In the second week of the autumn holidays in Hovestadt everything revolved around tennis. Young athletes were able to try out the ball and bat.
Hovestadt (hi) – In free play, the children pass the balls to each other over the net. “It looked completely different on Monday,” says educator Justus Lahme, pleased with the development that the eight primary school children have made in their tennis game as part of the tennis club.
And this despite the fact that the working group (AG), which offered the St. Albertus family center at the SV Germania tennis facility in Hovestadt in the second week of the autumn holidays, had to be canceled on two of the five days due to the weather. “This is not about specifically promoting tennis, but about having fun with exercise,” says Lahme. Especially because residues can still be observed among children who grew up during the Corona period.
“According to statistics, the number of obese children has increased. The gap between those who were supported at home and those who were not has become increasingly different,” he makes clear. That’s why there are weekly exercise activities in the family center and a toddler group for the little ones on Mondays.
The tennis club participants aged six to nine get the complete package: get to know the racket and find out what the backhand and forehand are. Complex movement sequences that are not easy for the children, as Lahme explains. Various exercises would promote hand-eye coordination and motor learning.
Tom was the only one who ever played tennis when he was still in daycare and at one of the sports festivals, which offered a wide range of sporting options, from judo to dance and much more. The family center – it has its own set of children’s rackets and balls – holds the festivals with SV Germania Hovestadt and others.
Till likes free play and Tic Tac Toe, which involves speed. Small cones have to be fetched over a longer distance and placed in a square so that three are in a row. Charlotte’s favorite exercise requires a steady hand. “There is a ball on the racket and you have to pass it to the others like a raw egg without it falling,” she reports. Charlotte then had to hit the ball off the top of a traffic cone. That works very well. And some people are already able to make a real serve.
Justus Lahme, who played a little tennis as a teenager, was very pleased at the end of the week: “The children were motivated. That was nice to see.”
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