ACE Tennis for Kids – Green Book: Engaging Tennis Activities for Ages 9-12

About Course

ACE Tennis for Kids – Green Book is the final piece of this U12 pathway filled with engaging and practical activities showing you how to play tennis with children aged approximately 9-12 years.

The activities are designed to improve children’s coordination and, parents’ and coaches’ communication skills. Movement for children is an essential foundation for a healthy lifestyle and improved levels of co-ordination in children builds self-esteem leading to greater confidence.

Parents often ask the question “What can I do at home to help to support the weekly tennis session?” The following fun activities can provide creative solutions to this question. The content includes language tips and covers the four fundamental ingredients for success in sport: MOVEMENT / MAGIC (How to hit) / MISSION (Where to hit) & MINDSET

Remember that the ball is in your court.

Course Content

INTRO – The Green Book
While there are no associated videos with the INTRO, please download the attached PDF of the entire book so that you can follow along. The movement videos begin in chapter 6.

Download the PDF: ACE Tennis for Kids – Green Book

Movement
At this stage, we begin to see very different physical changes in the body. They are becoming more skilful in the use of small muscles such as the arms, hands and feet.

Quick – 1 Zig Ball

00:24
Quick – 2 Colour Recovery

00:26
Quick – 3 Drop Shot Drop Step

00:43
Rotator Cuff – 1 Thera-Band Backhand

00:29
Rotator Cuff – 2 Thera-Band Backhand Smash

00:52
Stance – 1 Stance and Time Test

01:01
Stance – 2 Wide Athletic Base

00:34
Twisting – 1 Hip Dominance Test

00:33
Twisting – 2 Back to Back

00:29
Twisting – 3 Hip and Hand Signals

00:23
Twisting – 4 Med Ball Match

00:53
Twisting – 5 Rope Hip Twists

00:17
Twisting – 6 Diamond 1 2 3 4

00:29
Underdog – 1 Zig-zag

00:41
Velocity – 1 Single to Middle line test

00:37
Velocity – 2 ‘X’ Service Box

00:33
Velocity – 3 Spider

00:48
Water – 1

00:27

Magic (Technique)

FOREHAND – 1 Forehand Demonstration

00:19
FOREHAND – 2 Set and Hit with 6 Steps

00:27
BACKHAND – 1 Double Handed Backhand Demonstration

00:18
BACKHAND – 2 Single-Handed Backhand Demonstration

00:15
BACKHAND – 3 Backhand Slice Demonstration

00:15
SERVE – 1 Serve Demonstration

00:17
SERVE – 2 Med Ball Throw Upwards and Backwards

00:14
SERVE – 2b Flicking the Water

00:33
SERVE – 3 Elbow Clicker Window

00:11
SERVE – 4 Cross Over Posture Test

00:12
SERVE – 5 Door Snake

00:12
SERVE – 6 Serving Edge

00:14
SERVE – 7 Magic Racquet

00:32
SERVE – 8 Happy Serving

00:09
SMASH -1 Smash Demonstration

00:18
SMASH – 2 Smash Ball Catch

00:22
VOLLEY – 1 Volley Demonstration

00:34
VOLLEY – 2 Catch and Volley / Volley Hops

00:48
VOLLEY – 3 Fence Volley

00:39
VOLLEY – 4 Band Volley

00:12

Mission (Tactical)
The goal of each of these activities is to achieve a tactical mission, in other words, the focus is understanding game styles about yourself and your opponent.

Gather – 1 Tortoise and the Hare

01:57
Gather – 2 Stretch Tennis

01:47
Gather – 3 “Length” or “Feel”

01:34
Reinforce – 1 Aussie Pattern & Give Away a Point

03:06
Reinforce – 2 Attack a Weakness & Ask the Coach

01:16
Reinforce – 3 Make Opponent Run & Take a Point

02:02
Reinforce – 4 Trouble Transition & Score Returns to Zero

03:11
Reinforce – 5 Tennis Boxing & Replay a Point

02:06
Reinforce – 6 “V” Pattern (Left-handed Players)

02:04
Reinforce – 7a Lane way Serving Patterns (Serve Wide + Hit Open Court)

02:00
Reinforce – 7b Lane way Serving Patterns (Serve Tee + Hit Back Behind)

03:01
Energy – 1 Rally Tempo Test

02:40
Educate – 1 Singles: Force the Finish

03:45
Educate – 2 Singles: Directional Rules

06:56
Educate – 3 Doubles: Hotspot

00:24
Educate – 4 Doubles: “Aussie”/Tandem

02:27
Educate – 5 Doubles: Serve & Volley + 2nd Serve Approach

03:00
Educate – 6 Doubles: Serve Tee & Cross 100% + Both Back

01:26
Educate – 7 Doubles: Serve Wide + Fake

01:14
Educate – 8 Doubles: Returning Team – Lob + Kick a Goal

01:26
Educate – 9 Charting: Presentation Linking Practice with Matches

48:36
Now – What are your non-negotiable qualities?

Mindset
D.E.V.E.L.O.P.M.E.N.T. is the important word for this approximate age bracket to continue to develop their game styles and realise that learning tennis is a life long journey.

OUTRO – Can you achieve the following competencies?
CONGRATS on completing the ACE Tennis for Kids - Green Book and Video series. While there are no associated videos with the OUTRO, you should now be able to tick off the green competencies.

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About Course

Course Content

INTRO – The Green Book While there are no associated videos with the INTRO, please download the attached PDF of the entire book so that you can follow along. The movement videos begin in chapter 6.

Download the PDF: ACE Tennis for Kids – Green Book

Movement At this stage, we begin to see very different physical changes in the body. They are becoming more skilful in the use of small muscles such as the arms, hands and feet.

Quick – 1 Zig Ball

Quick – 2 Colour Recovery

Quick – 3 Drop Shot Drop Step

Rotator Cuff – 1 Thera-Band Backhand

Rotator Cuff – 2 Thera-Band Backhand Smash

Stance – 1 Stance and Time Test

Stance – 2 Wide Athletic Base

Twisting – 1 Hip Dominance Test

Twisting – 2 Back to Back

Twisting – 3 Hip and Hand Signals

Twisting – 4 Med Ball Match

Twisting – 5 Rope Hip Twists

Twisting – 6 Diamond 1 2 3 4

Underdog – 1 Zig-zag

Velocity – 1 Single to Middle line test

Velocity – 2 ‘X’ Service Box

Velocity – 3 Spider

Water – 1

Magic (Technique)

FOREHAND – 1 Forehand Demonstration

FOREHAND – 2 Set and Hit with 6 Steps

BACKHAND – 1 Double Handed Backhand Demonstration

BACKHAND – 2 Single-Handed Backhand Demonstration

BACKHAND – 3 Backhand Slice Demonstration

SERVE – 1 Serve Demonstration

SERVE – 2 Med Ball Throw Upwards and Backwards

SERVE – 2b Flicking the Water

SERVE – 3 Elbow Clicker Window

SERVE – 4 Cross Over Posture Test

SERVE – 5 Door Snake

SERVE – 6 Serving Edge

SERVE – 7 Magic Racquet

SERVE – 8 Happy Serving

SMASH -1 Smash Demonstration

SMASH – 2 Smash Ball Catch

VOLLEY – 1 Volley Demonstration

VOLLEY – 2 Catch and Volley / Volley Hops

VOLLEY – 3 Fence Volley

VOLLEY – 4 Band Volley

Mission (Tactical) The goal of each of these activities is to achieve a tactical mission, in other words, the focus is understanding game styles about yourself and your opponent.

Gather – 1 Tortoise and the Hare

Gather – 2 Stretch Tennis

Gather – 3 “Length” or “Feel”

Reinforce – 1 Aussie Pattern & Give Away a Point

Reinforce – 2 Attack a Weakness & Ask the Coach

Reinforce – 3 Make Opponent Run & Take a Point

Reinforce – 4 Trouble Transition & Score Returns to Zero

Reinforce – 5 Tennis Boxing & Replay a Point

Reinforce – 6 “V” Pattern (Left-handed Players)

Reinforce – 7a Lane way Serving Patterns (Serve Wide + Hit Open Court)

Reinforce – 7b Lane way Serving Patterns (Serve Tee + Hit Back Behind)

Energy – 1 Rally Tempo Test

Educate – 1 Singles: Force the Finish

Educate – 2 Singles: Directional Rules

Educate – 3 Doubles: Hotspot

Educate – 4 Doubles: “Aussie”/Tandem

Educate – 5 Doubles: Serve & Volley + 2nd Serve Approach

Educate – 6 Doubles: Serve Tee & Cross 100% + Both Back

Educate – 7 Doubles: Serve Wide + Fake

Educate – 8 Doubles: Returning Team – Lob + Kick a Goal

Educate – 9 Charting: Presentation Linking Practice with Matches

Now – What are your non-negotiable qualities?

Mindset D.E.V.E.L.O.P.M.E.N.T. is the important word for this approximate age bracket to continue to develop their game styles and realise that learning tennis is a life long journey.

Do – 1 STAR Routine & Release Strategy

NLP – 2 Cone NLP

OUTRO – Can you achieve the following competencies? CONGRATS on completing the ACE Tennis for Kids - Green Book and Video series. While there are no associated videos with the OUTRO, you should now be able to tick off the green competencies.