Tennis

Lobster Claw 


On Friday my class went to tennis with Kolie. We played lots of games but my favorite was Lobster Claw. You have to throw the ball and the other person catches it and you swap around. It was hard at first but then I got better at it. My partner was Evie.  Luke

If you want to play you need two tennis rackets and a tennis ball. When you have got everything you can play. Grab a buddy and your buddy throws the ball. And you need to catch the ball with your rackets. This is the way to play Lobster Claw. Evie

Tennis Hamburger Game

You get a group of people with tennis rackets and tennis balls then stack them up. You have a ball in between each two rackets then walk with it and see if you cannot make it fall over. Cael

On Friday we played Tennis with Kolie. We played a game that we tried to get the ball on the other person’s racket. They tried to get the ball on my racket. Katie

My favourite game was Around The World where you have to get one tennis ball and put it on your tennis racket and move it round and try to keep it on the racket. It is quite hard when I try it because it always falls off but I keep trying. I got it.

Alani 

Double Catch

Kolie coached the tennis and there is a game I call Double Catch because you throw a ball and also at the same time catch another ball. It can be very hard. Each time you both catch the ball without dropping it you get a point. Isaac

Caterpillar Tennis Game

Every Friday my class did some tennis with Kolie. My favourite game that we played was the Caterpillar. How you play is that you have a team and a person rolls the tennis ball and it has to go through everybody's legs. If it does go through all of the team's legs you get one point. If it doesn't then you don't get a point. You have eight people in your team. Sometimes the ball goes left and sometimes it goes right. If some people in your team are not focusing and they miss the ball sometimes you get really angry. Sometimes the ball bangs on someone's feet and the ball changes ways. That's what makes it so hard. Maisie

When it was our classes' turn for tennis we played Caterpillar. First we were split into two teams. Next each team put their hands on the person that was in front's shoulders. After that Kolie our tennis coach rolled a ball through our spread out legs. We had to move together as a team to get the ball through. It's a little hard to play but it's also lots of fun! Ruby

Bounce And Catch

Each Friday we learn a new drill. Last week we did a drill called Bounce and Catch. You have to bounce the ball on the racket and catch the ball. Carter

Kolie told us racket back, step and swing to hit the ball better. Hamish

We did rallys. You do rallys with two to four people. Everyone needs a racket but just one tennis ball. You have one person on each side of the net. You try to hit the ball over the net and you have to try to hit the ball back. And just keep on doing it until someone hits the ball at the net. We are trying to do more than three hits over the net. Sarah