Explore topics including fitness, nutrition, injury prevention, aerobic/anaerobic exercise. Test endurance, strength, flexibility, and balance. Measure heart rate and oxygen absorption. Turn the court into a grocery store and shop for the food groups, …
Subjects, Topics | Activity Examples |
Fitness | Build fitness vocabulary using drills & skills which relate high performance tennis to fitness vocabulary: endurance, strength, balance, flexibility. |
Endurance drill: Continuous movement contest | |
Strength: Side plank contest | |
Balance: Balance on one foot and juggle or catch a ball contest | |
Nutrition | Turn tennis court into grocery store, “stock the shelves”, and shop for each food group |
Injury Prevention | Use non-dominant hand skill contests to illustrate need for balanced training |
Drill and exercise using exaggerated athletic stance, lower center of gravity — learn how prevention and performance go hand-in-hand | |
Aerobic/Anaerobic Exercise | Measure O2 and Heart Rate before/during/after tennis drill exertion to learn about types of exercise and how the body works (optionally blood pressure) |