Saturday, November 24, 2012

Tennis


Tennis
Tennis.
Setting: tennis court outside

Materials:
Tennis Ball
Tennis Racquets

Instructions:
   1.Take turns hitting the ball back and forth to one another without stopping.
   2. Try to work on the less dominant hand by working on a backhand in tennis

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to improve the midline crossing of the individual. Regular tennis uses dexterity in order to hit the ball from either side of the body that the ball is hit. If they are a beginner even crossing the midline with just their dominant hand would be an accomplishment. Hand eye coordination is used in order to hit the ball back and location of ones body is necessary to understanding where they are in terms of where the ball is or about where the ball is going to hit. Range of motion of both the upper and lower extremity is exercised in going all around the court along with social interaction with another person. Strength is also needed and exercised of the upper extremity in order to hit the ball back over across the net to the other person.

Tennis Balls [Image]. Retrieved from:http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/156640893259735436_X2ruApUO_f.jpg


Therapy Street for Kids. (2012). Crossing the Midline.
Retrieved from:http://www.therapystreetforkids.com/CrossingMidline.html

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