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Elstead Village Tennis Club is supporting
the local community by running free courses of tennis lessons at 6 local schools - St. James
Elstead, Waverley Abbey, Puttenham, Busbridge Juniors and Infants and Chiddingfold. Coaches
from the Orbit Tennis Academy who work at Elstead go into the schools during the day and support
the schools in their PE lessons, working on movement and co-ordination skills as well as tennis
skills.
The excellent reputation held by the Orbit Tennis coaches has meant that Surrey LTA are willing
to support the programme, and provide the funding. In addition the LTA has helped to fund the
two new courts at Elstead.
Elstead Tennis Club is known as having one of the best mini tennis programmes in Surrey. This
reputation has been built by ensuring that experienced, qualified coaches run the programme
and that new coaches are trained and mentored to our very high standards before coaching on
their own.
This summer Orbit Tennis is again running a comprehensive holiday programme at Elstead Tennis
Club and Priorsfield school. This year the tennis camps are being enhanced by the presence of
visiting coach Jose Latorre from the Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy in Spain. Juan Carlos Ferrero
is a former world number one tennis player and recently beat the formidable Rafael Nadal at
Rome on a clay court. Jose's visit follows a highly successful trip at Easter to the Academy
by local children and adults from Elstead tennis club.
Barbara Awbery of Orbit Tennis said: We are delighted that Jose has agreed to come to England
and his experience at the Academy will be extremely beneficial. You only need to look at the
success of Spanish tennis players to see that their coaching standard is extremely high."
Orbit Tennis has been successfully running holiday courses for 12 years. Kids from all over
Surrey and Hampshire attend the courses, many coming back year after year. The reputation of
our courses is widening and this year three children will be attending from the USA.
All the children have a great time, as well as benefiting from the best coaching. Orbit has
always invested in top qualified coaches, and this year's coaching team will once again include
LTA coach of the year Jon Bozas. Jon, a first class technical coach, not only coaches key Hampshire
performance juniors, but also took Peter Norfolk to his first ever Paralympic gold medal.
Our courses are filling quickly but there are still places available for the tennis courses
in July and August. The courses are exciting team based and fun, with the focus on skills, fitness,
speed and movement, and player development. Children aged 4-16 of all abilities and standards
are very welcome. Forms for the courses can be downloaded from the web on www.orbittennis.co.uk
or for further information on either holiday or term time courses contact Betty on 07979 656542
or Barbara on 07989 578794
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