Mini Tennis Group Coaching

Here at Townsend we offer group coaching from our qualified coaches for children aged 4 and upwards.

Mini coaching is just like real tennis but using smaller courts, rackets and nets and lower bouncing coloured balls beginning with red, then orange and then green before progressing onto the regular yellow ball for children of 11 and over. (See below for a more detailed description of our groups)

This is a bespoke form of coaching based on age and ability ensuring the child develops vital skills and techniques from the earliest age possible.

Please contact Hayley at hayleyttcltd@gmail.com to check availability or to book onto any of these courses.

 A brief description is provided below with current LTA guidelines.  

Mini Red

• Aim – Co-ordination and movement skills, an introduction to rallying and playing the game and above all to build confidence and have fun.
• Age – 4 to 7/8 years.
• Equipment – Low bounce foam or felt covered ball, larger than a tennis ball for slow movement and red coded where possible.
• Strung rackets 17” – 23”.
• Court size – 11m x 5.5m.

Mini Orange

• Aim – Playing the game, basic tactics and playing more points/games.
• Age – 7/8 years and above (depending on ability and age when started playing).
• Equipment – Modified tennis ball of a tennis ball size but softer and lighter, with a lower bounce than a normal tennis ball and orange coded.
• Strung rackets 23” – 25”.
• Court size – 18m x 6.5m (singles) and 18m x 8.23m (doubles). 

Mini Green

• Aim – Physical skills, tennis skills and matches, encouraging children to be more independent, understanding about warming up, practicing, fitness and health.
• Age – 9 years and above (depending on ability and age when started playing).
• Equipment – Modified tennis ball of tennis ball size but slightly softer and lighter, with slightly lower bounce and green coded.
• Strung rackets 25” – 27”.
• Court size – Full size singles court (also for doubles).

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Summer Term Dates 2026

11 WEEKS   (10 weeks for Monday Groups no coaching May 4th Bank Holiday)

• Mon 13th Apr - Sun 12th July 2026  
• Spare Week 1: Mon 18th - Sun 24th May
• Half Term 25th - 31st May 2026  (No Coaching)
• Spare Week  2: Mon 13th -  Sun 19th July 2026

Course Costs  

Costs based on 1hr lessons 

• Members: £110
• Non Members : £132 

Payment Details:

Please pay via BACS- Payment details will be on invoice.

You can also contact Matt 07780 533337 with any questions.

Fees are payable in full at the beginning of term for existing participants.

Brand new participants are entitled to one free trial lesson to ensure that the group is correct for their level, once established they are then invoiced for however many weeks of the current term are remaining. This can occur at the beginning or part way through the term.

We ask that fees are paid within the stated time period or a £10 administrative charge will be applied if we must pursue payment from the participant.

If a lesson is to be postponed your coach should text you, if not then please contact the coach directly.

Fees are not reimbursed if participants miss sessions for personal reasons.

‘Spare’ Weeks are set aside at the end of each half of term to cover any weather missed sessions or sessions where a coach is unavailable throughout the term. Please ask the coach to find out if any ‘Spare’ weeks are to be used.

If ‘Spare’ weeks cannot be covered by TTC for whatever reason, then the cost will be deducted off the participants next termly invoice.

Start/end dates and duration of term are all clearly stated on the invoice as are the ‘Spare’ week dates as are all costs and account details.