A lovely session of Tennis at EFSC this Saturday

We were blessed with wonderful weather on Saturday so we made the most of it by getting outside on the playground to play some Tennis. We were low on members this week as a number of the kids were attending a drama show. That meant that those that did come got added attention and we could concentrate on upping their skill levels.
We started with a warm up led by Coach Alan before it was out with the tennis rackets to practice some balancing skills.

After balancing the ball on the racket as they moved around they then started to hit the ball first up, then down. They then paired up to starting returning the ball to each other. One would throw the ball underarm for the other to hit a return. They then switches around so everyone got a chance to return. This helped them to judge how hard to hit the ball and in what direction to get it back to thei partner.
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We then played two tennis related games. First we played Champion which is a catching game. The ball is thrown at random to people in the line. Catch it and you move up the line, drop it and it is back to the bottom of the line. The person at the top of the line at the end of the game is the champion. 
The second game is King of the Court where the idea is to return a ball thrown over the net back. The ball must be returned in to the court (not miles outside) and must not be caught out. If you are out you become a fielder on the other side trying to catch the others out. We played a few games of this, as we enjoy it so much, and Harry won one game and Swaran two. An honourable mention to Kealan who came second in at least two of the games.

We finished off outside on the playground with some Putting at hoops. We then ended the session back in the hall with some games of Boccia, trying to get as many balls in to the hoops as possible.
It was a lovely session and we hope the weather stays kind for as long as possible so that we can have many more fun sessions like this. We just had one Star of the Week award this week and that went to Joseph, new this term, who has settled in really well and showed great energy throughout the session.
Join us again next Saturday for more fun and games when we hope to see all the "Drama" kids back.

Joseph picking up his award from Coach Alan