Tennis Tots Week 9 🎾🦀

Week 9–  45 mins             

📅 First week in November

👶 Age range covered in this lesson plan: Walking age to approx. 6 years.

This lesson plan references individual games and activities designed by Summit Tennis. There will be links to the specific documents below, and copies are available in the folders in the kit bags; but please visit https://www.summit-tennis.com/coaches-corner and enter the password.

 This is a general plan to cover a wide range of ages. IT IS UP TO THE COACH TO APPLY THE GENERAL LESSON PLAN TO THE AGE OF THE TOTS THEY ARE TEACHING (EVEN IF THE AGES ARE MIXED IN THE SAME GROUP) 🔁 Progressions: Activities with added complexity to challenge older children (approx. 2.5 years+) 🪶 Feathers: Activities simplified for younger Tots (under 2.5 years)

☀️ Coaching Tips : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFn1wsw3S7c           

• Sit children down to control them
• Say “Freeze” instead of stop
• Big claps after each exercise

• Use parents & assistant coaches
• Be happy!

• TRY TO GET AROUND TO EVERY CHILD AT LEAST ONCE AND HAVE “MOMENT” WITH THEM

✅ Lesson Checklist                                

☐ 🔥 Warm-Up (5 mins)          https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/warm-up              

☐ 🎾🐾 Whac-a-Mole 🟡  https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/whac-a-mole           

☐ 💧 Interlude – Quick Drink & Register Check

☐  🏰 🎾 Coaches Tower (Build a bonfire version 🔥)   https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/coaches-tower

☐  😴 Sleeping Giants https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/sleeping-giants   

☐  🚀 Fireworks https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/fireworks

☐ 🐒 Chase the Tail, for the last couple of minutes while tidying up https://www.summit-tennis.com/games-and-activities/chase-the-tail