Quick start tennis!
Has anyone heard of this? Small courts, nets and racquets.
The coolest part of the quick start program are the 3 different "squishy" balls. The bounce stays nice and low for the kids
The green ball is the closest to a real tennis ball. The kids at this level are competing against other clubs. Real court, real serves, real double faults, real scores. The only difference is the green ball.
The Orange ball division is played on a 60 foot court
The red ball division is played on a sideways court (pictured)
The usta claims this is the reason other countries are so much better at tennis. I was on to this early. 2 Yrs ago the usta came and showed us this. Back then they had maskiing tape lines. One good breeze and the courts blew away.
How does everyone feel about this?
The coolest part of the quick start program are the 3 different "squishy" balls. The bounce stays nice and low for the kids
The green ball is the closest to a real tennis ball. The kids at this level are competing against other clubs. Real court, real serves, real double faults, real scores. The only difference is the green ball.
The Orange ball division is played on a 60 foot court
The red ball division is played on a sideways court (pictured)
The usta claims this is the reason other countries are so much better at tennis. I was on to this early. 2 Yrs ago the usta came and showed us this. Back then they had maskiing tape lines. One good breeze and the courts blew away.
How does everyone feel about this?
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Permalink Reply by Hal Wagner on
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It's grown on me, think the balls are great for kids 4-8 or so, although I think hand tossed drills are effective with regular balls. Kids do get to work on their technique more and also learn how to construct points when using slower balls. Had an 8yr student just do the USTA RTC camp at Stanford where they invited top 8yr olds and made them do all drills with 25" rackets and orange balls and 60' court. Interesting since all are already playing tournies on full sized courts.
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Permalink Reply by John Spoerl on
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That reply was meant for you Hal. I missed
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Sparetime is sending a bunch of kids to dominate this tournament at stanford. Lol none of my players are gonna start though =/
I don't think it should be 3 divisions. 2 would be better I think. The USTA needs to make their money too
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Yep this is USTA's big baby, and promoting it heavily I feel kids can learn either way, but slower balls and faster learning curve should = more fun for the kids. The tournies however who knows how the players will turn out.
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Word. It does introduce scoring early too.
I am becoming a fan
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Permalink Reply by Natalia Federer on
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I used to teach little kids in Quick Start Tennis. It's a lot of fun and really gets kids motivated to get outside and to learn something new.
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Natalia, is it as popular in germany as the usta says it is?
The usta rep was cramming this down our throat saying that federer wouldn't even think about it and of course he played quickstart tennis? Really?
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John, what I don't like is how they are putting really good 8-10 yr old players in the promo vids and making it look like that is how they learned. Some of those kids are ranked.
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OOO. That's dirty. But doesn't suprise me. USTA is a business like everything else
Hey Hal- you seem pretty knowledgeable. How do you feel about there being 3 levels? Red/orange/green? I feel like 2 would be perfect. One with red or orange and little net.
I am having the most success with the green ball on a full scale court.
We play interclub matches with those green balls and lots of those 10 yr olds are ranked too =/
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I like the orange for 4-7 yr and the green 8-10 the foam and red can be way to soft and crazy bounces. Just my opinion.
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Dude me too. The red ball is useless. I kinda like the little net. I feel 2 levels would be better... let's write the usta!
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Permalink Reply by Alan Christiansen on
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This has been around awhile. It is the way to get young kids involved in the sport when they are too small to play on a big court. Almost all of the top manufacturers make these sets with the smaller staged racquets and differant balls, and still play on the big court, just use different lines. ie half court, 3/4 court then full. Works great
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