Watch a video from the recent Tennis Freestyle Festival in Birmingham.
Tennis Freestyle continues to grow in popularity in Birmingham with over 200 local school students taking part in a recent Tennis Freestyle Festival.
The Festival saw local schools go up against each other, to find out just who had the fanciest tricks in town.
The day also incorporated a street tennis competition using a mini red version of the game with smaller rackets and softer balls.
Winners on the day were The Oaklands Primary School from Acocks Green, closely followed by Guardian Angels Primary School from Shard End.
Tennis Freestyle is described as a fun, alternative urban introduction to the sport integrating basic hand-eye coordination with rackets skills and tricks that you may otherwise expect to see on a skate park!
"Tennis Freestyle has one simple aim; to introduce as many children and young people to the world of tennis and inspire them to play the game," said James Keatley, the Tennis Freestyle Mastermind and Community Coach at Gilberstone Park and Yardley Tennis Club.
Working in partnership with the Tennis Foundation and LTA on their Community Pilot Programme in Birmingham, this new version of the game is already serving up a new generation of players from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
Free passes were given out to all 200 children to attend further tennis sessions at Archbishop Ilsley School or at Gilberstone Park.
Click here to learn more about the game or how to become a Tennis Freestyler (link opens in new window).
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