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T4L is Technology

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:46:32 +0000

The tennis court is a great place to learn about a wide range of tech topics including cameras/optics, sonar/radar, internet-connected devices (IoT), racquet technology, string technology, low compression ball technology, electronic line calling, and video analysis.

Subjects, Topics	Activities
Electronic Line Calling	Use smartphone with high speed camera to film balls hit or thrown close to a sideline and/or service box back line
Racquet and String Technology	Compare low and high tension racquets
	Old racquet demo day, racquet and string technology timeline
Ball Technology	Trace the history of the tennis ball, including relatively recent “quick start” low compression balls
Video Analysis	Use smartphone and frame-by-frame app (CoachesEye) to discover swing nuances (serve, groundstrokes)
Radar/Speed Gun	Compare serve speeds using alternate techniques (loose ‘fingertip’ grip, for example)

T4L is Geography and History

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:45:57 +0000

Tennis history is an opportunity ‘learn how to learn’ geography and history more generally. Lay out a tennis history timeline on the court, match up events in tennis history to world events, learn about players and records to put current players in context.

Subjects, Topics	Activities
Events, Countries, Chronology	Play games as four teams representing four countries of the slams, use a few native language words as part of the games
	Build a tennis history timeline across the court (event markers with flash cards)
	Match up historical world events with tennis history
Records	Build local player (this class) win/loss records as context for considering best pro records all time

T4L is Life Skills

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:45:26 +0000

Life skill-building on the tennis court includes a full range of sportsmanship, group, leadership and teamwork activities to reinforce relationship and conflict resolution principles. Practical essential skills such as using currency and making change are easy to mix with tennis skills to make learning fun, engaging and memorable.

Subjects, Topics	Activities
Teamwork	Build a human chain to hand off tennis balls or racquets or both, moving them from one location to another in a pattern (e.g. 3 balls, 1 racquet), creatively make rules and have a race
	Build a Rube Goldberg contraption
Cooperative Play	Partner-up and set records or compete for most rallys, most balls moved from point to point per unit time, and/or combination of physical and mental tasks (record answers on markerboard)
Sportsmanship, Conflict Resolution	Introduce bad judgement/behavior in situational play, ask players to find resolution
Currency	Collect tokens representing currency to accumulate a specific amount or to make change

T4L is Brain Power

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:44:55 +0000

Set up the court with activities to explore the power of the human mind. Play games to learn about memory, pattern recognition, and visualization. Develop strategy and tactics to win points in games, vary the rules and see how the winning strategy changes.

Subjects, Topics	Activities
Memory	Play “concentration” game with big cards (remember cards by location)
	Memorize footwork and stroke skill patterns as drilling games
	Memorize (visualize) a series of numbers, perform a drill sequence, recall numbers
Pattern Recognition	Create patterns with cones and spots (colors, like objects, up/down), identify them, create drills which mimic them
	Match sound patterns, possibly drum rhythms, to visual patterns (Morse Code), use patterns in game context to change modes (run on pattern 1, walk on pattern 2,…)
Visualization	Visualize trajectory and landing spot to improve depth of shot
	Develop a shot selection strategy, vizualize depth and angles, drill to master
Strategy & Tactics	Develop strategy and tactics to win a cooperative success partner rally competition
	Develop strategy and tactics to win short court points

T4L is Planet Earth

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:43:49 +0000

Learn about the sustainability of the planet and related best practices. Set up recycling reinforcement activities and efficient energy generation experiments. Illustrate green and zero waste reinforcement principles.

Subjects, Topics	Activities
Sustainable Energy	Assemble a wind turbine kit (inexpensive demo kit), measure stored energy
	Assemble a solar collection kit (inexpensive demo kit), measure stored energy
Recycling	On court race to sort recyclables
Zero Waste	Set up court areas representing the 5 R’s, put flash cards at each area, play a tennis “board game” which progresses through each area

T4L is Health and Wellness

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 17:25:44 +0000

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)

T4L is Physics

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 12:39:33 +0000

Explore Newton’s Laws of Motion, leverage, light, sound, trajectory, temperature. Catapult tennis balls, launch big dice using a lever and a fulcrum, use photobeams as start/finish lines for relays, measure (approximate) the speed of sound, see the effect of temperature on the bounce of a tennis ball…

Subjects, Topics	Activities
Newton’s Laws of Motion	Catapult tennis balls to explore force, gravity, and trajectory
Leverage	Launch big dice using a lever and a fulcrum to learn about leverage
Light	Use photobeams as start/finish lines for relays
Sound	Measure (approximate) the speed of sound at a bank of tennis courts or court plus adjacent field or open field (250+ feet)
Trajectory	Use ball machine as a launchpad — game to predict and mark landing zones
Temperature	Determine and explain the effect of temperature on the bounce of a tennis ball

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admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:09:37 +0000

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admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:39:37 +0000

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