With a wealth of experience with the under-12s and her knowledge of the American method for champions, Valérie Albaret has developed her own teaching method: Évolutiv’ Tennis®.

Facilities which make it easier to designate play zones and space, making possible the layout of game situations and guaranteeing kids’ safety.

Rackets: The size depends on the child’s skills, his height, and his strength. With a short-handled racket, a child can feel his stroke and the difference between the palm and the back of the hand (forehand and backhand). Little by little, the child will use bigger rackets.

Balls: Using balls of different types and sizes…

It is all the more important to develop the kids’ motor skills as they are essential to sports practice:
coordination, sideways movement, balance, throwing, catching, running, jumping and using one’s space.

However, more than just a general motor education, tennis-specific skills are practised in order to make the child improve and also to facilitate learning tennis techniques.

This assessment system enables the coach to follow the child in his evolution towards playing on full-size courts.

The assessments are landmarks for the teacher who grades achievements at the end of each learning cycle. The aims of the next cycle will be established as a result of this observation.

Each child is assessed positively in order to maintain his motivation. His learning rhythm is respected, the goal being gradual progress.