The LTA Mini Tennis Green Awards have been designed for players between the ages of 9 and 10 years old and allows the opportunity take part in exciting exercises with regular rewards which encourages players to develop their tennis skills at a pace that suits them.

Mini Green players progress through different levels by acquiring new skills and taking part in exercises. There are two levels in Mini Green: Green 10 and Green 20.

At Mini Tennis Green players learn and are tested on four important skills:

• Rally - Learning and developing rallying skills
• Serve - Learning and developing serving skills
• Come to the net - Learning and developing movement forwards and volleying
• Score and Compete - Learning the rules, how to score, how to compete and fair play

The Green Awards should be completed with a green ball on a standard tennis court. This is the final stage before moving on to full tennis. At this stage players will learn to develop tactically and technically on a full size court.

Within the Mini Tennis Green Awards there are:

• Key teaching points - these are technical points to be aware of, which can be built into lessons as areas of development, but they should not all be used at the same time.
• Movement - movement skills are vital for development and are written into each Awards skill exercise.
• Mental skills - are vital for all round game development and are written into each Awards skill exercise.