Importance of Competition

There are many children that participate in tennis lessons/activities but are not really ‘tennis players’!!! Competition is a crucial part of a child’s weekly tennis programme. IT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING GOOD PLAYERS DO! It’s hopefully exciting and enjoyable. It is one of the most effective ways for a player to improve. Competition allows a player a get an accurate …

Clay Court Experience

In April a group of coaches took 12 of us lucky players to Goole Tennis Centre to practice on clay courts. By the end of the weekend everyone was extremely tired, experts on clay and very sunburnt. The first day of the weekend was 5 hours of training. It was mainly consisted of touch and slice drills in the boxes, …