A wonderful morning of Tennis and Boccia at EFSC this Saturday

We managed to get outside for most of the session on Saturday, despite the weather changing from rain to sunshine and back again constantly. 
Ray led the warm up as usual and then we went straight in to our main session of Tennis so everyone grabbed a racket and tennis ball. First up was balancing the ball on the racket as they moved around the playground. Next was to try and bounce the ball on the racket without losing control. We then moved on to hitting the ball down between the racket and the ground. Three hits down then catch it on the 4th go. This helps with ball control and concentration as it is easy for the ball to go flying off in another direction! 

At this point it clouded over and there were a few spots of rain so we moved inside to play some games of Build a Burger. This is where the kids go up and down the hall, around cones, but balancing tennis balls between rackets. With each turn another layer of the "burger" is added which makes it much more difficult to control.

After a quick drinks break we were back outside as the sun had returned. We switched to playing some games of King or Queen of the Court. This is where the kids take it in turns to return a tennis ball over the net trying to get it back in court without being caught out. Fail to get the ball in to the court or get caught then you join the fielding team. Manage to get the ball in then you re-join the back of the line to wait for the next round. It is last person standing who becomes King or Queen of the Court. Liam won the first game before the main break with Davina and finally Kerrie winning after break.

We finished up back in the hall with some games of Boccia using the hoops as targets. With each round the number of hoops decreased making it harder as there was less to aim for.

It was a great session and we all had a lot of fun. At the end the coaches awarded the Star of the Week awards to Theo and Ellis - very well done lads!

Theo was very excited to receive his award from Alan

Ellis was a bit more camera shy but did really well throughout the session