card Bat, Forehand
- Bat
- The racket; the wooden part is the blade, the sticky surface the rubber.
- Forehand
- Hitting on your bat-hand side, or across the body on the other side.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Stand a step from the wall; hit the ball gently above the line with the forehand, swinging from the elbow.
- Let it bounce once and hit again; then backhand only; then alternate.
- At the table, hit over the books, finishing with the bat face pointing at the spot.
Your part while they practise
Feed softly; count.
Step by step
- Hit against the wall above the line, forehand only.
- Then backhand only.
- Then alternating.
- Then over a row of books on a table, pointing the bat face where you want the ball to go.
How much: 30 hits 10 min a session 4 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Over the books
Play points across a table with a row of books as the net.
Who plays: 2 players; or 1 against the wall, counting.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- One player drops the ball and hits it over the books to start
- Each hit must bounce once on the other side
- Play to 11 points; swap the starter every 2 points
- Fair play
- A grown-up plays backhand only.
- Points
- 1 point when the other player misses, hits the books or hits off the table.
- Fouls
- The point goes to the other player
- Hitting before the ball bounces on your side
- Touching the table with the free hand
- A ball hit off the table on purpose
- Winning
- The first to 11 points.
- 4 points for 1 star
- 8 points for 2 stars
- 11 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Let it bounce twice.
One bounce, forehand and backhand alternately.
What you will see, and what to say
- the swing is short and stiff
Swing from the elbow, finish in front
Swing through. - the ball is hit late
Hit it in front of your body
Meet it early.
Self-check
10 hits in a row on a wall or over the books.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains hitting, reaction.
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