It was great to be back after the Easter break, even if the weather had more of a winter feel to it. Being summer term what better sport to play than Tennis. 
Ollie and Ray led the warm up before the Tennis started with some hitting practice. As you can see in the first photo below the kids paired up across the hall from each other. One would throw (feed) the ball to the other who using a tennis racket would aim to hit the ball back to their partner. So it was all about hitting the ball with the racket with the correct strength and direction to allow the partner to catch the ball. After a few turns the pair would switch so the other had a turn at hitting.
From there we used the cones in the opposite direction as a slalom course up the hall. The kids had to balance a tennis ball on the racket as they went up the course. At the far end they had to bounce the ball on the racket a few times before coming back.

For those good enough they took it to the next level by bouncing the ball on the racket as they went up the slalom course.​
Stepping things up a bit the kids then went on to play "Build the Burger". This is where they start with a ball sandwiched between two players tennis rackets. They go up and down the course then add another ball with another members racket on top of that (so 3 kids, 3 rackets and 2 balls). Up and down the course without collapsing before trying to add a third ball & fourth racket. As the burger is built the harder it is to keep it all together which makes for a lot of concentration but also fun when it falls apart!

In what has become a bit of a tradition here at Epping Forest Sportability Club the last session of the term was a bit more relaxed. The Coaches set up a number of activities including Table Tennis, Basketball, Boccia, Curling and Badminton. Everyone then just had fun doing whatever activity they wanted and with some music playing I noticed the basketball shooting morphed in to a bit of dancing with a shot at the end - great fun!

At the mid-point break Alan did suggest playing a game of something to finish the session off but the kids were enjoying what they were up to so much we just carried on the fun. In addition, they borrowed the table football table and had some games of that too.

From everyone at the club we wish you and all your loved ones a very special Easter. For those of you lucky enough to get time off from school or work then do enjoy your time off and hopefully the weather will be kind to us all as well.

We look forward to seeing you all back after Ea​ster - our next session being at the usual time of 10:00 on Saturday 27th April.