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| 1. Description - |
| Strategy and competition for both singles and doubles in badminton play.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Individual Sports Family of activity courses.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- identify the equipment, rules, and etiquette of badminton.
- practice basic fundamental skills.
- recognize offensive and defensive strategy.
- utilize proper footwork and racquet grips.
- demonstrate basic overhead and underhand strokes.
- increase levels of fitness and hand-eye coordination.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Badminton racquet and shuttlecocks.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Terminology, equipment, and rules of badminton
- Racquets and types of shuttlecocks
- Dimensions - type of play
- Etiquette and general play
- Basic skills
- Grips - forehand and backhand
- Arm and wrist positioning
- Underhand and overhead strokes
- Footwork
- Strategy
- Singles
- Doubles
- Offensive
- Defensive
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Individual and team participation
- Sportsmanship
- Critical thinking in competitive game play
- Demonstration of rules and etiquette of badminton
- Participation and demonstration game fundamentals
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Current NCAA Badminton Rulebook
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| - Explanation
- Demonstration
- Video
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| Lab Content includes demonstrations of the following
- Forehand
- Backhand
- Serve
- Return
- Rally
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| optional writing exercises based on recommended reading
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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