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Kids Athletics

To learn how to play tennis, children need to develop some basic athletic skills. Without these skills, tennis is too difficult and frustrating. This section gives you the tools to develop the athletic fundamentals kids need to learn the game faster and with much more enjoyment.

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Building an athletic foundation

  • Better body control for precise striking movements and quick changes of direction.
  • Make children more resilient with age-appropriate athletic drills.
  • Solve sports motor tasks faster and more effectively.
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Screening and improving mobility

  • Improved balance and stability for a stable posture.
  • Mobility tests and corrective measures from top experts to balance out imbalances.
  • Mobilization exercises for avoiding injuries and support for growth problems.
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Balloon play over small net
Balloon play over small net
The children each play a balloon over the small field net with their coach in teams of two.
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Throwing Catching and Rolling to Each Other
Throwing Catching and Rolling to Each Other
Understanding the characteristics of the incoming ball is essential in tennis. Therefore very young players...
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Timing: Practicing with Balloons
Timing: Practicing with Balloons
The children should attempt to keep the balloon off the ground by hitting it up in the air with both...
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Bambinis - Lateral Slalom with Rotational Throws
Bambinis - Lateral Slalom with Rotational Throws
The coach sets cones on the baseline so that the players can weave through them. The players will move...
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Bambinis - Coordination - Every Third Over the Line
Every Third Over the Line
This drill works on coordination and speed.  Children jog along a line and step laterally...
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Neurological Speed
Neurological Speed
In contrast to quickness on a muscular level, there is also a type of quickness governed by neuro-muscular...
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Kreisende Gymnastik für die Arme
Circular Arm Exercise for Joint Protection and Mobility
The arms have many more directions of movement and degrees of freedom than, for example, the forearm....
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Throwing and Catching a Balloon
Throwing and Catching a Balloon
Each child has a balloon. The drill is to toss the balloon up and catch it. The children are placed in...
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Bambinis - Footwork Practice with the Swiss Ball
Bambinis - Footwork Practice with the Swiss Ball
Two players start in the middle of the baseline. One player gets ready to move on his/her toes. The coach...
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Bambinis - Coordination - 3 on each Side
3 on each Side
Players move along a line taking three steps on each side of the line. Players should start slowly and...
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Bambinis - Strength - Walking in a Push up Position Backwards
Bambinis - Strength - Walking in a Push up Position Backwards
Players assume a push up position and walk with hands and feet backwards to the other side of the court...
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Bambinis - Speed - Skipping
Skipping
Players skip using their arms and landing on the same foot that they jumped with. Make sure legs and...
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Competing with the Reaction Ball
Competing with the Reaction Ball
Children throw a reaction ball through a target at the net.  The reaction ball is not round so it bounces...
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Testing back extension
Testing back extension
Basically, the tilting backwards movement has many positive effects and influences on the spine and opens...
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Learning to Adjust Movement Speed and Direction
In this drill, two players mirror each other moving forwards and backwards. The idea is to always keep...
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Ladder - Twisting Jumps
Ladder - Twisting Jumps
Players move through the ladder with twisting jumps. Training goal: This drill is designed to work on...
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Eye exercise
Eye exercise
The more information the children receive from their environment, the freer and better they can move...
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Creep forward and backward
Creep forward and backward
Babies start their locomotion by crawling. Later, as an adult, crawling is much more difficult. Whether...
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Bambinis - Agility Ladder - Two Legged Jumps
Two Legged Jumps
Players jump once on each rung as high as possible with the legs fairly straight trying to use the ankles...
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Bambinis - Agility Reaction with Partner
Bambinis - Agility Reaction with Partner
The coach sets four cones of different colors on the court and two hoops that will serve as the base...
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Sprint Wettkampf
Sprints with Frequent Direction Changes
The coach sets up to identical courses with cones of different colors.
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Throwing and playing at a target
Throwing and playing at a target
The children run a course set up in a circle, throwing and playing at predetermined points.
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Bambinis - Coordination Agility Ladder - 2 on each plus Catching
Bambinis - Coordination Agility Ladder - 2 on each plus Catching
Players try to coordinate moving through the ladder stepping twice on each wrung and catching a ball...
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Minis Slalom Rolling 1
Slalom Rolling 1
The children move through a cone slalom course pushing different size balls with their racquets simulating...
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