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Any ideas for fun, creative, original games to teach extreme beginners/6-8 year olds tennis?
I’m a high school tennis player coaching our local community lessons. There are only 3 of us coaching and we have about 8 kids to a court. These kids are extreme beginners, with little strength or hand-eye coordination. Does anyone have ideas for games that we could play with them. I need games to keep them moving, and keep their down time to a minimum. I know the game jail, so anything other than that please. THANKS
How about tennis tag: divide the kids into two teams. Have one member from each team at the net. The other members stand somewhere behind the baseline in a queue . You and another coach feed the kids at the net balls. They must successfully hit the ball into the service box on the opposite side of the net. If they miss they must try until they get it. After they are successful they must run back and tag a teammate who must come to the net and do the same thing. The team who is most successful after all the balls are played wins.
After they start to get better you can make them hit inside the court just beyond the service box then increase the difficulty by setting up a cone or an empty ball can and forcing them to hit it or a specific mark before they can go back and tag their teammate. The losing team must pick up balls while the other team gets to laugh and point. =)
Here’s another: the tennis leapfrog. Have them line up at the baseline. After you feed a ball to the first kid s/he must squat down while the kid behind leaps over him/her to the front of the line while the other one moves to the back. These are probably sound wierd but they’re kids they’ll love it.
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