This past week we have been using Wii Tennis with our students in physical education class. As many of you already know, Wii Tennis is one of the activities included in the Wii Sports game that comes with the Nintendo Wii console. As a culminating activity for our racket skills/ striking unit, we (my teaching partner, Tristan, and I) decided to play Wii Tennis with our students. We used the Wii as a station and used 4 controllers so we could maximize participation. To encourage students who were waiting in line to "shadow play", we placed polyspots behind the individuals using the controllers and gave them each a foot-long noodle to use like the controller and practice their timing. It has worked beautifully and the students have really enjoyed playing the game as part of physical education class.
***Note - Using the Wii is a great way to discuss how to keep score in the game of tennis, how serving and serve receive works, and how to keep score (15, 30, 40, deuce, etc.).
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