Straight Sets Professional Tennis Coaching, in conjunction with Tennis Victoria, has had great success running the Mums’ Program over the past couple of years.
Term 1, 2011 saw a total of 87 mums and 36 tiny tots across the Windermere and Hawthorn Tennis Clubs participate in this great program.
Tennis Victoria has provided my clubs with a fantastic program to allow mums to have a taste of what tennis is like over five weeks with a minimal initial cost. The program involves a short introduction to tennis in which we provide a brief overview of all the shots and play doubles.
Advertising was the key – it was essential to take a proactive approach by conducting letter box drops, visiting local primary schools and kindergartens and giving leaflets to students in my own existing coaching program.
Once the word was out, friends of friends were coming along as well!
As the program evolved it was proving to be a very good social network for ladies who are joining the clubs and having an additional hit throughout the week or forming a mid-week team with ladies from their group.
An alternative 10-week program was offered following the initial program, which saw a retention rate of approximately 80%, which was excellent.
It is important to understand that many mums would not become involved unless the initial low cost five-week program was available.
We also offer a ‘Tennis Kinder’ program which provides the children with various activities like ball skills and many different activities such as colouring, pasting and reading stories to maintain their interest. They stay in the clubrooms so that their mums know that the young children are safe and are looked after in a learning environment.
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