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  Progressive Tennis - Innovation in Junior Development

Progressive tennis is a tennis program for 5-9 year olds which allows young players to learn and play the game more quickly, efficiently and successfully.

Progressive Tennis uses a systematic progression of court sizes, balls, and racquets, to scale the game down to an appropriate level for 5-9 year olds.

It is imported from European countries such as France and Belgium where it was used to successfully develop players like Justine Henin-Hardenne and Olivier Rochus.


Progressive Tennis in Action Resource Materials Equipment and Court Setup


Click below to view clips
from Belgium Tennis Federation:
  >> 1/2 court 1
  >> 1/2 court 2
  >> 1/2 court 3
  >> 1/2 court 4
  >> 3/4 court 1
  >> 3/4 court 2
  >> 3/4 court 3
  >> 3/4 court 4
  >> 3/4 court 5
  >> 3/4 court 6
  >> 3/4 court 7
  >> 3/4 court 8
  >> 3/4 court 9

Click below to view clips
from Tennis Canada:
  >> 1/2 court 1
  >> 1/2 court 2
  >> 3/4 court 1
  >> 3/4 court 2
  >> 3/4 court 3
  >> 3/4 court 4
  >> 3/4 court 5
  >> 3/4 court 6
  >> 3/4 court 7

You can download each video by using right-click button and selecting "Save target as..." function, or you can download all Belgium clips at once in zip format (95 MB) or download all canadian clips at once in zip format (66 MB).





  Progressive Tennis Description
  Innovation in Junior Development,
  Tennis Canada

  Interview with Bob Brett
  on Progressive Tennis

  Ari Novick, Director of Coaching
  Development, talks in details on
  Progressive Tennis

  Progressive Tennis by Paul Lubbers,
  Director of USTA
  Tennis Coaching Education

  The Right Stuff by Wayne Elderton

  Progressive Tennis FAQs

  An example of skill development
  for a 3 year old:

  >> Part 1
  >> Part 2
  >> Part 3
  >> Part 4
  >> Part 5

    Sample/Draft Materials:

  1/2 Court Goals and Program Content
  1/2 Court Team Competition
  3/4 Court Goals and Program Content
  3/4 Court Timed Flight Tournament



Use Sponge Balls, Winners Balls or Easy Play Balls by Wilson
Balls (Sponge, Winners, Easy Play)

Use 19 to 25 inch racquets
Racquets (19 to 25 inch)

  View the clips below to learn
  about the court setups:

  1/2 court setup:
  >> 1/2 court setting up the nets
  >> 1/2 court Training Setup
  >> 1/2 court Competition Setup

  3/4 court setup:
  >> 3/4 Court marking
  >> 3/4 Court training setup
  >> 3/4 Court competition setup

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