PEER SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY

PEER SUPPORT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA – KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMANCE

Student name:

Class: Date:

GAME COMPONENT
1. Stroke technique observation checklist - Forehand groundstroke

INSTRUCTION
• O
 bserve your partner performing the various elements described in the skill criteria
column in addition to comparing their performance with the images provided
• Indicate their level of achievement based on ‘Always’, ‘Sometimes’ or ‘Rarely’

ORDER SKILL CRITERIA ALWAYS SOMETIMES RARELY

• Assume a basic athletic ready position
1
• Non-hitting hand supports the throat of the racquet
• Turn side on to the oncoming ball
2 • Beginning of a circular motion
• Hitting hand does not raise above the head
• Racquet and hands drop below the ball with a fluent motion
3
• Racquet follows a low to high swing path
• Contact is made in front and to the side of the body
4 • Hips and shoulders have rotated to face the net
• Head remains stable and eyes focused on contact point

5 • Follow through as a natural extension of the swing

6 • Racquet finishes over the opposite shoulder

What your partner did well:

What your partner can improve on: