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Get Your Kids to Become Better at Playing Tennis in 6 Easy Ways

So you’ve convinced your kids to start playing tennis. That’s great! Now, you’ve got to help them become better at the sport. 

But where do you even begin? Do you watch Youtube videos and then help your kids learn what you’ve learned? Or do you have to start playing tennis yourself to understand better how to help them? 

Well, fret not because we’re here to help you!

In this article, we give you tips on how to make sure your child improves as they journey down the path of greatness.

 

Tips To Help the Kids Get Better at Tennis

We won’t keep you waiting for the tips so let’s get right into the different ways you can hone the tennis skills of your children: 

Play When You Can, Anywhere You Can

You don’t need to be on a court to play tennis! With a portable tennis or badminton net, you can play on the driveway with your kids. You can have little practice sessions in the afternoon and hit a few balls back and forth. With a portable badminton net, you don’t have to limit yourself to practicing on a tennis court. As a bonus, there are a lot of things you can do with a tennis or badminton net.

Stick to a Consistent Training Schedule

If you hire a coach but don’t have your kids stick to a training schedule, you’re just flushing money down the drain. You can’t play tennis one day, then skip for three weeks and come back to play a game only to complain about how your kids haven’t gotten better. It doesn’t work that way. A consistent training schedule is key to honing skills and techniques.

 It doesn’t matter if you have your kids training for tennis once a week, as long as you ensure they’re training every week. Same with training thrice a week; make sure it’s consistent.

Play Catch

It might sound crazy, but playing catch with your kids will help them improve in tennis. How? When playing catch, you’re using hand-eye coordination to make the catch. In tennis, hand-eye coordination is crucial. It’s what your kid uses to make sure their tennis racket hits the ball every time. So, by playing catch and ensuring your child catches the ball more often, you're setting them up to have better hand-eye coordination which will significantly help them when they play tennis.

Besides, who doesn’t love a good game of catch?

Do Group Lessons

We also recommend enrolling your child in a group tennis lesson. This will be a great way to make friends and help them work in a team or with others. A group lesson is a perfect avenue for them to explore playing doubles or singles.

Also, since most of the kids in group lessons are usually the same age, it encourages your kid to continue playing tennis because they can see other kids their age enjoying tennis. And kids do love to do what other children are doing.

Keep Them Active Even Off Court

Keeping the kids active off the court is equally important. You want their bodies to be used to being active so that when they hop onto the court to play tennis, they aren’t shocked at the amount of effort they physically exert.

Now, you don’t have to do anything too extreme. You could even keep them active by ensuring they get some play time out in the garden.

Other activities we suggest include morning walks to the park, swimming lessons, play dates at parks with other kids, walking the dog, and other sports they might be interested in, like a game of tag; the possibilities are endless. Have fun!

Let Them Experience an Under 10 Tennis Tournament

Now, this might seem a bit daunting but don’t fret. We’re saying this because joining tennis tournaments just helps you understand your child better as a tennis player. You’ll see where they need help more and what skills they excel at. You’ll also see how they handle themselves during tournaments, and you can gauge how passionate they are. Once your child has gone through their first tournament, it’ll make things easier for them. The goal isn’t to win; make that clear with your kids! The goal is to have fun, learn, and experience. 

It’ll also help boost confidence since you’re showing your child that you believe in them and support them enough to join a tournament. And positive mindset will always help in improving skills.

 

Final Thoughts

With these six tips, we’re sure you’ll kids will get better at tennis in time! Now, that's okay if you don’t feel like doing all that. You can do a combination of two or even just do one before proceeding to do another. 

The important thing is you keep your child’s momentum and passion for tennis going and help them improve.

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