What is Friday Competition?
Our Friday Night Comp is held at East Malvern TC each week from 4-7pm and has all levels from red ball 5-8 years right through to teenage competition. Our comps are social, fun and have qualified coaches supervise. Our unique holistic teaching philosophy encourages kids to "serve, rally and score" and to play the game almost from their first lesson. Competition creates a love of the game which acts as the "cement" keeping kids motivated to develop their skills through coaching. All players should play weekly competition, combined with coaching, as they both extend and justify the other and, of course, the more you play the faster you will improve. The end of term Pizza Party Presentation of trophies is the season highlight.
Red Ball Comp - book into Red coaching & for the first term play comp for FREE!
Hot Shots RED Ball uses age appropriate modified equipment and simplified rules and scoring to scale the game to the kids. The mini court and net are the same as our Hot Shots Red Ball classes and the skills required are a simple drop/hit serve and basic rally. The key is the 25% low compression ball which allows for a slower, lower bounce making it easier for young kids to start a rally. Kids play all participants each night making it fun and social in five minute singles matches in quick succession. We offer two grades, "beginner" pupils can rally 1-5 shots, and, "developing" pupils can rally 5 & more shots. Coaches supervise matches making sure the emphasis is fun and learning, more than, simple winning. We find kids improve substantially faster playing both comp, and coaching, per week. That's why when you first enrol in Red Ball term coaching, we give you a FREE term of competition! To receive your free comp call us.
Orange Ball Comp
Hot Shots ORANGE singles leagues use a 50% low compression ball and a 3/4 court and are held from 4-5.30pm on Fridays at East Malvern Tennis Club. This is an ideal starter comp for all orange coaching kids between the ages of 8-10 years old. The comp has two grades, beginner and developing, based on experience. All pupils play against different players every week making the comp very social as they meet new friends. Qualified coaches supervise the competition.
Green Ball Comp
Hot Shots GREEN doubles competition runs from 4 - 5:30pm and uses a 75% compression ball on a full size court. The comp is ideal for green ball coaching kids between 10-12 years old. We offer two grades for less, and more, experienced players. All pupils, boys and girls play against and with, a different partner and players each week making the comp fun and social as the kids meet and mix with new partners. Qualified coaches organise and supervise the comp and assist in court positions and matchplay.
Teenage Tennis Comp
Yellow Ball Teens Singles/Doubles comp is the next stage in pupil development and is ideal for first time teenagers up to an intermediate level. Players weekly scores are added individually as they play with a different partner each week making it an extremely social comp. The comp is supervised by Qualified coaches who assist in court positioning and match play. Many pupils also play weekend club competition and use our internal comp as a warm up