RACQUET SPORTS
To earn this award, complete and check off each requirement: 1. Choose a racquet sport. 2. Get ready. 3. Play. 4. Practice a spiritual discipline.
Service Opportunity _____________________________ |
1. Choose a racquet sport. (do both)
Learn which is which: match the sport
name to the correct description.
On the chart, write down everything you eat for one week.
| a. Racquetball | __ | Played on tennis court but uses paddles and less-pressurized balls. |
| b. Tennis | __ | Played on a tabletop “court.” |
| c. Frontenis | __ | Sounds like a vegetable but named for the softer ball used. |
| d. Paddleball | __ | Invented in Mexico, played on a 3-walled court |
| e. Platform tennis | __ | Played indoors off one wall with a wood or plastic paddle and a small rubber ball. |
| f. Paddle tennis | __ | Started as a winter game; court on a wood or metal platform surrounded by a wire fence. |
| g. Squash | __ | Played indoors off four walls. |
| h. Table tennis | __ | Players hit a shuttlecock or “birdie.” |
| j. Badminton | __ | Often played on a clay court. |
Decide which racquet sport you want
to play and write it here: ___________________
2. Get ready. (do all)
Investigate.
Find the rules for the sport you chose. Write theme here. Explain any
special terms (such as lob, volley, forehand). List needed equipment,
including playing court size.
Rules:
Special terms:
Equipment:
Practice.
Practice some skills you need for the sport you chose, such as serving,
volleying, or using different strokes. For fun, try them with the hand
you do not normally use. Have at least two practice sessions.
On ________________________ (date, time), I practiced these skills:
On ________________________ (date, time), I practiced these skills:
3. Play.
Play at least two games each week for
two weeks. Or set up a tournament with friends.
| Date | Other players |
4. Practice
a spiritual discipline
Decide on a time to practice a spiritual
discipline. Make a plan to develop a new or existing discipline, such
as making time for reading God’s Word, praying faithfully, or listening
for God’s guidance.
My spiritual practice plan:
Answers for requirement 1, in order from top of list:
f, h, g, c, d, e, a, j, b
Service Opportunity
For a week, talk a walk or exercise with an elderly or handicapped person.
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