Not all parents or carers able to get out and practice with their child. Some times the children are too busy too, doing many other activities each week.

Getting out to practice

Parents can try and get the same balls that their child uses in lessons, red, orange, green or yellow. You can ask your coach to sell you half a dozen, as not all sports shops have all ball types and racket specialist are not on every high street. If you can’t get the same balls don’t worry, just feed heavier balls slowly. Red are the lightest and for the youngest players and yellow are the heaviest balls used for teens and adults.

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