JUNIOR TENNIS COACHING

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JUNIOR SUMMER TENNIS COACHING PROGRAMME:

Rolleston Tennis Junior Coaching Programme engages the use of Professional Tennis Coaches from Meredith Brothers Tennis Academy, who are based in Cashmere.

Every Wednesday afternoon/evenings and Sunday afternoons over the Spring & Summer months, Meredith Brothers Coaches travel to Rolleston Tennis Courts, to run our junior coaching programme.

The coaching sessions go for 45 mins, maximum 8 children per session.

TIME SLOTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Wednesdays:

3:30pm – 4:15pm

4:15pm – 5:00pm

5:00pm – 5:45pm

5:45pm – 6:30pm

6:30pm – 7:15pm

7:15pm – 8:00pm

Sundays:

2:00pm – 2:45pm

2:45pm – 3:30pm

3:30pm – 4:15pm

4:15pm – 5:00pm

Allocation of time slots is usually based on age & skill level, with the youngest children being in the earlier time slots (such as: 3:30pm – 4:15pm and 4:15pm – 5pm).

Changes maybe recommended over the course of the season, if the coach sees appropriate.

For coaching, the sessions are aligned with the School Terms; so, lessons will start the first week of term 4 and go through till the middle of December.  Then break for Xmas Holidays and start again when Term 1 begins and then finishes in the middle to end of March.

*There is NO Coaching during the Xmas School Holidays and Public Holidays*

If you are interested in registering for our Coaching Programme; membership fees are $110.00 per season for one lesson per week. 

You can register online, under the ‘Registration Tab’ on our home page.

Once our registrations close, which is usually end of September; then our Coaching Coordinator will put together the Coaching Schedule and be in contact with all the Parents, with full details for the coming season.

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JUNIOR INTERCLUB TENNIS OPTIONS

JUNIOR COMETS TENNIS – BEGINNERS:

( Age 7-10 )

Junior Players that have done Tennis Coaching for a couple of years and would like to experience playing tennis, but are concerned they might not be good enough, then our Comets Programme is the perfect starting point.

Comets Tennis Programme is held on Saturday mornings, usually from 10:30am to around 12pm.

For the first half of the season (October to December), the kids do Coaching Sessions with an experienced Coach from Ellesmere Tennis Association.  This coaching session teaches the kids more advanced concepts of tennis that they perhaps wouldn’t get in our standard coaching programme (such as: how to score a tennis game, positional play, learning to serve and where you must serve to, etc……).

After Xmas Holidays (February to March), we then put the kids into teams and they will then play other Comet Teams from other local clubs (Lincoln, Hornby………..)

It is fun for the kids and a great way for them to learn about tennis, with other kids who are at the same level as themselves.

We recommend for our Junior Players who are registered in the Comets Programme that they also do one inhouse coaching session in our Summer Coaching Programme with Meredith Brothers.

Membership Fees for the season are as follows: -

• To play in just the Comets Programme, it is $90.00 for the season, OR
• Our Combo Package (Tennis Coaching + Comets Programme) is $140.00 for the season.

If you are interested in registering for the Comets Programme, then you can register online, under the ‘Registration Tab’ on the home page.

JUNIOR SATURDAY MORNING INTERCLUB COMPETITION:

We recommend to Juniors that want to play Saturday morning Interclub Competition, that they start this when they are around 8-9 years of age, onwards.  We also recommend that they have previously done Tennis Coaching and/or Played in the Comets Programme, so you have a good understanding of how to play tennis.

Interclub Competition usually starts around the Middle of October and runs through to the Middle of December, in which we then break for Xmas Holidays.  Then commences again around the start of February until the end of March.

Competition games are held every Saturday morning either at 8:30am or 10:30am.  The format is 4 players in a team.  You play 1 x Doubles Game and 1 x Singles Game. 

You usually have one home game, then the following week, one away game and so on.

If you have a home game, then each player of the home team must provide a plate for morning tea to share with the other team.

Games are located anywhere within the Ellesmere District (Southbridge, Lincoln, Tai Tapu, Rolleston.......)

If you are interested in registering for Interclub Competition, you can register online, under the 'Registration Tab' on our home page.

​​​​​​​Membership Fees: -

• Junior Under 12 - $90.00 (Saturday Interclub Only)
• Junior 12's & Over - $100.00 (Saturday Interclub Only)
• Junior Combo Under 12's - $140.00 (Coaching & Saturday Interclub)
• Junior Combo 12's & Over - $150.00 (Coaching & Saturday Interclub)

**(We always hold a grading day around the middle of September for New Players to Rolleston Tennis Club, and this is where we grade each child into a team according to their skill level)**