About The Groups

Mini Tennis Pre School  3 -5yrs. Introduction to Mini Tennis.Working on coordination skills, movement, racket skills and basic games in a fun environment.

Mini Tennis Red   5 – 8yrs.At this early stage, children are introduced to the basics of the game. They start developing the core skills of movement and coordination, take part in lots of fun activities and play short matches and team competitions.

Mini Tennis Orange  8 – 9yrs. At the second stage of Mini Tennis the emphasis is on further development. Children learn new shots and techniques to help them rally on a bigger court. Competition includes slightly longer matches.

Mini Tennis Green 10 and under – The final stage in preparing for full court tennis – children at this stage will be bigger and able to cover the whole court. They will further improve their technique and tactics, As well as fundamental athletic skills. Matches are longer.

Mini Tennis Team – Squads for players who want to play more than one hour a week, develop match play skills, tactics and willing to play tournaments and for the teams.

Mini Tennis Club Tour – Weekly Mini Tennis tournaments. Red, Orange and Green run on alternate weeks.

U12 / U14 / U16 / U18 Development – Development groups for players who play one or more hours a week. Sessions will include work on the four fundamentals (Technique,Tactics,Physical,Mental) plus matchplay. Players will be encouraged to obtain a rating and develop at their own pace.

Match Play (U12 / U14 / U18) – groups for supervised matchplay. Box leagues, N.C.L. practise etc. Tactical coaching along with doubles teamwork.

Performance / Academy Squad (13 – 18yrs) – Performance Academy Squad is an invitation squad only. Working on basket drills, fitness, matchplay, world tour standard hitting.

Ecclesbourne School - daily/ weekly sessions for all years, weekdays 12.00 - 1.00. Mentoring scheme for older juniors in conjunction with A.V.D.C. and Derbyshire L.T.A.