SQUAD Programme
Our squad programme is the most cost effective way for your child to get lots of on court time with their coach.
The cost of an individual lesson per week is approx £35 per hour, which equates to £140 per month.
Our squad programme offers six 1.5 hour squads per week at Yellow Ball and costs only £150 per month – 36 hours of coaching per month!
We have academy squads at each LTA Youth stage, a comprehensive competition programme and a collaboration with Unit 8 Gym in Ivybridge for Strength and Conditioning.
If you are interested in your child joining our Academy please complete this contact form or TEL: 01752 893700
Our squads are for those children with heart and passion for tennis – they do not have the be the most talented but with a multi-squad programme, and a drive to attend as many as possible we can help them achieve their potential and their ambitions.
Red Academy
5 x 1.5 hr squads per week
Different ability groups
Each session consists of an hour of skill development and 30 mins of match play.
This is the key age for acquiring good technique and learning how to play the game. We strongly recommend children do more than one session per week.
Orange Academy
5 x 1.5 hr squads per week
Grouped in ability over 3 courts
As with Red, each Orange session is 1.5 hrs long. This is to ensure your child experiences fun physical training and competition each week.
It is at Orange that we will introduce a multi court set up, where the children who work the hardest and love it the most, can work towards being on the top court with the best players.
Green Academy
4 x 1.5hr squads per week
Grouped in ability over 3 courts
As with our Orange Academy, parents can clearly see the progression of the players over 3 courts.
At times, pods of players will work on specific skills with one coach, or may be pulled aside for some individual 1:1 time to fix technical aspects of their game.
Across a 3 month term there will be a theme or skill that the players will work on in each of the sessions.
It is the repetition of working on that skill over multiple sessions that drives success.
Junior Senior Academy
6 x 1.5 hr squads per week
Grouped in ability over 3 or 4 courts, 3 x before school and 3 evening squads
At this point in your child’s journey, they will be conditioned in the way we train.
Success does not come from focusing on the outcome, but from working on the process. Tennis is a tough sport that takes many hours to learn. With tennis, the only way to train the process is lots and lots of hours on court.