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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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Agility Ladder Jumps
Agility Ladder Jumps
Training the coordination of footwork Honing quickness Warming up and strengthening the leg muscles required...
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Bambinis - Throwing and Catching - In the Air
Bambinis - Throwing and Catching - In the Air
Tennis is essentially nothing more than catching and throwing but with racquets. We track the ball to...
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Tossing from Behind and Catching
The player stand in ready position, intense and alert. The coach feeds a ball from behind and the player...
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The popcorn bag
The popcorn bag
Each child holds a little hat firmly in both hands. The trainer throws balls - the popcorn - high in...
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Crossover Steps Holding a Bar
Crossover Steps Holding a Bar
Great footwork requires that players move smoothly in different directions and are able to change directions...
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Bambinis - Coordination - Skipping Backwards
Skipping Backwards
Players skip backwards landing on the same leg they used to jump. The arms and legs are coordinated so...
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Minis Throwing Underhand to Each Other and Catching
Throwing Underhand to Each Other and Catching
When distilled to the basics, tennis is no more than throwing and catching, sending the ball back and...
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Bambinis - Reaction, Interpretation and Movement
Bambinis - Reaction, Interpretation and Movement
This exercise works on mental and physical agility. The coach places a circle and four cones on the court....
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Mobility test toe control
Mobility test toe control
Since we mostly wear shoes nowadays that limit our freedom of movement, very few of us have trained feet...
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Kids testing of the hip extension
Kids testing of the hip extension
Since our buttocks are used to spending hours in a chair, our buttocks forget their function. At the...
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Dribbling the tennis ball with the feet
Dribbling the tennis ball with the feet
Watch these girls master the art of dribbling a tennis ball with precise movements and controlled steps....
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Minis Throwing Underhand, Catching and Rolling
Minis Throwing Underhand, Catching and Rolling
In this exercises you will find young players experimenting with underhand throws, catching and rolling....
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Bambinis - Reaction and Shadow Swings
Bambinis - Reaction and Shadow Swings
The coach sets up 4 cones of different color on the court as well as two hoops that will serve as a base...
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Catching crabs
Catching crabs
The trainer throws a sandbag, the crab, over the net to the respective child
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Learning to Adjust to Deep Balls with the Reaction Ball
Learning to Adjust to Deep Balls with the Reaction Ball
The goal is to have the children throw the reaction ball over the target and then run to touch the n...
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Dexterity Test -Throwing and Catching - Bouncing 2 Balls
Dexterity Test -Throwing and Catching - Bouncing 2 Balls
Description: In this test, the players have to bounce and catch two balls at the same time.
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Feeding from Behind and Hitting
Tennis players have to react quickly to arrive at the ball on time and hit it with control. This drill...
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Bambinis - Reaction with Anlysis
Bambinis - Reaction with Anlysis
The coach sets up 4 cones of different color on the court plus two hoops, which serve as the base for...
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Sprints in the Color Triangle
The following drill helps improve players' speed and agility. It is important that players run in every...
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Eye-exercises plus testing
Eye-exercises plus testing
Peripheral vision is very efficient for the visual perception of movements. Especially in complex sports...
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Kids testing with the pistol squat
Kids testing with the pistol squat
The one-legged knee bend is often called the king's exercise in dead body weight training. It requires...
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Cone Agility plus Groundstroke
Tennis players have to react and change direction quickly.  This drill will help them improve this s...
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Mobility test head to collarbone
Mobility test head to collarbone
Please check both sides. The experience that dysbalances (imbalance) often arise (imbalance), which are...
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Minis Catching - Throwing with a Cone and the Coach
Catching - Throwing with a Cone and the Coach
In the early stages, one of the biggest challenge kids have is learning to “read” the ball, learning...
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