JUNIOR GROUP COACHING

 

It is best to start playing tennis from a young age (as with most things) you get a feel for the ball and your swing and movement becomes natural. Your hand-eye coordination improves greatly and above all it is great FUN!

Mini Tennis allows the fundamentals of the game to be taught in a fun and engaging way for children in school years 1 to 6. As we progress through the mini tennis section the balls get slightly harder and courts become bigger, until in the performance section we start using normal (ITF approved) tennis balls on a full size court.

We start with mini tennis red which uses slightly larger very low compression balls. With mini red we focus on introducing the basic strokes and develop hand-eye coordination. Lots of fun games are played and we introduce SAQ (Speed, Agility and Quickness) drills to develop the movement of our young players. During mini orange we start to develop rallying with are players and introduce simple points scoring. We develop the SAQ training and look at tennis specific movement and footwork patterns. In mini green our players continue to develop games play and we develop ideas on how to  best play our opponent and strategies on how to win.

From Mini green we progress into the performance section. This is aimed at slightly older children (school years 7 to 13), or the talented younger players. The groups we have are Performance 1& 2 which increase in ability and become more demanding as the children progress. These squads will progress onto using ITF approved tennis balls on a full size court. All aspects of tennis will be developed and we will spend time focusing on SAQ drills to develop movement and footwork which will benefit all sports. Performance 1 & 2 run together on a Monday from 6:50pm to 7:45pm. The squads have a separate coach each,   however they will benefit from regular coach rotation, easier progression into higher squads, and more varied game play. Our aim is to develop leagues for these players so they can practice match play and thus develop their ability to win. Players in the higher squads will be asked to represent the club in junior matches against other tennis clubs.

Junior Tennis Coaching Squads