The Schools Tennis Road Show arrived in Roehampton this week with teachers and schools representatives getting the very latest information on how to inspire their pupils to get into tennis.
Since they began in 2009, more than 3,000 people have attended the Schools Tennis Road Show, which this year will visit 16 towns and cities across Great Britain.
The Schools Tennis Road Show aims to provide an overview of all the support available to schools, highlight new resources and products, and demonstrate practical ideas for delivering tennis in a school setting.
The Tennis Foundation’s Head of Education Tom Gibbins said: “The Road Show is a great chance for us to promote the resources available to support teachers to deliver tennis activities that inspire all their pupils that tennis is for them.”
Tutors Paul Williams and Phil Leighton put everyone through their paces with Cardio Tennis sessions – a tennis inspired workout played to up-tempo music – as well providing ideas on how to adapt and differentiate tennis activities to ensure all disabled young people are included and can achieve.
David Bulgin, LTA Tennis Operations Manager for the South East said: “Today’s Schools Tennis Road Show was the final one of 2013 but the team certainly went out on a high with over 70 teachers attending the session at the National Tennis Centre in London. The team have spent the past four weeks travelling around Great Britain engaging with more than 500 teachers, who are absolutely key in ensuring we grow the number pupils getting a fun, positive first experience of tennis in schools. The session today gave teachers from London and the wider South East region an opportunity to hear about the latest support available for schools tennis as well as get on court and give it a go themselves.”
Everyone that attends the Road Show will receive the Guide to Schools Tennis 2013, a Cardio Tennis teacher resource and an inclusive tennis teacher resource. A £50 Schools Tennis equipment voucher will also be awarded to all attendees, as well as entry into a prize draw to win one of 100 Schools Tennis Equipment Packs and a pair of tickets to an LTA Major Event in 2013.
For more information on the Tennis Foundation’s support for primary, special and secondary schools please visit www.schoolstennis.org. You can also follow the Road Show on Twitter using the #schoolstennis.