• Play competitive games, modified where appropriate (e.g. badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball and rounders) and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.
• Physical Education, Key Stage 1
• Participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.
• Physical Education, Key Stage 2
• Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.
• Physical Education, Key Stage 1
• Master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.
• Participate in a fun game of mini tennis with this value set including all essential items.
• Mini tennis offers a fun and accessible introduction to the sport, building foundational skills and enhancing coordination.
• The TTS mini tennis development kit introduces children to tennis effectively. This set includes 12 indoor foam balls, 4 19-inch rackets, 4 21-inch rackets, 12 playground tennis balls, and a mini tennis net for varied practice. Foam balls, which have a slower flight, develop technique, while playground tennis balls help practice strokes and basic hitting technique. The rackets are height-appropriate: 19 inches for those up to four years old and 21 inches for five-year-olds. The net adjusts between 3 and 6 metres, offering different challenges as skills advance.
• Ideal for PE and the playground, this kit makes learning tennis engaging and comprehensive. The mix of foam and playground tennis balls ensures a thorough skill development process. The flexible mini tennis net enables practice in various settings.
Supporting the PE curriculum, this kit helps increase engagement in regular physical activity and encourages enthusiastic participation in tennis.
• Mini tennis net can be used as a 3 or 6 meter option to vary the challenge as children increase their skills.
• Children should use a racket appropriate to their height, 19in rackets ideal till age 4, 21in rackets aimed at 5 year olds.
• Foam balls are slower in flight and should be used first to develop technique, before the regular tennis balls to practice strokes.