100 DAYS OF STEEM: the diary game- 14th /06/2020: Helped these children in learning how to control the tennis ball and also play some consistent rallies with each other.
Today we worked on the tennis ball control and consistency. This involved playing some consistent rallies with each other. I challenged these children to make 10 consistent rallies with each other. They tried and some of them managed to make them. Consistence in tennis is very important as it gives a player an advantage of winning more points than the other opponent who is making lots of unforced errors.
They were playing and I was doing the coaching. I kept on correcting their errors and reminding them on what they are supposed to do. Whenever I saw them playing well while incorporating in all that I had taught them, I had to encourage them to continue playing that way.
This tennis practice is also helping these kids in maintaining the focus on the ball. Every time they swing their rackets and miss the ball, then it implies that they have not focused enough on the ball.
They kept on moving on the court reaching out for the balls that are far away from them. This is improving their level of physical fitness and endurance as they keep on pursuing those balls on the court with a motive of playing them back to the opponent side.
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Some balls that kept coming their way needed them to react quickly. Most especially the faster balls. A tennis ball can never wait for you, instead it’s the player to wait for the ball. He has to position himself very fast in order to have enough timing to be able to play it back to the opponent side.
Their body coordination and stability was upfront whenever I saw them hitting the ball back while maintaining the stability on the ground. Whenever someone swung the racket and staggered on the ground then it meant that he failed to step forward with his feet hence the lack of body stability on the ground. I therefore had to correct that by reminding them to make good use of their feet through stepping in first before swinging their rackets to hit the ball.
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This is a charitable tennis organization focused on helping young people in Uganda to learn the tennis sport as a way of improving and transforming their state of lives.
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