GIYM Subsidised Schools Tennis Initiative, Rosendale , Friday 7-8 years

The Give It Your Max schools tennis initiative is designed to help give more young people the chance to play tennis. The course is subsidised at half the price of Lifetime Tennis normal junior sessions and for the 2017-18 school year is available to children from St. Jude’s and Rosendale Playing Fields.

What’s involved
Our 7-8 years program helps players gain success in the following areas, Tennis Technique (learning correct swing shapes and movement), Cooperative Buddy Activities (learning control and teamwork) and Competition (Games based learning). Participants are given the chance to progress by: 1) Developing Physical skills e.g. copying a small controlled swing shape movement or copying a sidestepping footwork drill and 2) Developing Understanding e.g. learning why a small controlled swing is better then a big out of control swing or why it can be better at times to move sideways then forward. This approach is applied when learning all of the core elements and related skills for each tennis shot (Forehand, Backhand, Serve and Volley).