 Hey everybody and welcome back to our final tennis lesson for lesson six which we're going to be looking at competing like the pros. Now my name is Asheneves and I'm here at the Avenue Tennis Club and today we're going to be doing a 30 minute follow along session just like the ones we've done before. Now just because this is the last week it doesn't mean that it's the end of your tennis journey. In fact this is only just the beginning. You can always look back at all of the other lessons and do them again as many times as you like but even better you could get yourself to your local tennis club. Now I know that most of you watching will be from near to the Avenue Tennis Club because we're based here in Haven and if you are I'd love to invite you along for a free taster session so that you can have a go on these courts with our coaches as well. So if you'd like to do that tell your grown-ups and get them to send me an email and we'll invite you along. But if you're not near to here there'll be plenty of tennis clubs near to you that you can get in touch with so if you've got any questions about getting involved with tennis send me a message. So just like all of the other sessions we're going to need some equipment to get started so just like before I'm going to give you one minute to go and find it all. The first thing that you need will be a racket or something similar to a racket it could be your hand or it could be something hard like this where you've got to try and hit the ball like so. You're also going to need a ball now the ball can be a tennis ball it could be this sort of size ball but as long as you've got something that bounces it's going to be good for today. If you don't have something that bounces you can use socks like before or you can scrunch up some tissue paper to throw and hit and that sort of thing that's fine. The final thing that you're going to need is something to draw something to make two squares on the floor with. Now I'm lucky I'm at the tennis club I've got these throw-down lines that I could put down on the floor and draw a square shape with. Now if you're at school you might have something like this you could have cones or something similar to mark out two squares or if you're at home you could just use socks and you could place the socks to make a square but you need those things to draw a square. Now to draw two squares you're probably going to need eight items so if you've got eight socks or four pairs of socks and that'll be perfect. Okay and I've also brought my drink along because I get thirsty so I think that would be a good idea too. So you've got one minute to get yourself something that looks like a racket something like a ball eight markers and a drink. Your time starts now off you go. Amazing you've got ten seconds left to grab all of your bits and pieces remember don't worry if you can't find everything you'll be able to use your imagination use your hands and use things that are around you anyway. Good job. Okay stop there so as always make sure you check with your grown-ups that you're allowed to use the space that you're in and you're allowed to use the equipment that you've picked out we want you to be super safe so don't be close to any televisions or any windows or lights or that sort of thing and make sure you got a nice clear area. Now you might have noticed that during your one minutes treasure hunt I have actually changed course because I just remembered that last session I promised you that we'd be on a different surface so this surface here is artificial grass as you can see it looks a little bit like grass it's green but it doesn't get too slippery when it rains. If I turn you around here let's have a quick look we've actually got real grass courts as well but the grass is busy growing at the moment the groundsmen are getting it to be nice and green ready for the grass court season so once it's ready to go then we will have ten grass courts here at the club as well so what happens is once the grass is ready and they've mowed it so it's really really short and you can play tennis on it then the groundsman actually paints lines on the grass just like we've got here but these ones are here all year round because it doesn't need to grow it's pretend grass so we're on this surface today how cool is that right first thing we're going to do is warm up you don't need your racket and ball you just need your eight markers and remember we're going to draw out two squares in your space so square has four sides so we're going to put our four markers to make a square like this and then we're going to draw another square right next to it so they're touching each other like that there we go so I'm going to make it nice and tidy hopefully you can see my square so see if you can build your two squares and they should look like this let me have a quick look brilliant your squares look great so you just like mine you've got two squares touching each other ready for our warm-up now this little shape that we've made bit like last week is our tiny tennis court last week we only had one square so we had one part of the court today we have two sides of the court with a net in the middle you can see here a bit like the big tennis court I'm on here you can see that the net we've got in front of me you've got your own net here so when you play tennis you would play over the net and into the court and your partner would hit over the net and into the court and you keep the rally going which is what we practiced last week but this week I'm going to teach you how to compete but before we do it let's get warm so for our warm-up you're going to start in this square now the first game is going to be side jumps so when I shout go you're going to jump over the net and into the other half of the court off you go from side to side keeping two feet together use your arms to jump and just get yourself nice and warm makes your landing with good balance and good control bouncing from side to side good notice I'm bending my knees and I'm using my arms to drive up to get that big jump see if you can do that as well how high can you jump amazing makes you a nice and balanced really good one more okay should make a challenge we like a 30-second challenge don't we so I'm going to start my stopwatch I'm going to count 30 seconds you're going to see how many times you can jump over the net are you ready the time starts now off we go oh I've crushed my net already if you do that like me you can just fix it that's fine keep your score five six eight nine ten good keep going 15 seconds gone halfway five seconds to go stop amazing sure well done so that was the first part of our warm-up I've gone a bit right there that's better second part of our warm-up we're going to see if you can do it on one leg so starting in the first square you're going to stand on one leg you're going to use your outside leg the one that's near the net is going to be in the air and you're going to see if you can hop and land on your other leg just like this then you can do the same on the way back hop have a little practice off you go so hopping over the net from side to side good I don't want you to do this one fast because if you do it fast it's not really hopping is it so we want to hold our balance one two three hop one two three hop one two three good and that shows that you've got really good balance if you're a bit wobbly don't worry keep practicing and your legs will get stronger and your balance will get better amazing three more to go last one excellent work good okay we've got two more exercises to go now this next exercise you're going to be doing a lap of the tennis court a bit like what we did in our very first session but you're always going to be facing towards the screen so it would look like this all the way around the court but your body is always facing towards the screen now if you're really really good at this you could do it while looking at the screen as well that's going to be tricky because you can't see where your feet are going but if you touch the court have a look back down again and that will help you to get your control in your bearings off you go have a little practice at that one if I shout change you're going to change direction and you're going to sidestep the other way change still facing towards the screen change change good couple more change change and rest well done everybody final one you're going to stand in your ready position behind the court on this side and your job is to see if you can jump into the square and back to your ready position then into the other square and then back to your ready position in out in out in out have a go excellent keep practicing keeping your balance keeping your feet together use your arms if that helps as well amazing good last couple and stop there right hopefully you're feeling warm I certainly am let's grab a quick drink and then we'll be ready to use the ball and then the racket afterwards right so we're now ready for our body and ball exercises so grab your ball we're going to head back over to our mini tennis court and the first body and ball exercise that we're going to do is going to be very similar to what we did in the last session but we now have our net so your job is to see if you can hold the ball with two hands you're going to throw the ball over the net to get it to land in this court before catching it then once you caught it you're going to throw it back over the net so that bounces in this court before you catch it on this side so let's have a little practice we're going to pop it over the net just like so so we're going to go in this court in this court good excellent have a little practice and then we're going to do a little game where we start counting and understanding if the ball is in or out of the court good keep it up eyes on the ball get yourself in a nice low ready position when you're doing this we don't want to throw the ball too far or too high because we want to keep it under control like our rallies last time for when we play matches in a minute amazing perfect okay pause that so when you play tennis the ball goes over the net and it must land in the court or what we've got here we've got a small square now when you play tennis if the ball lands outside of the court we say out because the ball landed outside of the court if the ball lands in the court we carry on so it will look like this that's in so we carry on in so we carry on out so we have to start again so let's go again it's in the court that's one that's two in the court three in the court out we got to three then it went out so that one doesn't count now another thing that we need to know what happens if the ball bounces on the line do we think that's in or out the answer is it's in so if a ball touches the line even if it touches the back edge of the line only just it is in okay if it's just outside the line like this it is out so it touches this line if it touches this line it is in let's see how many we can get so we're going to count our scores you're going to do the same let's see if we can get to five shots in a row one two three four mine was on the line so I can carry on five good keep going if you're not on five yet if you drop it don't worry you can pick it up and carry on if you manage to get to five keep going see what record you can set yourself now remember the ball has to go over the net if you throw it into the same square two times in a row then it didn't go back over the net you're going to start again brilliant okay let's set ourselves a little time challenge we've got 30 seconds to see how many rallies we can do over the net that land in the court your 30 seconds starts now off we go one two three good remember if it touches the line the line might be your sock that's fine if it touches the line it's in so we can carry on our score good stuff we've got five seconds left keep focused on that ball watching it all the time stop amazing score so without even knowing it you are now doing a proper rally over the net and inside the lines of the tennis court and you're starting to understand what is in and what is out which is going to really help us when it comes to play matches if you get to play on a proper tennis court which will be amazing okay so next challenge before we pick up the racket we're going to see if we can do the same thing but instead of catching the ball we're going to tap it up using our palms bit like what we did in the last lesson but it must go over the net so I would suggest getting really low if we do tiny taps it's going to be easier to control if we whack it we're not going to get very many rallies and it's not going to help us to win matches so it'll look a bit like this we're going to bounce it in the square and tap it over the net tap it over the net tap it over the net just like so now I've had years of practice in that one and I make it look a bit easier it's not easy at all it's very very tough if you find that too tricky you could do one hit over the net and then catch it and then you could hit it back over the net and then catch it back over the net and catch it but if you want a really tough challenge you can tap tap tap tap off you go have a little pass at that one so we're not going to be catching the ball after every single bounce we're going to try to tap it back using our hand instead of our racket tap bounce tap bounce tap bounce good keep it going I know adults that can't do this one so if you're managing to get a rally of 2 or 3 or 4 you are doing so well just like always if you're failing if it's tough doesn't matter you practice it you will get better so never give up good we're going to go for another 30 seconds of practicing this one see what your record rally can be can you get past 3 if so can you beat your last record good always got a side step to make sure you're behind the ball so we can control it excellent stuff and stop there well done right then we're going to grab another quick drink and then it will be time to get our rackets out right then so racket time if you don't have a racket you might have your chocolate lid or your book or even your hand again for this one that's absolutely fine but we're going to head back over to our tiny tennis court so we're now going to start at the back of our court remember this is the back this is the net in the middle and if we were playing a real match we would have somebody on the other side facing us but because we're so good we're going to do this on our own now your job is to drop the ball into your court and you're going to use your racket to see if you can hit the ball into the other court over the net okay so this is the first challenge we're going to try to hit it or it was on the line so I get a point because it was in remember on the line is in so I'm on one point so we're going to try again oh that was on the line two points oh I missed that one so I'm still on two points that one wasn't in I'm going to go again so bounce it in your court and hit it into the other court yes three points off you go keep your score gonna keep going until you get three points good watching the ball carefully and using your racket strings to control the ball if you want to hit the ball softer then we have a smaller swing if your ball isn't going far enough you might need a slightly longer swing that will help the ball to go further bounce tap oh that was out I didn't get that one if you're already on three do a couple more nearly there I missed that one and stop there well done so that was your forehand right so the next level for your forehand we're going to see if we can hit we're going to run to the other side and catch it before it bounces twice okay so it's going to look like this we're going to bounce and tap one bounce and catch okay then we're going to try it the other way so still using my forehand my favorite side bounce and hit run and catch bounce and hit run and catch it's always got to bounce and hit over the net good off you go see if you can do that we'll do a little practice and then we'll do our 30 second challenge to see how many you can get to so remember as soon as you've hit the ball with your racket you've got to run to the other side to catch it before it bounces twice if you hit it really hard it's going to be really tough to chase down and we'll have a double bounce which we don't want bounce and hit one bounce catch are we ready for the challenge then let's do it 30 seconds let's see if you can get more than four points that's going to be your target four points are we ready steady go one catch that's one point two points good make sure it goes over the net and in the court if it's on the line that's okay well done we've got ten seconds to go can we get one more point maybe even two more points amazing really good so you'll remember this is a little bit like the rallying session that we did but now we've got a real scoring system we're starting to understand that the ball needs to go over the net and we need to bounce in the court in a real tennis match this would happen against somebody else the first person to make a mistake if they hit it out of the court or into the net or miss it then a point goes to the other person but today because we're on our own we've got a really good chance to practice our skills so that we're ready for when we have to face an opponent okay next challenge same thing but we're going to be using a backhand this time now this one's tricky because we've got to use two hands so we're going to drop the ball and as soon as we drop it we're going to hold the racket with two hands because we want to hit the ball gently over the net so ready drop two hands and catch drop two hands and catch I missed the court on that one so that doesn't count for a point two hands for a backhand well I missed the court again it's not easy soft control that was on the line good off you go have a little practice excellent stuff so remember for backhands we use two hands good see if you can get it in I find this one tougher than the forehand side personally so don't worry if you find it tougher to it's a good chance for you to practice it amazing good good keep watching that tennis ball tiny tiny hits and stop there well done right let's do the 32nd challenge then so if you managed to get four points with your forehand for your backhand because it's tougher let's see if you can get two points if you only managed to get two points with your forehand let's see if you can score one point with your backhand and I'll be really impressed if any of you can beat your forehand score this time round so I'm going to set the timer for 30 seconds your time starts now off we go one two the Sun's come out now it's nice and sunny good make sure you're hitting with two hands and it's a soft control shot over the net and into your court all mine was out don't get a point for that one that was out as well three two one stop well done backhands were tricky right did you manage to get anywhere near your last score good effort well done right final task then with our racket before we do our game this time we're going to practice the other shot that we practice which is the serve so hopefully you remember last time the serve is the shot you hit above your head now there are going to be two versions of the serve that you could practice today there's going to be one version which is the easier version and then there's going to be a tougher version as well standing behind your court again your mission is to hit it over the net and into the other court but the version one is you're going to hold the ball on the middle of your face your racket face to make a big nose big clowns nose like this okay and you're going to see if you can fling the ball into the zone and catch it on the other side so up and catch same again make a nose on your strings up and catch I missed the court on that one up catch this is different because it's above my shoulders instead of below it's overarm instead of underarm now if this version is a bit too easy you can try this version which is racket back a little bit further pop the ball up and hit it like a high five like you're going to high five somebody so up hit catch yes I managed to do that one up hit catch it's only tiny hits up hit catch so practice the version that you want to do all too hard I got to go softer let's try the fling good good right hopefully you've had enough time to practice that should we have a go at the challenge so let's think do we think that was easier or tougher than backhands I think it was similar what do you think which one's your favorite my favorite was my forehand I think I get I get my best scores with my forehand I think maybe my serve and backhand is similar you can decide but I think I'm going to try to get the same score that I got on my back hand which was two so 30 seconds to see how many serves you can get over the net and into the court and chase it to the other side your time starts now off we go to don't worry if the ball lands outside of the court you don't have to go back to zero you can carry on your score and again I missed that one keep watching the ball make sure you're hitting these with your racket above your shoulder height oh my went into the net so that one doesn't count stop well done now that was really tough normally when we play tennis on a real tennis court we would throw the ball a lot higher and we would really reach above our head but because we're playing tiny tennis we had to do little tiny ones but as long as you were doing it overarm instead of underarm and that is a serve for you so really really well done right we've got one more drink break before we get into our challenge okay so pop your drink down for our final challenge we're going to head back over to our tiny court with our racket and ball now if you do have family members in the house siblings or grown-ups with you then you could challenge them to this game but for the purpose of this we're doing this on our own and we're going to play a match our right hand against our left hand now normally it would be this person against this person but today we're playing right hand against left hand and there's two ways that you can do this you can choose which way but we're going to play a match first to five points so you can do it with your hands which I'll show you first or you can do it with your racket which I'll show you second standing like this you're going to use your right hand to throw the ball over the net and into the court like our warm-up then your left hand is going to throw it back and we're going to keep going until one of your hands misses the court that was in that was in oh no so my left hand missed which means that my right hand is winning it one point for this side zero points for this side and we're going to try again over the net oh oh I hit the net so this hand missed which means a point goes to this hand so it's one point for this hand one point for this hand we're going to play first to five let's do one more point with my hands over the net out so I missed with this hand which means another point goes to this side so it's two points one point okay first to five remember I'll show you what you could do with a racket this one is very tough you're going to see if you can hit the ball and then in midair you've got to change hands so you're going to do it like this hit hit hit oh oh I missed because I hit the ball into the net with this hand so a point goes to this hand which means it's three one let's try again right hand left hand one the line right hand left hand right hand left hand oh oh four one match point to this hand if this hand wins one more point it's game over in the net point to this hand four two my left hand missed so the final score was five two well done to my right hand now in a real tennis match after the matches over professional tennis players would shake hands with each other or they would tap brackets to say well played so we don't have an opponent so you can just give yourself a high five okay good so you can see that my right hand was better than my left hand but I am right handed so that's normal have a go yourself if you're still playing your match keep going we're going to play first to five points excellent it's really tricky you can choose if you want to use your hands or if you want to use your racket but you're going to challenge your left hand versus your right hand later on if you want to get a family member involved instead of doing left hand against right hand you could throw the ball over the net and your opponent could throw it back to you and you keep going until somebody misses this is how you play a real tennis match good stuff now if you're still playing your match hit pause and carry on and then when you're finished hit play again okay so that is the end of your final session I really hoped you enjoyed these six weeks and if you really did enjoy them you can go back to the first session and replay it all over again and like I said in the previous video and at the start of this video if you would like to play tennis for real it could be at our tennis club here at the Avenue or it could be at another tennis club that's local to you then it'd be amazing that you do if you are local to the Avenue get your parents to give me a message and I will definitely invite you over to the club for a free taster session with me or one of my coaching team here at the Avenue well done everybody it's been really fun having you and I hope to see you all soon take care