District 11 Educational Support Services
Health & Physical Education


Grade  9 - 12, Badminton

Course Number: PE.BADMIN


Overview                                                                              

Badminton is the world’s fastest racket sport, requiring quick reflexes and superb conditioning.  In a badminton smash, the shuttlecock has been timed at speeds over 200 M.P.H. during top international competition.  Badminton is also a highly aerobic sport which can be played throughout one’s life.  In Colorado Springs School district 11, terminology, basic rules, scoring in singles and doubles will be stressed.  You will learn to utilize various grips, footwork, serves and strokes to enhance strategic singles and doubles play.  Equipment selection, use and care will be emphasized along with safety issues unique to badminton.

Prerequisite: None
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 0   Grade Level:  9-12  Credit per Semester: 0.5
Additional Credit Information: Credit per Semester: 1.0 (Physical Education or Elective)


 

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Standards

 

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

  • A complete fitness program promotes participation in grade level skills and activities that build health and wellness including cardiovascular, flexibility, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, and lifetime activity.

  • Good sportsmanship includes following rules of play and being responsible for yourself and the safety of others.

  • We can increase our health and wellness by participating in the physical activities we lead or participate in by ourselves and with others.

  • Rules help keep games and activities safe and fair.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • How does movement, muscle stretching, doing sit ups, push ups and pull ups increase body strength and overall health?

  • How can people protect themselves sore muscles or injury from over exercising? 

  • Why do we have to be responsible for our own behavior?

  • What is the purpose for rules of play in athletic or competitive sports?

  • How do class rules and team rules help make competitive sports and individual sports more enjoyable?

  • Why is cooperation important in games and in life?

  • How does cooperation in games impact the final outcome?

  • What does good sportsmanship look like?

Standards:

Standard 1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: Loco motor, non-loco motor, manipulative skill development and movement
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs loco motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination

Standard 2: Exhibits components of physical fitness
District Indicator: Demonstrates cardiovascular endurance
District Indicator: Demonstrates flexibility
District Indicator: Demonstrates muscular strength and endurance

Essential Skills/Indicators:

  • Knows the use and care of badminton racket and shuttlecock

  • Knows and can perform the long serve and the short serve

  • Knows the rules of service

  • Is familiar with the court and all its markings

  • Has learned and can perform the overhead clear

  • Has learned and can perform the smash

  • Has learned and can perform the underhand clear

  • Has learned and can perform the overhead drop shot

  • Has learned and can perform the hairpin shot

  • Has learned and can perform the backhand clear

  • Can direct the shuttlecock right or left

  • Is able to play a game

  • Knows the official rules of scoring in badminton

  • Can play both singles and doubles

  • Exhibits responsibility and sporting behavior during competition


 

Rubrics:

Beginning Badminton Marking Criteria

Serve

0 point - No effort

1 point -

    Legally begins play from one side of the court

    Has correct stance

    Holds shuttlecock correctly

    Uses underhand swing

2 points -

    Is capable of legally serving from both sides of the court

3 points -

    Has consistent serve

4 points-

    Has developed a good short serve

    Aims the serve strategically

5 points -

    Varies depth/height of serve

    The serve puts opponents on the defense

 

Skills

0 points -No effort

1 point -

    Uses at least one overhead stoke

    Hits an underhand stroke on one side

2 points -

    Clears often fall deep in opponent’s court

    Receives from back line and clears past middle of opponent’s court

    Varies depth occasionally

3 points -

    Covers shots up to seven feet away

    When possible moves up to hit a smash

    Has occasional success with smash, drop, or hairpin shots

4 points -

    Directs shuttlecock to open court

    Chooses when to smash at proper moments

    Is consistently able to change direction of play

5 points -

    Uses variety of shots, speeds, and depth

    Wins points by moving opponent or use of speed

    Covers a large part of the court

    Has mastered one offensive shot

 

Team Play

0 point -no effort

1 point -

    Arrives on court promptly, prepared and equipped

    Takes the left side of court if weakest of two servers

    Moves to shots within a four foot radius

2 points -

    Plays service and receiving rules properly

    Assumes responsibility for own territory on court

Intermediate Badminton Marking Criteria

 

    Serve

        0 point - No effort

        1 point –

            Legally begins play from one side of the court

            Has correct stance

            Holds shuttlecock correctly

            Uses underhand swing

        2 points –

            Is capable of legally serving from both sides of the court

        3 points –

            Has consistent serve

        4 points –

            Has developed a good short serve

            Aims the serve strategically

        5 points –

            Varies depth/height of serve

            The serve puts opponents on the defense

 

    Skills

        0 point - No effort

        1 point –

            Uses at least one overhead stoke

            Hits an underhand stroke on one side

        2 points –

            Clears often fall deep in opponent’s court

            Receives from back line and clears past middle of opponent’s court

            Varies depth occasionally

        3 points –

            Covers shots up to seven feet away

            When possible moves up to hit a smash

            Has occasional success with smash, drop, or hairpin shots

        4 points –

            Directs shuttlecock to open court

            Chooses when to smash at proper moments

            Is consistently able to change direction of play

        5 points –

            Uses variety of shots, speeds, and depth

            Wins points by moving opponent or use of speed

            Covers a large part of the court

            Has mastered one offensive shot

 

    Team Play

        0 point - No effort

        1 point –

            Arrives on court promptly, prepared and equipped

            Takes the left side of court if weakest of two servers

            Moves to shots within a four foot radius

        2 points –

            Plays service and receiving rules properly

            Assumes responsibility for own territory on court

        3 points –

            Switches sides with partner to keep court fully covered

            Keeps score legally

            Has occasional success at offensive strategy

        4 points –

            Uses offensive strategies: place/smash/fake out/exploit weaknesses

            Backs up partner without taking over partner’s position

        5 points –

            Is the best server on team

            Detects opponent’s weaknesses and sets team strategy to exploit them

            Is very focused

            Is ethical, competitive sports enthusiast

 

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