 Welcome back to our final video of our five videos in the miniseries and in this video We're going to be talking through how I like to develop match play skills in our younger junior players in particular eight and under So let's see how I get the little ones playing matches Just like the ability to rally children playing competitions gives them hours of fun Not only does it give them fun on a tennis court? It also gives them the opportunity to learn how to win and how to lose both equally as important as each other Now competition doesn't have to be serious. It doesn't have to be scored in the traditional way There are lots of different ways that you can do it and we'll be starting right now on my first progression The learning how to play matches is quite difficult for adults So when teaching children how to play matches, there's a lot to it First of all, they need to understand the boundaries of the court and what is in and what is out The next step is learning how to score. So before using rackets and before even using a tennis net We're simply going to play what I call a catch match in this tiny little square at the back of the court So I've got my brother Wilson Wilson if you come over So some of you would have seen my other brother buddy in my last video I've actually got four brothers, so I'm going to work my way through them But this is Wilson. He's the third in line now Wilson I'm going to throw the ball up. It's going to bounce somewhere in the square You're going to catch it and throw it back as soon as the ball leaves the boundaries of the square Whoever misses it. The other player has to shout out. So here we go Okay, so I made the first mistake. Wilson wins the point So Wilson's score is one my score is zero. So Wilson's going to start the next one Good at this game. Okay. So again, I missed the box Wilson scored a point. The score is two zero So as you can see it's quite a basic way for children to understand the boundaries of a certain area What is in and what is out and how to score points in tennis the next stage after our initial catch match Is to start to introduce the net. So we're going to play exactly the same game But this time we've got to try and throw the ball over the net into our opponent's Square so we as you can see we've got quite a small area so the children can find success straight away So they're going to stand behind their square and they're going to be ready to catch Throwing and catching over the net Trying to keep going until our opponent misses the boundary of the court Okay, so Now there's another way to win the point If the ball goes into the net your opponent wins the point. Wilson's doing pretty well here. So one love to Wilson There is another way and we're also going to introduce the double bounce this time So if a player sees the ball bounce twice before it's caught they're going to call double bounce It was a double bounce. So again Wilson wins the point. It's pretty good isn't it? This next step is quite a jump So there may be ways in between the last progression and this progression to try to marry them together But we're now going to introduce a racket. We're also going to introduce the serve so We're going to use the first progression of serves from the first video, which is the scoop serve I'm going to stand behind the line. I'm going to scoop ball over to my partner or my opponent Wilson We're going to play a point Trying to keep it within the bounds of the court I'm going to beat him for once before we're going to go. As you can see I'm just using the simple first progressions of Bounce and tap my forehand bounce and tap on my back Yeah, I haven't done the volley. Maybe that's for another video. As that progression is quite a big jump It might be worth on the previous progression without using a racket starting the point with an overarm throw to replicate the serve So in your catch match You can start with an overarm throw and then get into the rally Another way you can break things up in between the catch match and the hit match is to have one player hitting and one player catching So Wilson, you're going to use your racket. I'm going to be the person that's throwing and catching So I will start with an over arm throw Wilson will hit it over the net and I'll catch it. We're playing a point now with one hitter And one catcher The same as before you win the same way And then you can swap so I was just the racket That's a nice way to break things up in between those two progressions as you can see there matches don't have to be formal They don't have to have huge courts and proper scoring systems We've got a tiny little tennis court and we'll be using very basic progressions But you can see how a younger junior player can find success quite early on Now I hope you enjoyed those progressions if you did make sure you like and if you've got any questions about it Or if you've got any other ways that you like to work on match play skills Let me know in the comments below but make sure you subscribe and I hope to see you next time. Take care