Old Buckenham Hall
OBH is a leading Independent Day and Boarding Prep School for boys and girls ages 2-13. The tennis facilities include three floodlit hard courts, three Astro-turf courts and indoor space for three mini-tennis courts for all year round teaching. The tennis programme is a co-curricular service that is delivered during term time.
Pre - Prep
Nursery Tennis Club
During the ‘Blue’ stage, fundamental movement and motor skills are developed utilising body & ball, racket & ball and the use of abbreviated stroke movement patterns to introduce the children to the game of tennis. The forehand, volley and serve are all staples here.
Reception Tennis Club
Continuation of the ‘Blue’ stage (see Nursery) but further technical development of the strokes, stances and footwork patterns start to be introduced.
Pre-Prep Tennis Club
During the ‘Red’ stage, further technical development of the strokes, footwork patterns and the introduction of tactical & emotional awareness + the importance of rallying.
Pre-Prep Individual Private Tuition
Our team offers 30-minute individual and shared private tuition lessons from 3 years and above. During these lessons, children start to develop the fundamental strokes played during the game, footwork movement patterns and are introduced to fun ways to score points to win (or lose) games vs their coaches.
Prep
13 & U Group Tennis
During the 'Yellow' stage group tennis classes, all of the children that attend have individual private tuition so it's important to allow the students the opportunity to utilise and practise what they have been developing in their 1:1's with their coaches. Drills, technicals, tacticals and match play are all staples of this session.
11 & U Group Tennis
During the 'Green' and 'Transitional Yellow' stage, this is the perfect opportunity for us to expose the students to a further 45-minutes to increase frequency and volume of ball striking. Drills, technicals, tacticals and match play are all staples of this session.
Prep Individual Private Tuition
Our team offers 30-minute individual private tuition lessons from throughout the prep school. During these lessons, children are assessed on age, ability and experience level and bespoke lessons are designed and tailored towards the player themselves. Technical development of all of the required strokes in the game, tactical development to understand strengths, weaknesses and game situations that would appear in any given point of a match, and footwork patterns from moving out to the ball to recovering back ready for the next ball.