YELLOW STAGE

At the Yellow stage, children are now playing on a full size court with the balls the professionals use, along with an adult sized racket (27 inch racket). Children will continue to explore different game styles and start to find their own. They will evolve through well-rounded motor skills development whilst improving their physical capacities. By this stage, children will be tennis fans for life!

The regular yellow balls are 100 per cent compression so bounce higher, which is not ideal for juniors under 13. It is best for your child not to use these until they have progressed through the BLTC Tennis Hot Shot program and their skills have developed enough to move to using full-sized courts and equipment.

THE AIM OF YELLOW BALL

• To ensure players keep current skills and earned expertise up to standard
• Fine tune stroke and body mechanics with more body speed and racket head speed where possible
• Continue work on their competitive game whilst gaining more match experience
• Add more skills in all areas as and when required
• Learn how to become the best player they can be