🦀🎾👶 Tennis Tots – Term 2, Week 3
🦀🎾👶 Tennis Tots – Term 2, Week 2
Walking age to approx. 6 years 🔁 Progressions: Harder variations for older tots (2.5+ years)
🪶 Feathers: Easier versions for younger tots (< 2.5 years) ☀️ Coaching Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFn1wsw3S7c
• Keep groups moving – avoid waiting
• Use balloons and soft balls to slow the game down
• Sit children down to regain control
• Say “Freeze” instead of “Stop”
• Big claps and praise after each go
• Use parents & assistant coaches
• Try to give every child a moment of attention
🔥 Warm-Up
Light movement, bouncing and catching
Introduce balloons and balls gently
🎤 Introduction (1–2 min)
Welcome the children
Explain today’s games and safety rules
🎾🧺🎈 Phase 1 (5–7 min) – Balloon Keepy-Uppy
Control and coordination
Keep the balloon in the air using hands or rackets 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/baloon-keepy-uppy
💧 Interlude – Quick Drink & Register Check
🎾 Phase 2 (approx. 7 min) – Range Hitting
Hitting long and straight
Focus on direction rather than power 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/range-hitting
🌌 Phase 3 (approx. 7 min) – Star Wars (Throwing Game)
Throwing accuracy and fun competition
Targets, points and imagination 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/star-wars
💧 Interlude – Drink & Reset
🥅 Phase 4 (5–7 min) – Four Goals (Dribbling Challenge)
Best for bigger groups or younger tots
Dribbling, movement and awareness 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/four-goals Alternative (smaller group / slightly more advanced tots):
🎈 Balloon Match – gentle rally-style game
🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/balloon-match
🐭 Standard Finish (2 min) – Chase the Tail (while tidying up)
Fast chasing game played while cones and equipment are collected 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/chase-the-tail
If the planned exercise is not suitable for your group, choose a like-for-like game from the same phase in the games gallery.
👶 Walking age to approx. 6 years
🔁 Progressions: Harder variations for older tots (2.5+ years)
🪶 Feathers: Easier versions for younger tots (< 2.5 years)
☀️ Coaching Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFn1wsw3S7c
• Keep instructions short and clear
• Sit children down to regain control
• Say “Freeze” instead of “Stop”
• Big claps and praise after each go
• Use parents & assistant coaches
• Aim to give every child a moment of attention
🔥 Warm-Up
https://youtu.be/Tpp5XXaljTg?feature=shared
🎤 Introduction (1–2 min)
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/introduction
🎾🐾 Phase 1 (5 min) – Whac-a-Mole
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/whac-a-mole
💧 Interlude – Quick Drink & Register Check
🏰🎾🔥 Phase 2 (5 min) – Coach’s Tower (Build a Bonfire)
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/coaches-tower
😴 Phase 3 (5 min) – Sleeping Giants
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/sleeping-giants
💧 Interlude – Drink & Final Register Check
🚀✨ Phase 4 (5 min) – Fireworks
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/fireworks
🐭 Standard Finish (2 min) – Chase the Tail (while tidying up)
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/chase-the-tail
CHANGING THE PLAN 👉
If the planned exercise is not suitable for your group, please select a like-for-like game from the same PHASE:
https://www.summit-tennis.com/all-games-gallery-phases
🦀🎾👶 Tennis Tots – Term 2, Week 1
🦀🎾👶 Tennis Tots – Term 2, Week 2
Walking age to approx. 6 years 🔁 Progressions: Harder variations for older tots (2.5+ years)
🪶 Feathers: Easier versions for younger tots (< 2.5 years) ☀️ Coaching Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFn1wsw3S7c
• Keep groups moving – avoid waiting
• Use balloons and soft balls to slow the game down
• Sit children down to regain control
• Say “Freeze” instead of “Stop”
• Big claps and praise after each go
• Use parents & assistant coaches
• Try to give every child a moment of attention
🔥 Warm-Up
Light movement, bouncing and catching
Introduce balloons and balls gently
🎤 Introduction (1–2 min)
Welcome the children
Explain today’s games and safety rules
🎾🧺🎈 Phase 1 (5–7 min) – Balloon Keepy-Uppy
Control and coordination
Keep the balloon in the air using hands or rackets 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/baloon-keepy-uppy
💧 Interlude – Quick Drink & Register Check
🎾 Phase 2 (approx. 7 min) – Range Hitting
Hitting long and straight
Focus on direction rather than power 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/range-hitting
🌌 Phase 3 (approx. 7 min) – Star Wars (Throwing Game)
Throwing accuracy and fun competition
Targets, points and imagination 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/star-wars
💧 Interlude – Drink & Reset
🥅 Phase 4 (5–7 min) – Four Goals (Dribbling Challenge)
Best for bigger groups or younger tots
Dribbling, movement and awareness 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/four-goals Alternative (smaller group / slightly more advanced tots):
🎈 Balloon Match – gentle rally-style game
🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/balloon-match
🐭 Standard Finish (2 min) – Chase the Tail (while tidying up)
Fast chasing game played while cones and equipment are collected 🔗 https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/chase-the-tail
If the planned exercise is not suitable for your group, choose a like-for-like game from the same phase in the games gallery.
👶 Walking age to approx. 6 years
🔁 Progressions: Harder variations for older tots (2.5+ years)
🪶 Feathers: Easier versions for younger tots (< 2.5 years)
☀️ Coaching Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFn1wsw3S7c
• Keep instructions short and clear
• Sit children down to regain control
• Say “Freeze” instead of “Stop”
• Big claps and praise after each go
• Use parents & assistant coaches
• Aim to give every child a moment of attention
🔥 Warm-Up
https://youtu.be/Tpp5XXaljTg?feature=shared
🎤 Introduction (1–2 min)
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/introduction
🎾🐾 Phase 1 (5 min) – Whac-a-Mole
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/whac-a-mole
💧 Interlude – Quick Drink & Register Check
🏰🎾🔥 Phase 2 (5 min) – Coach’s Tower (Build a Bonfire)
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/coaches-tower
😴 Phase 3 (5 min) – Sleeping Giants
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/sleeping-giants
💧 Interlude – Drink & Final Register Check
🚀✨ Phase 4 (5 min) – Fireworks
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/fireworks
🐭 Standard Finish (2 min) – Chase the Tail (while tidying up)
https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/chase-the-tail
CHANGING THE PLAN 👉
If the planned exercise is not suitable for your group, please select a like-for-like game from the same PHASE:
https://www.summit-tennis.com/all-games-gallery-phases