Coaching for all ages

Junior Hot Shots Tennis

Hot Shots Tennis programs are designed for every child at every age and ability. Choose from our range of fun classes designed for toddlers through to highschoolers.

Terms & Conditions

HOT SHOT STAGES

AGES 2-4+

TODDLER TENNIS

  • Modified Red tennis ball (larger and soft)

  • Parental assisted version of Blue stage (parent participation required)

  • Fun themed tennis games

  • Hand-eye coordination and motorskills (run, balance, hop, throw)

  • Introductory techniques (floor tennis, volleying, basic forehand)

  • Confidence to participate without parental assistance

AGES 3-5+

BLUE STAGE

  • Modified Red tennis ball (larger and soft)

BLUE 1

  • Fun themed tennis games

  • Hand-eye coordination and motor skills (run, balance, hop, throw)

  • Developing basic sending & receiving skills (introduction to rallying)

  • Introductory techniques (floor tennis, volley, basic forehand)

  • Making friends, listening skills, building confidence

BLUE 2

  • Fun themed tennis games

  • More racquet work (forehand, backhand)

  • Learning to hit over a mini-net

  • Basic sending & receiving skills (introduction to rallying)

  • Making friends, listening skills, building confidence

AGES 5-8+

RED STAGE

  • Modified Red tennis ball (larger and soft)

RED 1

  • Fun games and drills, with scoring

  • More use of mini-net

  • Rallying, consistency, accuracy

  • Learning to serve (overarm throw)

  • Making friends, teamwork, sportsmanship, building confidence

RED 2

  • Fun games and drills, with scoring

  • Exploring match play

  • Rallying, consistency, accuracy

  • Developing the forehand and backhand

  • Mini-net at full height

  • Learning to serve (overarm throw and with racquet)

  • Making friends, teamwork, sportsmanship, building confidence

AGES 8-10+

ORANGE STAGE

  • Modified Orange ball (normal size but soft)

ORANGE 1

  • Fun games and exploring match play

  • Adapting to Orange ball and three-quarter size court

  • Rallying, directional hitting

  • Groundstrokes, volleying (and coming to the net), developing the serve

  • Some match play

  • Teamwork, sportsmanship, respect

ORANGE 2

  • Enhance all skills taught in Orange 1

  • Learning “c-shape” swing and producing top-spin

  • Improving techniques, shot quality and variety

  • More match play

  • Eventually progress towards green ball

AGES 10+

GREEN STAGE

  • Modified Green ball (25% softer than normal yellow ball)

GREEN 1

  • Adapting to green ball speed and bounce, and full-size court

  • Learning “c-shape” swing and producing top-spin

  • Improving techniques, shot quality and variety

  • Explore tactical skills

  • More match play

  • Introduce proper tennis scoring (15, 30, 40, Game etc)

  • Explore Singles and Doubles match play

TEEN IMPROVERS

  • Beginner focus

  • Learning tennis basics and fundamentals

  • Rallying skills (sending and receiving, consistency, accuracy, ball control)

  • Building confidence and coordination

  • Learning how to rally, serve and score

GREEN 2

  • Can serve, rally, score and cover a full court

  • Enhance all skills taught in Green 1

  • More advanced technical and tactical skills

  • Resilience and sportsmanship

GREEN DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

  • Approval from head coach required

  • Developing all court tennis abilities, both physical and mental

  • Exposure to more match play situations

  • Improving technical and tactical skills

  • Improving tennis IQ

  • Eventually progress towards yellow ball

Adult coaching

Whether you’re new to the sport or a seasoned player, our experienced team of coaches are here to help. We offer group classes for beginners to advanced, as well as our very popular Cardio tennis classes.

Netsports Adult Playing Standards:

Adult Beginner

  • Ideal for complete beginners and those with limited racquet skills

  • Working towards basic rallying and simple serve to get ball in play

  • Fun games and drills, and introduction to matchplay

Adult Improver

  • For players with basic racquet skills and some rallying ability

  • Rally-focused and starting to understand topspin

  • Working on technique, learning basic tactics and improving serve technique!

Adult Intermediate

  • For players with fundamentals in place, some matchplay and scoring experience, and can already serve comfortably

  • Still developing rally quality (control, depth, accuracy, spin)

  • Stronger focus on matchplay, serving, technical and tactical

Adult Performance

  • For experienced players with strong racquet skills, rally ability, and technical and tactical awareness

  • More demanding and challenging than Adult Intermediate sessions

Terms & Conditions

Private, Semi-Private Lessons & Squads

For those seeking private coaching or performance squad training, please email us at play@netsports.com.au or call 1300 649 336.

FREE CONSULTATION

For new enrollers, we encourage making use of a FREE consultation with one of our senior coaches to assess your level BEFORE enrolling. This step enables us to manage student fit and quality of class delivery.