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    This document summarizes different types of divided court games played across a net, including volleyball, badminton, tennis, and table tennis. It outlines the core skills involved like hitting shots after a single bounce or before the object bounces. While the games have differences in rules and playing areas, they all share the common objective of scoring by hitting the object into the opposing court without it being returned. The games also demand that players maneuver to create space for shots, send the object across in a difficult way to return, and cover their own court area.

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    This document summarizes different types of divided court games played across a net, including volleyball, badminton, tennis, and table tennis. It outlines the core skills involved like hitting shots after a single bounce or before the object bounces. While the games have differences in rules and playing areas, they all share the common objective of scoring by hitting the object into the opposing court without it being returned. The games also demand that players maneuver to create space for shots, send the object across in a difficult way to return, and cover their own court area.

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    This document summarizes different types of divided court games played across a net, including volleyball, badminton, tennis, and table tennis. It outlines the core skills involved like hitting shots after a single bounce or before the object bounces. While the games have differences in rules and playing areas, they all share the common objective of scoring by hitting the object into the opposing court without it being returned. The games also demand that players maneuver to create space for shots, send the object across in a difficult way to return, and cover their own court area.

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    Game Type: Divided Court

    Common Objectives and Demands


    Divided court games enable players to participate unhindered as opponents are not allowed to interfere directly with play. Good anticipation, efficient movement, agility
    and the skilful placement of shots characterise successful play.

    There are three types of game played across a net:: The core skills involved in these games are:

    no bounce games (volleyball* and badminton); Racket skills Volleyball skills


    single bounce and volley game (tennis); hitting the ball after a single bounce playing a ball above the head (over
    single bounce game (table tennis). (ground strokes); hand pass or smash);
    hitting an object before it bounces from playing a ball dropping below head
    points all round the body (volley and height (underhand pass);
    smash); defending a smash (block);
    self-feeding an object into the air in
    self-feeding an object into the air in order
    order to hit it into the opposing court
    to hit it into the opposing court (service).
    (service).

    Despite acknowledged differences with regard to playing areas and conduct rules, all these games share a common objective:

    to score by hitting an object into the opposing court so that it cannot be returned to land into your court.

    They also make common demands of players: Conveying an understanding of game Modifications to aid learning
    demands

    to manoeuvre opponents to create space to Choice of equipment


    make a winning shot;
    Conduct rules

    to send the object across the net so that it is Teacher led progressions Height of the net to control the
    difficult to return; (non-regulation) pace of the game

    Size and shape of the playing area

    to cover own court area to deny space to the Procedural rules


    opposition and be comfortably placed to play the object.
    Number of players each side of the net

    REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES P Rycroft May 2005

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