Badminton Unit
Earl Oxford Grades 4-8
Brittany Adriaansen
Unit Topics
1.
 Behavior, safety expectations and equipment maintenance
 Movement and ready position
 Forehand and Backhand grip
2.
 Overhand/ Underhand Clear Shots
 Drop Shots
3.
 Drive Shot
 Smash Shot
 Serving Techniques
4.
 Boundaries (Singles and Doubles)
 Rules (Singles and Doubles)
5.
 Drills – Will be used throughout the unit to enhance the skills being taught.
 Round Robin/Kings Court Games/Ladder Tournaments – Will be used
throughout the unit
Block Plan
Monday
April 1
Tuesday
April 2
Wednesday Thursday
April 3
April 4
Safety and
Movement and
equipment
Review, drills
Forehand
and
backhand
grip
Review/Relays
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
Clear Shots
Review and Drills
Drop Shot
Review/Drills
Game Play
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 18
April 19
Drive and Smash
Shot
Review/Drills
Serving
Badminton
Golf
Ladder
Tournament
April 22
April 23
April 24
April 25
April 26
Boundaries and
Rules
Review/Drills
Tournament Tournament
Games
Games
Tournament
Games
April 29
April 30
May 1
May 3
Tournament
Games
Tournament Games
Tournament Tournament
Games
Games
May 2
Friday
April 5
Game Play
Jamboree
Completion Checklist
Lesson
Safety, Movement and
equipment
Forehand/backhand
Grip
Clear Shots
Drop Shot
Drive and Smash Shots
Serving
Rules and Boundaries
Grade
4
Grade
5
Grade
6
Grade
7B
Grade
8A
Grade
8AL
Grade
8C
Assessment
Formative Assessment: Will be done through observation during activities and
games. Positive and constructive verbal feedback will be used to help students learn
and grow in all skill areas.
Summative Assessment: Will be used through checklist and record keeping.
Checklist will be used to show which students understand and demonstrate the
particular skill. Records will be kept as the students go through the unit to highlight
strengths and weaknesses.
Extra Activities / Games
 Fill the Tub
 Badminton Golf
 Kings Court
 Ladder Tournament
 Elimination Circle
 Hit and Run
 Lose a Racket
Outcomes
Students will understand
safety on the courts of
badminton.
Students will show
understanding for behaviour
and equipment maintenance.
Methods
Activate:
Discuss with students the
safety concerns, behaviour
expectations and maintaining
the equipment.
Acquire:
Demonstrate a full swing and
what it looks like both
forehand and backhand. Talk
on movement in the courts
that involves the ready
position.
Apply:
Have students go through a
command drill. Calling out
different directions for
students to run to and show
their ready position and full
swing follow through.
Students will demonstrate
the understanding of
forehand and backhand grip.
Activate:
Resources
Curriculum
Rackets
Birdies
Nets
Assessment
Observation of student
understanding.
Teacher Notes:
Safety – personal space
extends, stay off courts being
used.
Behaviour – Use of racket for
playing not aggression,
reserve if unsure.
Maintaining Equipment –
1,2,3,4 match nets to poles,
appearance of cart with
rackets and nets.
Curriculum
Rackets
Demonstrate the forehand
Birdies
and backhand grip. Use of key Nets
words like palm facing up and Checklist
making the V should be used.
Observation of the use of
forehand and backhand grips.
Check list to highlight those
who get it and those who
need work.
Acquire:
Have student practice their
grips. Challenge them to use
try different combinations to
hit the birdie up to
themselves.
Apply:
Group the student into
groups for relays. Have the
students preform different
tasks as relay teams to
practice their swings/grips.
Things like hitting the birdie
up using backhand or
alternating between both
backhand and forehand.
Students will demonstrate
understanding of clear shot.
Activate:
Discuss and demonstrate the
clear shot. Talk on both the
forehand and backhand clear
shot.
Acquire:
Have students play Hit and
Run. Students form two lines
on either side of the net. First
person hits the birdie over
Curriculum
Rackets
Birdies
Nets
Checklist
Teacher Notes:
Like throwing
Needs to be high and far
Snap wrist
Observation of understanding
of clear shot.
Check list to highlight those
who get it and those who
need work.
and then must run to the
other side and join at the end
of the line. If the player
misses the birdie multiple
things can happen. They can
be out, reserve or have them
do a lap to join back in.
The students should try to
keep the birdie in play by
using their clear shot learned.
Corner to corner or side to
side
Apply:
Have students get in groups
of 3. One student will throw
the birdie up to another
student, which will hit it
using a clear shot. The third
student retrieves the birdies.
Students will have a chance to
do all three tasks.
Students will demonstrate an
understanding of the drop
shot.
Activate:
Discuss and demonstrate the
drop shot. Talk about how it
needs to stay low and goes
right over the net. Have
students aim at the net
furthest away from where
their opponent is.
Curriculum
Rackets
Birdies
Nets
Checklist
Observation of the drop shot.
Check list to highlight those
who get it and those who
need work.
Acquire:
Have student rally with a
partner practicing using the
drop shot.
Apply:
Place hoops on one side of the
net down the serve line. Have
student in groups of three
practices their drop shot by
trying to get it in the hoops.
One person will throw up the
birdie while the other tries to
do a drop shot and the last
partner retrieves the birdies.
Students will switch so they
all get a chance to practice the
drop shot into the hoops.
Have students get with a
partner. Have them play a
game where the serve line is
the back of the court. Student
will be forced to use drop
shots in the net play since it is
so close.
Students will demonstrate
understanding of the drive
shot.
Students will demonstrate
understanding of the smash
shot.
Activate:
Discuss and demonstrate the
use of a drive shot and a
smash shot. Highlight the
similarities and differences of
each shot. The drive is power
on a straight angle right over
the net and drops down. The
smash is a power shot that is
hit on an angle directly down
over the net.
Curriculum
Rackets
Birdies
Nets
Checklist
Observation of the drive and
smash shot will be used.
Curriculum
Observation of serving skill
Checklist will be used to
record those who understand
and show skill with these
shots.
Acquire:
Have students practice using
these shots in their groups of
3. One as a thrower, hitter
and retriever.
Apply:
Have students play a mini
game applying all the shots
they have learned. These can
be played as groups of two
with timed games so there is
equal amount of playing time.
Students will demonstrate
Activate:
and understanding of
forehand and backhand
serve.
Demonstrate a serve. Discuss
how the racket needs to stay
below the waist. Talk on how
their feet should rock. Show
them the difference between
a short and long serve and a
backhand and forehand
serve.
Acquire:
Place a hoop on the corner of
the serve and centerline as
well as the back corners of
each side. (4 on each side of
the court) Have students
practice serving in to the
hoops. They should try both
long and short serves and
have their partner retrieve
the birdies.
Apply:
Have students play a game. If
miss serve they can reserve
once. Serves must travel to
the diagonally court across
the net.
Timed games will be used for
Rackets
Birdies
Nets
Checklist
will be assessed.
Checklist will be used to
record the student who
demonstrate and
understanding of serving.
equal playing time.
Students will show
understanding of boundaries
lines for double and singles.
Students will demonstrate
understanding of basic rules
for badminton.
Activate:
Discuss the boundaries and
basic rules for badminton.
Long and narrow for singles
and short and wide on serve
and full court after serve for
doubles. Discuss scoring with
rally point rules. Talk on no
net touching and missed
serves.
Acquire:
Have students spread out on
the court in their ready
positions. Have them follow
commands to show their
understanding for boundaries
and shots. Teacher can yell
out serve line and the
student’s must get them
selves to the line and pretend
to preform a serve. They can
be commanded to go to the
side line for singles or double
or show a clear shot or smash
shot execution.
Curriculum
Rackets
Birdies
Nets
Observation for
understanding of boundary
lines.
Observation for
understanding of basic rules
to badminton.
Recoding observation to
ensure understanding of each
student and the rules and
boundaries of badminton
game.
Apply:
Have student play a game
using the boundaries and
rules learned. They will be
playing doubles to maximize
participation so students
should understand lines on
serve and after serve.