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Story 1
Forehand Volley |
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Crocodile
Hunter
The Hunter is looking for Crocodiles, but the Crocodiles are
hiding behind the bush. Find them!
Crocodiles bend down under the net to hide from the hunters.
The hunters say, “Go crocodile”; crocodiles stand up; the
hunters toss ball underhand to the crocodiles racket who hold
racket like a stop sign; the crocodiles hit the ball; and hid
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Story 2
Serve & Forehand Volley |
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Kangaroo Volley
Kangaroo wants to play tennis w/you & hops over the bushes to
the net to hit a volley & then hops back behind their bushes.
The child “kangaroo” starts to hop from far line to line next to
net & hits a forehand volley. Toss ball underhand only when
“kangaroo” gets to net. |
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Story 3
Forehand Groundstroke & Serve |
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Ice Cream Scooper
Tell Ice Cream man what flavor you want . He is going to scoop
it to you. Catch it on cone & eat it.
Feet on “skateboard”; drop ball inside the hoop & then “scoop”
it over net w/ racket. Other player must get it in the “ice
cream cone” - use cone or bucket. |
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Story 4
Dynamic Forehand & Serve |
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The Hunters and the Rabbits
Hunters are looking for Rabbits who are hopping on other side of
net. If ball touches the Rabbits, they freeze for 3 seconds.
Use
sponge
balls. Rabbits stand behind line of cones at a safe distance
from net. |
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Story 5
Backhand Volley |
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The Kiss Volley (Backhand)
The Horsey tosses a ball to the Flamingo and Flamingo hits the
ball & makes a kissing sound. What does a kiss sound like?
Child tosses the ball underhand to backhand volley of partner.
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Story 6
Backhand Groundstroke |
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Samurai Pandy
The Samurai Pandy escaped from the Tokyo Zoo to play tennis with
his friend, the Doggy. Each time Pandy hits a ball Doggy
tosses, Pandy says “Bonzai!”
Have the child stand on snowboard in backhand position & toss
the ball to backhand. Child must hit after the bounce. |
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Story 7
Forehand & Backhand Groundstroke |
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Jail
- London Tower
The mean coach is putting the kids in jail. Whoever stays out
of jail at the end wins!
Coach feeds balls. If child misses shot, child goes to jail on
coach’s side. Child can get out of jail by catching someone
else’s ball after 1-2 bounces. Last ‘free’ person wins. |
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Story 8
Rally |
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Hockey Tennis
There has been a huge snowstorm in London and the River Thames
has frozen over. Let’s have some fun and play hockey on the
ice!
The child “kangaroo” starts to hop from far line to line next to
net & hits a forehand volley. Toss ball underhand only when
“kangaroo” gets to net. |
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Child- Racquet pack
In
order to keep performing Le Petit Tennis story oriented missions at
home,
use the age adapted Racquet pack .
You can order the Racquet Pack at the Club Med boutique or online
at:
www.lepetittennis.com/store
Parent - progress tracking software
You
will access exercises, tips, a progression tracker & your guide
for an extraordinary tennis voyage at home.
www.lepetittennis.com/software
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